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The students of CLC’s Heavy Equipment Operations campus in Staples got a first-hand look into the newest technology in their field during Technology Week. Held during the last week of March 2016, Technology Week is a chance for students to see first-hand the technology of the future in construction. Several industry companies brought …
Read More »Next Rosenmeier Forum to focus on future of higher education in Minnesota
The next Rosenmeier Forum is at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 18 in the Chalberg Theatre, Central Lakes College Brainerd campus. The forum, titled “The Future of Higher Education in the State of Minnesota,” will feature two speakers: Dr. Richard Hanson, president of Bemidji State University, and Darrin Rosha, Board …
Read More »CLC course QM certified
Central Lakes College English instructor Julie Austin recently had another course recognized as QM certified by the Minnesota Online Quality Initiative. Austin’s Introduction to Humanities call received the honor this week. This makes her fifth QM certified course, three of which were certified this semester. Austin’s course among hundreds of …
Read More »CLC’s Verse Like Water to host Juan Felipe Herrera
Central Lakes College’s Verse Like Water program presents Juan Felipe Herrera, the first Latino to be named US Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. Herrera will hold a reading at noon on April 22 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus. This literary event is free and open to the …
Read More »Two CLC courses QM certified
Two Central Lakes College English instructors recently had courses recognized as QM certified by the Minnesota Online Quality Initiative. English instructor Julie Austin’s Introduction to Literature course joins three other of her classes to be QM certified. English instructor Leane Flynn’s Creative Nonfiction course joins one other of her classes …
Read More »CAIR executive director to speak at CLC on the rise of Islamophobia
Central Lakes College’s next Cultural Thursday event will feature Jaylani Hussein, the executive director of the Council on American Muslim Relations in Minnesota and a Somali-American civil rights leader. Hussein will present “Understanding the Rise of Islamophobia” at noon on Thursday, April 7 in the Music Rehearsal room E471, Brainerd campus. The …
Read More »‘Spamalot’ comes to the CLC stage April 14
Join King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they journey on their quest for the Holy Grail when Brainerd Community Theatre presents ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’, opening on April 14 and playing six performances through April 23. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. in the Chalberg Theatre on …
Read More »CLC football players sign on, commit to play at 4-year universities
Central Lakes College announced today three members of the Raiders football team have committed to attend school and play football in the fall. Those players are: Carlton Djam, from Lindstrom, RB: University of Minnesota Kierre Rhodes, from St. Paul, DB: Concordia University-St. Paul Troy Lenz, from Brainerd, DB: College of …
Read More »CLC students earn top awards in Twin City Auto Show contest
Central Lakes College students took home the top three awards at the Twin City Auto Show’s car wrap contest held at the Minneapolis Convention Center on March 15. The contest: Design a patriotic themed car wrap. CLC student Jeremy Goddard, Verndale, won first place (Toshiba 43” LED HDTV TV prize). …
Read More »CLC’s Natural Resource Club receives $500 donation
Central Lakes College’s Natural Resource Club recently received a $500 donation from the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association. The college’s NR Club assists the MDHA Brainerd Chapter each year in colleting and preparing deer hides donated by Minnesota hunters as part of the Hides for Habitat program. Hundreds of hides are scraped, …
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