International Potluck

On Thursday, November 13 the CLS students and faculty provided dishes from their home country. With 28 Seniors this year there was a wide variety and copious amounts of food. Very enjoyable. Thank you for the pictures Melanie Maguad.

The class of 2009 - almost all

Seniors trip to IA

On Friday, September 12th, the CLS Seniors along with Dr. Allan Steele's Marketting class made a trip to International Aid near Grand Haven, MI. This is the organization that provides the Lab-in-a-Suitcase. A project the CLS Faculty have been working on.

The bus arrived about 11:30 so the first task was to distribute the box lunches and have lunch before touring the facility.

The students with lunch boxes in hand.

IA provided their lunchroom for the students to eat in along with many different snacks the students could choose from.

Bananas can serve many functions. Nourishment or

Pointing device!!

After eating the group toured the facility. Here they saw the different types of equipment that IA makes available to under developed countries to help upgrade their medical facilities.

The Lab-in-a-Suitcase

IA is interested in having the diverse CLS student body assit them in collecting information about how the Lab-in-a-Suitcase is being utilized in the home countries represented by our CLS students.

IA trying to find out how many countries were represented by our class. This gentleman could converse in many different languages. He said he could say hello and goodbye in about 50 languages.

The group about to enter the electronics assembly and repair shop.

The shipping area and the requirements being explained to the group.


The area where the Lab-in-a-Suitcase is assembled.

The tour lasted until about 2:30 then the students sang a song for the IA staff. It was then time to return to the bus for the trip back to Andrews.

Class of 2009

The CLS class of 2009 is the largest class ever with 28 students. The student body represents 14 different birth countries with two

new ones, Lebanon and Romania, adding to our previous 62 birth countries that our graduates represent.

Christelle Miot at Mayo

Christelle had the opportunity to spend the Summer working in the Microbiology Department at Mayo Clinic. She says " my quadrant streaking is perfect. It should be after streaking 100 plates a day!"

Christelle got to meet the Mayo brothers up close and personal.

Just a small facility!!

The Microbiology Department. Bigger than most hospital labs in total.

She urges fellow students to apply for the program as her knowledge of microbiology was greatly enhanced because of the experience.

2008 Certificate Ceremony

The above video contains most of the pictures taken during the 2008 certificate ceremony for the CLS program. Thanks to Kevin Reiner for his willingness to document the event.

2008 Certificate Ceremony

The annual CLS Departmental Certificate Ceremony was attended by approximaetly 170 students, family, and friends of the 2008 Graduating class.

The graduating students shared with the audience the many talents God has blessed them with. A video presentation showed highlights of the year.

The 2008 Graduating Class

Play the video below to see the year 2008 class in action.

Sunset, Sunrise

Pearl Bekalo, a CLS graduate of the 2008 class wrote this poem and read it at the Certificate Ceremony held on Saturday, August 2nd, 2008. To see an enlarged copy double click on the poem.

New computers in student lounge

The CLS department recently purchased 6 new computers for student use. The old computers were castoffs from faculty offices and had become unserviceable.

Beach party

On Sabbath, June 28th the CLS Department hosted a picnic on the beach party for this summers CLS students. The weather started out beautiful but as is typical for Michigan - wait 5 minutes and it will change.

Very strong winds came up and blowing sand mixed with potatoe salad just didn't taste too good. The picnic was then moved to Karen and Kevin's home in Berrien and a great time was had by all.






Thanks Karen & Kevin for opening your home for the large group.