Campus News

The CLC Foundation recently awarded five grants, totaling $4,630, to faculty and staff on projects that address one of CLC’s strategic pillars: Inspire learning, advance innovation and transform lives. The funds came from the CLC Foundation through a fundraiser at The Night Out when participants donated over $6,000 in under five …

At the recent Central Minnesota Irrigators Corporation (CMIC) 50th annual meeting, the Central Lakes College Ag & Energy Center was awarded the Denzil Cooper Award for its continual collaboration and partnership with CMIC. The Denzil Cooper Award is given to an industry/company that supports Central Minnesota irrigators through collaboration via resources, time, and …

Central Lakes College student Lucy Felten was awarded a Hurst Review NCLEX Scholarship. Felten, a nursing major and Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society member, is one of 15 students nationwide to receive this scholarship. The scholarship, funded by national nursing exam prep company Hurst Review Services, is exclusively for Phi …

The Central Lakes College Foundation announced this week that more than 380 scholarship awards were made for spring semester, totaling more that $190,000. That brings the total awarded from the Foundation this academic year to just over $375,000. “Thanks to the generosity of our community we were able to increase our scholarship giving …

Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples, has announced its fall 2018 semester honors lists. The President’s List includes 228 students who earned a grade-point average of 3.75 to 4.0 while enrolled for at least 12 credits. The Dean’s List includes 291 students who earned a grade-point average of 3.25 to …

Central Lakes College’s Brainerd campus will have a limited, planned power outage from approximately 8 a.m.-12 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 3. The temporary outage will only affect half of the building, but will affect some services.    All scheduled events are still occurring, such as the spring registration session.  The …

Kari Christiansen, Vice President of Administrative Services at Central Lakes College, was awarded the Next Gen All-Star Award, presented at the Minnesota State CFO Annual Conference. This award, presented for the first time this year, recognizes individuals or teams whose efforts support the design, coordination, and implementation of the system’s …

Central Lakes College’s Nick Heisserer has earned the Strategic Enrollment Management Endorsement from the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers (AACRAO). Heisserer’s name will soon appear in the national registry. Heisserer is among an elite group of only 24 individuals nationally to earn this Endorsement, and the first person …

CLC campuses/facilities, both Staples and Brainerd, will have modified building hours and staffing over the upcoming holiday breaks, as we have done for a number of years. In addition, on specific weekends there will be no staffing and all campus buildings will be closed. On these weekends no activities involving …

By Hara Charlier With the holiday season upon us, homes and businesses have been transformed with strings of bright lights and fresh cut pine trees. That lively change reminds me of the transformations we see every day here on our campuses at Central Lakes College. We’ve seen students transform from …