Mandi Yliniemi of Merrifield has accepted the full-time Communication Art and Design instructor position at Central Lakes College. She had been an interim instructor the past two years. Mandi is a graduate of the program and Photographic Imaging (2000) who has professional experience with Consolidated Telephone Co., Range Printing, Lake Country Journal magazine, The Johnson Group Marketing, and Russell & Herder Advertising. She is a multiple Gold and Silver ADDY Award winner as well as an honoree in the National Credit Union Marketing competition and Minnesota Book Awards for best interior book design.