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Crow Wing Soil and Water District (SWCD) and the City of Brainerd have released a study on the health of the Little Buffalo Creek. The Natural Resources program at Central Lakes College partnered with the City, Crow Wing County, Land Mosaic Collaborative LLC, and Board of Water Soil and Resources …
Read More »Student Success Day
On Wednesday, Sept. 26, Central Lakes College held its annual Student Success Day for the 2012-13 academic year, with activities aplenty at the campuses in Brainerd and Staples. Thousands of students took advantage of a schedule that gave them workshops for better living, college-years enjoyment, and lifelong success. Dozens of …
Read More »Conservation Officer candidates
Twelve conservation officer candidates, including two Central Lakes College graduates from the Natural Resources Law Enforcement program, were selected from 800 applicants to spend the next 12 weeks at the DNR Enforcement Conservation Officer Academy at Camp Ripley. The candidates are receiving instruction on fish and wildlife laws, rules of evidence, …
Read More »CLC interns are everywhere
Natural Resources student interns from Central Lakes College (CLC), Brainerd, seem to be everywhere this summer. Thirty full-time interns in 2012 have logged thousands of hours working in Minnesota and Wisconsin for natural resources agencies, primarily the Department of Natural Resources. “I think it is an impressive testament for our …
Read More »Prize winners
Rachel Bartosh (left), Brainerd, and Kelsey Saba, Baxter, each received a $50 Super America gas card for winning the Brainerd campus scavenger hunt during Welcome Week at Central Lakes College. They had worked as a team to fulfill the requirements, including pictures or video evidence of each task completion over …
Read More »International students
The 2012-13 Community Colleges for International Development (CCID) international students attending Central Lakes College (CLC) in Brainerd for one year are eager to broaden their cultural experience in the area. The eight are (from India) Khan Zishan Anwar, 20, Chiranjeet Shah, 24, and Richard Andrews, 22; (from Pakistan) Nasir Hussain, …
Read More »Back to the 80s BBQ
Dining under warm sun and with the on-stage 80s music of Summertime Dropouts, about 500 students and staff enjoyed the free barbecue on the Brainerd campus today, served by members of the Counseling and Student Life departments at CLC. This is the middle of Welcome Week, with a free outdoor …
Read More »Welcome Week
Biology instructor Beth Mayers talked with Central Lakes College students Andrea Schuety (left) and Nick Bourassa, Brainerd High School graduates now working toward Associate in Arts degrees at the Brainerd campus of CLC. Monday was the first day of the 2012-13 academic year. This is Welcome Week, with students provided …
Read More »Food shelf and bookstore update
The Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College has a new location for some important student-centered functions. You can now find the Student Life Center upstairs (C226) in the area that was formerly occupied by the Veterans Resource Center. This area includes a student lounge space, video games, pool tables, foosball, …
Read More »Fall term begins
They may need a little extra time to negotiate the College Drive construction zone for the next seveal weeks, but students arriving at the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College today were energized and welcomed to the 2012-13 academic year at the community and technical college. Pam Smith and her Post-Secondary Enrollment …
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