Tag Archives: Students

Central Lakes College held its annual Student Awards Day events on April 29-30. The events are a celebration of student achievement in academics, student government and campus life.  The prestigious “student of the year” awards were given to Julie Berczyk, Staples campus and Chantell Erickson, Brainerd campus. Brainerd Campus Awards:  …

Poetry reminds you that you’re alive and that life’s not going to continue forever. That’s what former two-time U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins says. “That’s why a lot of poetry is about human immortality,” he said. Collins conducted a poetry reading, book signing and workshop Tuesday at Central Lakes College …

Construction is an industry of close tolerances where precision and accuracy can make or break your bottom line. At the same time, the pressures of schedules and budgets drive contractors to get the job done faster and more efficiently than ever. Utilizing cutting edge technology such as Global Positioning System …

Fifteen years ago, Cultural Thursdays became an official Central Lakes College event under the direction of Jan Kurtz.  On Thursday, May 1 at noon, in the Chalberg Theater, Jan will be hosting her final show entitled: “Fun Foreign Fotos”, before retiring. “As a finale” Jan said, “I wanted to look …

Colby Abazs (Finland, MN) and Josh Hammer (Staples, MN), CLC Photography Students, competed in a Statewide SkillsUSA Photography competition in the Twin Cities. The conference was a showcase of career and technical education students where more than 800 outstanding students competed in 80 hands-on trade, technical and leadership contests.  Colby and Josh both …

CLC will be offering Nursing Information Sessions for anyone interested in learning more about careers in nursing and the education programs. Nursing faculty and program advisors will be available at each of the sessions. Program registration and planning information will be provided.   Brainerd Campus (W220):  April 15 from 6-7 …

Central Lakes College will be making program changes for fall semester to better serve students and provide opportunity for growth in programming. The college plans to expand manufacturing and agricultural programs at the Staples campus and move media programs currently based in Staples to the Brainerd campus.  As part of …

Hannah Janzen (Palisade, MN), a student at Central Lakes College, has been named a 2014 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Silver Scholar. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team program by recognizing 50 Gold, 50 Silver and 50 Bronze Scholars, and providing nearly $200,000 in scholarships …

Brainerd • March 7, 2014 Verndale High School juniors Kylee Wright and Barbora Novotna are pretty sure about the job fields they want to join. But on Friday, they got their first real feel for the health science field. The Bridges Career Exploration Day was held at Central Lakes College. …

Student Conservationist of the Year  CLC student Tom Strack (Randall) won the 2013 Student Conservationist of the Year award from the Minnesota Chapter of The Wildlife Society. The award was presented at the Wildlife Society’s annual conference held in mid February in Bemidji, MN. There were over 200 wildlife professionals …