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The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) Manufacturing and Applied Engineering Center of Excellence, which includes Central Lakes College, has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant for nearly $3 million to educate and train manufacturing technicians. “This grant will help us advance our goal of increasing the quantity, quality …

Central Lakes College Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Kelly B. McCalla, has been selected as the 2011-2012 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Outstanding Academic and Student Affairs Administrator.  The award recognizes an administrator at one of the system’s 31 colleges and universities spread across 54 campuses statewide.   The recipient …

Douglas Knowlton, the new MnSCU vice chancellor for academic and student affairs, visited Central Lakes College yesterday. He met with several deans and directors and toured the campuses in Brainerd and Staples. Knowlton had been president of Dakota State University in Madison, S.D. since 2004 and earlier was vice chancellor …

Brainerd resident Julie Jo Larson, an honor student at Central Lakes College, has been recognized by state organizations with scholarships she said qualified students shouldn’t overlook for themselves. “It is my hope that I can inspire more students to take the time and fill out the scholarship applications,” she said. …

At Central Lakes College in Brainerd and Staples, more than 900 students from area school districts are offered a hands-on look at educational pathways to careers requiring technical skills. Mini-career fairs are designed to show the youngsters some of the choices awaiting them as they explore fields where proper training …

Dr. Suresh Tiwari, vice president of academic and student affairs at Central Lakes College, announces that Steven K. Anderson of Merrifield and Martha Kuehn of Brainerd have been named 2012 Outstanding Educators by CLC President Dr. Larry Lundblad. Steve, who teaches instrumental music, and Martha, a psychology instructor, are eligible …

On Jan. 6 and 7 members of the Student Senate from each campus of Central Lakes College attended the annual Minnesota State College Student Association Scholarship Dinner and Leadership Conference in Bloomington. Last summer Steve Sabin, our Brainerd Campus Student Senate President, ran a series of marathons to raise funds …

Applications to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities skyrocketed over a year ago during the first-ever National College Application Week, an initiative to increase access to college, particularly for students from groups underrepresented in higher education. Nearly 10,000 high school students submitted 15,600 applications to the 31 state colleges and universities, …

Members of the Minnesota Senate Capital Investment Committee, led by Chairman David Senjem (R-Rochester), were welcomed to Central Lakes College Wed., Nov. 30 for a series of bonding presentations for proposed projects that could be approved for funding in the next legislative session. Other members scheduled to meet at CLC …

Steven Rosenstone, chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, recommended on Monday that the Board of Trustees appoint Douglas Knowlton (far left) to be vice chancellor for academic and student affairs and Michael Dougherty to be vice chancellor for advancement. Knowlton is the president of Dakota State University in …