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Highlights
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When Chrissy Barnard traveled to Denver, Colorado, in early June for the National Alliance on Mental Illness' (NAMI) main convention, she figured to be just another attendee, there to learn alongside likeminded colleagues.
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Central Lakes College students learned about various career options at Essentia and were able to see tourniquet demos at the booth.
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Essentia Health transformed the downtown medical campus in Duluth, MN to bring the highest quality health care to the patients we are privileged to serve.