BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260917T230000Z DTEND:20260918T003000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Northland Community & Technical College Launches Lecture Series Sept. 17 Featuring National Speaker Chelsea Treboniak DESCRIPTION:Northland Community & Technical College (Northland) is launching a new lecture series this fall to bring notable voices to campus and engage students and community members in topics that matter to the region. Each event offers an opportunity to learn from leaders in their fields and connect real-world experience to Northland's academic and community mission.\n\n \n\nThe inaugural lecture features Chelsea Treboniak West Point graduate\, U.S. Army veteran\, published author\, and founder of Critical Ops\, a consulting firm specializing in critical infrastructure protection. Treboniak's work spans transportation resilience\, fraud and e-crime intelligence\, energy innovation\, UAS\, and remote sensing. She also founded the Fraud Working Group\, a national credit-union collaboration credited with saving and avoiding millions in losses. A sought-after speaker and facilitator\, she is known for helping organizations translate emerging risks and research into practical solutions.\n\n \n\nTreboniak's presentation\, Built to Go Further\, explores how strong foundations\, purposeful action\, and continuous learning can shape a career and a life with possibilities not yet visible. Drawing from her journey from Thief River Falls to West Point\, military service\, entrepreneurship\, and national leadership\, she shares personal stories and practical lessons that encourage attendees to recognize the value of where they are today while staying open to where it can lead.\n\n \n\nThe lecture will be offered on Thursday\, September 17\, 2026:\n\n Thief River Falls Campus Theatre \n 6:00 7:30 p.m.\n\n \n\nMore information about Chelsea Treboniak and Critical Ops can be found at:\n\n\n Critical Ops Website: www.criticalops.com\n Critical Ops LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/criticalops X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Northland Community &\; Technical College (Northland) is launching a new lecture series this fall to bring notable voices to campus and engage students and community members in topics that matter to the region. Each event offers an opportunity to learn from leaders in their fields and connect real-world experience to Northland&rsquo\;s academic and community mission.
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\nThe inaugural lecture features Chelsea Treboniak&mdash\;West Point graduate\, U.S. Army veteran\, published author\, and founder of Critical Ops\, a consulting firm specializing in critical infrastructure protection. Treboniak&rsquo\;s work spans transportation resilience\, fraud and e-crime intelligence\, energy innovation\, UAS\, and remote sensing. She also founded the Fraud Working Group\, a national credit-union collaboration credited with saving and avoiding millions in losses. A sought-after speaker and facilitator\, she is known for helping organizations translate emerging risks and research into practical solutions.
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\nTreboniak&rsquo\;s presentation\, Built to Go Further\, explores how strong foundations\, purposeful action\, and continuous learning can shape a career&mdash\;and a life&mdash\;with possibilities not yet visible. Drawing from her journey from Thief River Falls to West Point\, military service\, entrepreneurship\, and national leadership\, she shares personal stories and practical lessons that encourage attendees to recognize the value of where they are today while staying open to where it can lead.
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\nThe lecture will be offered on Thursday\, September 17\, 2026:\n\n \;
\nMore information about Chelsea Treboniak and Critical Ops can be found at:\n\n\n LOCATION:Northland Community & Technical College 1101 Highway One East Thief River Falls\, MN 56701 UID:e.2546.17462 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260909T170226Z URL:https://business.trfchamber.com/events/details/northland-community-technical-college-launches-lecture-series-sept-17-featuring-national-speaker-chelsea-treboniak-17462 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR