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Central Lakes College has partnered with North Memorial Air Care to provide helicopter landing zone training to Law Enforcement and Emergency Medical Responder students.  It is common in rural areas for law enforcement and emergency medical responders to receive calls for help in which they are first on the scene. …

Central Lakes College Anthropology Instructor, Fred Sutherland, recently returned from an adventure to Southeast Asia and will be sharing his photos and impressions during the upcoming Cultural Thursday presentation on March 5 entitled “Cambodia and Vietnam: Where past and present collide”.  Come explore the largest religious complex in the world, …

Three Minnesota colleges join forces for new AgCentric Center of Excellence — Aims to prepare young people for careers in booming agriculture industry through shared resources.  USDA studies show that now more than ever, agriculture is an industry that depends on science, technology, cutting-edge applications and advanced production practices to meet …

The CLC Music Department will present “The Pre-Spring Concert” on Tuesday, February 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chalberg Theater on the Brainerd campus.  The evening features the Woodwind Ensemble and its small groups under the direction of Chris Bolstad, the Brass Ensemble under the direction of Steve Anderson, and the CLC …

A new high-tech piece of equipment will bring the world of advanced manufacturing into the classrooms of 23 area high schools. It’s called a computer numerical control (CNC) office mill, and it allows operators to cut materials like metal at different depths using computer controls. The CNC office mill was …

Beginning in January, Central Lakes College began offer nursing classes at a new satellite location in Pine River. The spring semester 2015 classes began on January 13. The classes offered at the Pine River site are Nursing Assistant Class – 3 Credits and the Home Health Aide Class – 1 …

AgCentric was officially unveiled on Tuesday, February 3 at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture in St. Paul, Minnesota.   Deputy Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Jim Boerboom greeted the crowd of about 25 legislators, MNSCU officials, Department of Education officials, Future Farmers of America representatives, and administrators of …

CLC students had a great showing at the 2015 American Advertising Awards held at the Paramount Theater in St. Cloud on January 24.  CLC photo imaging students brought home 7 silver and 4 gold awards for their photography entries. Graphic design students grabbed 2 silver and 4 gold for their …

Jeff Keyes, Arnie Anderson and Barry Norenberg from Bosch Packaging recently came to the Central Lakes College (CLC) Staples campus to give a presentation to students of the robotics program and to interview the second year students. Bosch needs to fill multiple positions and internships in their Shell Lake and …

The next Cultural Thursday event will be held on February 5 at Central Lakes College. Sociologist Gary Payne will display images captured on photo safaris to the southwestern territories of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, which had been the homeland of the Anasazi, several closely related American Indian cultures. Payne …