Campus News

A group of Central Lakes College Mobile Application Development students are one of ten finalists in the nation for the fourth annual Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC), sponsored by The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). The national contest challenged community college students to …

Central Lakes College Medical Assistant student Jill Clark won one of three $1,000 Minnesota Society of Medical Assistants scholarships for 2018. Clark, of Pillager, is only the fourth CLC student to receive one of these scholarships. She will be recognized at the Minnesota Society of Medical Assistants Spring Conference in …

Dr. Thaddeus McCamant, specialty crops educator at Central Lakes College, was the lead author for a book for the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA). The book is titled “Perennial Fruit: New, Unusual, and Unique Crops for Northern Climates.” Contributing author was Sadie Schroeder, then affiliated with Green Lands Blue …

Central Lakes College is pleased to announce an enhanced mission, vision and values. As part of engaging in a strategic planning process, the college took a deep look into the current mission, vision and values. This process was very well vetted through the hard work of a committee, which was comprised of …

The Central Lakes College Videography Department was nominated for three Upper Midwest Emmy Awards by the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences for videos shot during 2017.  The Upper Midwest division consists of colleges and high schools from a 5-state region, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin. CLC’s …

Thanks to Pillager High School students for coming to visit our Graphic program! They worked on T-Shirt designs in PhotoShop & printed them using our Direct to Garment T-Shirt printer. Pictured: Kneeling:  Caleb Japp, Jenna Gilbertson, Emma Dillenburg, Emily Rubbelke, Delaney Pikus, Deavon Olson. Row 2:  Summer Meyer, Hunter Larson, Alison Coventry, …

Brainerd High School student Michael Bostrom won the Central Lakes College Graphic Design Hood Wrap Design Contest. The contest called for “USA proud” themed designs. The winner’s design would be wrapped on a vehicle hood during the Bridges Career Exploration Day event held earlier this month. It was wrapped by …

Claudina Williams, a Central Lakes College student, has been named a 2018 Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar and will receive a $1,250 scholarship. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Academic Team program by recognizing 50 Gold, 50 Silver and 50 Bronze Scholars with nearly $200,000 in scholarships annually. Each …

Central Lakes College was recently awarded a $10,000 Innovation Grant from Minnesota State to sustain its Open Education Resources (OER) work through the next academic year. OER is a term that describes openly licensed online text, media and other digital assets used in education. OER is used in place of …

Four Central Lakes College Graphic Design students were recently honored at the American Advertising Awards in St. Cloud. The American Advertising Awards are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition. CLC winners: Christopher Roberts, Baxter, won a silver award for an illustration called “Birthmark”. Hannah Aldrich, McGregor, won a silver …