The Advanced Manufacturing Education (AME) Alliance was awarded the Exemplary Program Award from the Minnesota Council for Continuing Education and Customized Training (MnCCECT). The award was given at a ceremony Friday at the MnCCECT conference held at Ruttger’s Bay Lake Lodge. The AME Alliance was chosen for the honor because …

On Thursday, Cat Sanford will be the first one in her family to graduate college. She’ll walk the stage, dressed in a cap and gown, at Central Lakes College’s ceremony. The 21-year-old Brainerd resident said it’s been a hard road, not knowing what to expect and having no one in …

Representatives from Marco present Central Lakes College with a check for $370 as part of a rebate the company offers to customers. CLC uses the company for equipment, service and support for its copiers and printers. Pictured from left are: Michael Amberg, Marco strategic account manager; Brady Knettel, Marco technology …

Angelique Hayes was shopping for her family’s carefully budgeted grocery list one day two years ago when it hit her. “I can’t work my way out of poverty without an education,” she said.  So she signed up for classes at Central Lakes College that day. Hayes graduates this Spring with …

The Central Lakes College Learning Commons certified 14 of its tutors Monday at the Brainerd campus. The college is certified as an International Tutor Training Program through College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). In order for the tutors to receive their Level 1 certification, they must participate in 10 hours …

The Minnesota Department of Education recently approved the Central Lakes College and Freshwater Education District jointed application to establish an Early Middle College. The program works with junior and senior alternative education center students to earn college credits while in high school. “It’s an opportunity for students who are at …

Central Lakes College Systems Administrator Corey Hins
 won second place for outstanding achievement at the All MnSCU IT conference April 27-29 at Cragun’s Resort. Projects by IT personnel were first submitted by CIOs and supervisors, then voted on by the same group to choose three winners, individuals or groups. Hins …

Those big, empty green and orange boxes sitting around campus could use some filling. Bring in your unwanted and used books and textbooks and pile them inside. It’s an effort of CLC’s Phi Theta Kappa Club, which is hosting a Better World Book drive this spring. The Better World Book …

The Central Lakes College Music Department will present it’s Spring concert “Broadway, Brooklyn and Bayou, An American Ethnic Landscape” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12 in the Chalberg Theater, on the CLC Brainerd campus. The Jazz Band will perform music from Dizzy Gillespie to Chuck Mangione to local musical …

Area high schoolers got their hands on robots for the first time, thanks to Central Lakes College. The CLC Manufacturing Programs participated in a college fair and career exploration event at Technical High School in St. Cloud this week.  Students in grades 8-11th from both high schools, Apollo and Tech, …