The Adventures ’n Theatre, the young people’s performing company at Central Lakes College in Brainerd, will hold auditions for “The Clown Who Ran Away” on Saturday, March 26 at 10 a.m. in the Bob Dryden Theatre at CLC. This is the story of Dodo the Clown, who runs away from …
Read More »Snow Days at CLC
Central Lakes College students are enjoying Snow Days on the Staples and Brainerd campuses of the community and technical college. Erich Heppner, director of student activities, reports that at Staples last week Kendra Hutchison and Alyssa Ostberg from the Communication Art and design program solved the Medallion Hunt by finding …
Read More »Basketball season ends
Nash Faulk scored 19 points and Marcus Ayala 14 for the Central Lakes College Raiders as their outstanding basketball season ended in the semifinals of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference tournament Feb. 26 with a 72-63 loss to the Anoka-Ramsey Rams on their home court. Maurice Hernandez added 13 points …
Read More »Athletes honored
Five Central Lakes College basketball players have received post-season honors awarded by a vote of coaches in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference. Raiders earning a spot on the 15-person All-State Team were sophomores Marcus Ayala (repeating last year’s honor) and Nash Faulk, who led CLC in scoring with averages of …
Read More »Marketing awards
The Marketing and Public Relations Department at Central Lakes College has earned three national educational advertising awards. CLC received a Gold, the top prize among colleges with 5,000-9,999 students, for the course schedule titled “We’re Moving Forward.” The CLC 2010-12 academic catalog received a Silver, or second, in the same …
Read More »Gaelic Storm draws crowd
The Celtic quintet Gaelic Storm performed for an audience of nearly 700 winter-weary fans Wed., Feb. 23 in Tornstrom Auditorium at the Washington Education Building in Brainerd. The concert was sponsored by the Cultural Arts Series at Central Lakes College. The audience included fans who drove from Grand Rapids, Hinckley, …
Read More »Fabulous Armadillos March 11
The Central Lakes College Cultural Arts Series presents the Fabulous Armadillos performing “Motown & Soul,” a full-band, multi-media, story-telling event with Motown and Memphis soul music, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 11 in Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus. The Fabulous Armadillos, said to be in a constant state …
Read More »Raiders No. 4 in nation
The Central Lakes College Raiders are ranked fourth in this week’s National Junior College Athletic Association Division III men’s basketball poll. The team tied for the Southern Division regular-season title in Minnesota College Athletic Association competition, which concludes this weekend at the state tournament in Coon Rapids. The champion advances …
Read More »‘Outstanding Project’
At its annual meeting Feb. 16 in Alexandria, the WesMin Resource Conservation and Development Council recognized as Outstanding Project a seminar hosted by Central Lakes College in Staples. The Steve Kenyon Year-Round Grazing System seminar held Jan. 19-11, 2010 at CLC, Staples, was honored for drawing more than 100 participants …
Read More »Students volunteer
The Central Lakes College Student Senate recently provided volunteers from both the Staples and Brainerd campuses to assist with the Confidence Learning Center Winter Special Olympics. Steve Sabin (pictured), Matthew Salge, Sharaea Barrlett-Eggleston, and Samantha Laderer provided assistance to 235 area high school special needs students during events that included …
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