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The Staples Campus Student Senate of Central Lakes College is sponsoring the Tour de Staples 5K Walk/Freedom Run Saturday, May 7 to benefit the CLC Veterans Resource Center. Community veterans at this event will be on hand to accept donations for Staples All-Veterans Park.The 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) race for runners starts …

Each month the TRIO-Student Services Support program hosts monthly culture days around a menu fitting the day’s theme. Recently, the theme was American Indian, so the menu included fry bread, cranberry bread, and wild rice chicken soup, all prepared by the Brainerd campus food vendor. The program, which serves 180 …

Greg Medeck of Central Lakes College has completed his second week-long football camp coaching experience in the Virgin Islands, one he describes as “incredible.” In mid-March Medeck was the only Minnesota coach invited to participate in the 2011 U.S. Virgin Islands High School Football Camp, an event he joined in …

Pat Swarthout, Central Lakes College business management instructor, will be a featured speaker at the Congress of Minnesota Resorts spring workshop at the Hampton Inn and Suites South Shore Conference Center, Bemidji, March 28. His presentation, “The Silver Bullet of Building Relationships in Tourism,” asks attendees to consider what may …

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 …

Central Lakes College Counselor Don Pfeffer testified Feb. 14 at the Capitol on behalf of a bill carried by State Rep. Bob Dettmer to repeal a sunset provision on a veterans’ higher education assistance program that otherwise in 2012 will end. Lawmakers began the program in 2006. Pfeffer, director of …

Digital images created by Martin Springborg are displayed in the Central Lakes College Gallery on the Brainerd campus Jan. 18-Feb. 10. “Teaching and Learning” is the title of the exhibit by Springborg, an adjunct instructor teaching online digital photography at CLC. The gallery is free and open during regular campus …

Students in Communication Art and Design at Central Lakes College recently completed a video project on behalf of the regional Mental Health Advisory Council. The 35-minute video, “Holding the Hope: Our Journey to Recovery,” was made with the help of students as well as staff from the Minnesota Mental Health …

The first day of Central Lakes College vacation between semesters was not a vacation day at all for CLC instructors. They participated in a workshop for members of the Central Lakes Consortia. Dan Smith, a specialist in career and technical programs and assessment with the Minnesota Department of Education, was …

Rick Otteson, longtime Central Lakes College Buildings and Grounds supervsior, was treated to a surprise 60th birthday celebration over the lunch hour Thursday, Dec. 16 on the Brainerd campus. He was called to a routine meeting, but a few minutes into the session he was met in the college administrative …