HealthForce Minnesota has awarded Central Lakes College a $24,700 grant for fiscal year 2011. The diversity grant will enable CLC to recruit and train under-represented students and adults within the Mille Lacs community with a focus on the American Indian community. It is aimed at those who are interested in …

Central Lakes College will host the Winter Classic Basketball Spectacular on Friday, Dec. 17 and Saturday, Dec. 18. It features teams from six of the state’s top Minnesota College Athletic Conference schools, including CLC. The games will be played in the Brainerd campus gymnasium, with a 20-minute warm-up between games. …

The Dental Assistant Club at Central Lakes College is raising funds to help students pay for state and federal licensure exams that cost up to $500 and are required for credentialing. Club members are offering dental-strength professional Crest Whitestrips Supreme at $43 for a box of 84 strips. “This is …

Nathan Sievert of Little Falls, a student at Central Lakes College in Brainerd, donated a pint of his blood during the American Red Cross Blood Drive hosted by the Student Senate at CLC on Dec. 1. Heather Oeltjenbruns, a phlebotomist with the St. Cloud office of the Red Cross, was …

The Central Lakes College Theatre Cultural Arts Series will present “Rock ’n’ Roll Xmas Spectacular” for the third year on Wed., Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the John Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus. “Rock’n’ Roll Xmas Spectacular” is a Las Vegas-caliber, multi-media, full-production show that mixes an eight-piece …

Gene Hugoson, Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture, will be the featured speaker at Thursday’s Farm Forum at the Staples campus of Central Lakes College. The event, including lunch, is free and open to all area producers and agribusiness persons. It runs from 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., when a biodiesel demonstration …

CLC 77, Northland 61Big contributions from the bench helped the unbeaten Central Lakes College men’s basketball team defeat Northland, 77-61, Sat., Nov. 27. While Marcus Ayala’s 21 points and Nash Faulk’s 16 points led the way, it was the bench that helped the Raiders improve to 8-0. Maurice Hernandez had …

Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples, has hired Megan Olson (immediate left) and Susan Roering as part-time TRiO/Upward Bound Student Support Services advisers. Both began working at the comprehensive community and technical college on Nov. 24. These academic advisers work in cooperation with administrators, counselors, faculty, staff, tutors, and mentors …

At 5 p.m. Tuesday in Brainerd it is 1 a.m. Wednesday in Finland. Time for class. Frau Ann Toumi smiles and greets her Central Lakes College German students. She has had her chocolate mint ice cream, fuel for the graveyard shift from her part of the world, teaching German to …

Nash Faulk, the Southern Division Player of the Week in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference, poured in 26 points to lead the 7-0 Central Lakes College men’s basketball team to a 91-58 win over the St. John’s University junior varsity Tues., Nov. 22 at Collegeville. CLC is ranked seventh in …