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By Dr. Hara Charlier, President of CLC, and Rebekah Kent Ehlebracht, Dean of Brainerd Career & Technical Programs and Customized Training February is Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month. While we celebrate technical education every day at CLC, this month is an opportunity to celebrate with our communities. Students …
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Community invited to Cultural Thursday: Culture and values of the Anishinaabe
The community is invited to attend Central Lakes College’s virtual Cultural Thursday presentation on the culture and values of the Anishinaabe. The free event will be held at noon on Thursday, March 3 via Zoom. Pre-register here: https://tinyurl.com/yckn4kmb. The speaker will be Susan Beaulieu, an Anishinaabe citizen of the Red Lake …
Read More »Community invited to poetry reading with Gregory Orr
Verse Like Water: The visiting poetry program of Central Lakes College presents American Poet Gregory Orr at noon on February 18 livestreamed at https://youtu.be/JZNhVuUM9mg. This virtual event is free and open to the public. Orr has published 10 volumes of poetry and books of memoir, criticism and essays. He has …
Read More »CLC food pantries awarded microgrant
Central Lakes College was awarded a $3,000 microgrant to support its campus food pantries from Swipe Out Hunger, a national nonprofit committed to ending college student hunger. CLC was one of only 17 colleges nationwide to receive a microgrant in this first cycle of Swipe Out Hunger’s inaugural campus …
Read More »CLC announces success of Learn and Earn Program
Central Lakes College is proud to announce the success of its pilot Learn and Earn Program, with the awarding of three student scholarships with Grand View Lodge, Spa & Golf Resort. Scholarship recipients include: Taylor Hayford (Accounting – AAS), James Gedde (Associate of Arts), and Zachary Nelson (Business Transfer Pathway). …
Read More »New concert date announced
The Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center has announced the new date for the postponed January 21 concert of ‘I Am…He Said: A Celebration of the Music of Neil Diamond.’ The new date is Saturday June 11. The concert will take place in the Gichi-Ziibi Center for the Arts, and …
Read More »Sustainable Landscaping student awarded scholarship
Central Lakes College Sustainable Landscaping student Isaac Malone was awarded a $1,000 scholarship, sponsored by the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA) Foundation. The MNLA scholarship program recognizes superior students enrolled in horticultural or landscape studies programs at several area colleges and universities. The scholarships are designed and sponsored by MNLA …
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