Lake Superior College News Releases

Kathy Griffin, Director of the Lake Superior College Dental Hygiene program, has been named to serve on the Commission on Dental Accreditation. She was appointed by the American Dental Hygienists Association to serve in the post, and is the only dental hygienist on the 30-member commission. Her term will run until October of 2011.

As part of this appointment, Griffin will chair the Review Committee on Dental Hygiene Education and the Ad Hoc Committee to Update Documents Related to Revised Standards for Dental Hygiene Education Programs. She will also serve as a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Alternative Site Visit Methods, a member of the Task Force on Communication, and an ex-officio member to the American Dental Hygienists’ Association Council on Education.

The mission of the Commission on Dental Accreditation is to serve the public by establishing, maintaining, and applying standards that ensure the quality and continuous improvement of dental and dental-related education and reflect the evolving practice of dentistry. The scope of the Commission on Dental Accreditation encompasses dental, advanced dental, and allied dental education programs. It is a commission of the American Dental Association, the world’s oldest and largest national dental association. More information is available online at http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/accred/commission/.

(Duluth, Minn.) – Dr. Kathleen Nelson, president of Lake Superior College, has been elected chair of the Board of Trustees of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). Nelson is completing her fourth year as a trustee, a position to which she was elected by her fellow higher education CEOs across the Commission’s 19 states in 2003.

Nelson served for two years as the HLC’s Board Development Committee chair and has just completed a year as the Board’s vice chair/chair elect.

The HLC is the accrediting body for more than 1,100 public and private higher education institutions and serves as the policy and decision-making organization for these colleges’ and universities’ accreditation activities.

LSC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. With more than 4,500 students enrolled this spring semester, LSC is Northeastern Minnesota’s largest two-year college. LSC provides a wide range of programs and services, including liberal arts and science courses for transfer, technical programs intended to provide occupational skills, continuing education, and customized training for business and industry. LSC is also the leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.

Lake Superior College is seeking comments from the public about the College in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. As part of its participation in the Academic Quality Improvement Project (AQIP), the College will undergo an on-site, Quality Check-Up visit May 2-4, 2007, by a team representing the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The team will review the institution’s ongoing ability to meet the Commission’s Criteria for Accreditation.

The public is invited to submit comments regarding the college by paper mail addressed to:

Public Comment on Lake Superior College
Commissions on Institutions of Higher Education
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60602

The public can also submit comments regarding the college electronically to:

www.ncahlc.org/wrapped/thirdparty.php

Comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of the institution or its academic programs. Comments must be signed; comments cannot be treated as confidential.

All comments must be received by April 6, 2007.

LSC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. With more than 4,800 students enrolled this spring semester, LSC is northeastern Minnesota’s largest two-year college. LSC provides a wide range of programs and services, including liberal arts and science courses for transfer, technical programs intended to provide occupational skills, continuing education, and customized training for business and industry. LSC is also the leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.