Tag Archives: Academics

Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples, is one of 120 colleges competing for a share of $1 million to be awarded by the Aspen Institute for innovative strategies and student success. The first Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence will be awarded in December to an unspecified number of colleges …

Students in the Central Lakes College Honors Composition II: Public and Professional Writing course taught by Leane Flynn of the English Department presented a Research Showcase in the Lecture Hall of the Brainerd campus Monday. Guests included students, faculty, and administrators for the one-hour program based on semester-long investigation of …

Central Lakes College and the Pine River-Backus School District have agreed to offer college courses in Pine River starting around Oct. 1, 2011. Kelly McCalla (left), CLC dean of liberal arts and sciences, promises the college will offer CLC courses taught by local teachers with master’s degrees, as long as …

New students are enrolling for the summer and fall courses at Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples. On Thursday, April 14, the spring’s first EZ Enrollment for all programs attracted a large number of registrants to the Brainerd campus. By mid-morning the lines had grown as these new students proceeded …

Jeremy Janousek of Staples has received a $500 “tools” scholarship from the mikeroweWORKS Foundation in partnership with the Associated Equipment Distributors. Jeremy is an honor student in the Central Lakes College Diesel and Heavy Equipment Technology Associate in Applied Science degree program. CLC President Larry Lundblad recently presented the award, …

The first cohort of Nursing Assistant students from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe recently completed three months of study offered by Central Lakes College at Mille Lacs Health System. Front from left, are Darian Kegg and Maria Powell, and back from left are Sara Rice, Rose Wind, and Naomi …

Fourteen Central Lakes College student athletes have achieved 2010 Minnesota College Athletic Conference Fall Sports Academic Awards. Football: Kaleb Anderson, Robert Howell, Cory Jackson, Samuel Johnson, Roger Strack, Collin Swanson, Ryan Tri, Dustin Yorek; Golf: Paul Albrecht, Cody Cederberg, Brittany Gravelle, Timothy Thorson; Volleyball: Kaitlyn Roerick, Melissa Widman. Criteria: A …

In a partnership with Central Lakes College, 27 Brainerd High School students recently toured the North Memorial Air Care heliport at the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport. They are students in a healthcare professionals class taught by Jean Mershon of Central Lakes College in partnership with Essentia Health System. Offered for …

The Central Lakes College Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Search Committee will interview three finalists the week of March 21 and also provide an opportunity for all CLC staff and students to meet the candidates when they visit our campuses. The open forums for each of the candidates …

Astronomy students at Central Lakes College had a good excuse for getting outside, even briefly, on Wed., Feb. 16. Their instructor in the class held on the Brainerd campus insisted they have a gander at the mid-day sun. David Kobilka asked his class to work in small groups to discern …