Central Lakes College will host its third Celebration of Nations on Friday, April 20 from 4 to 9 p.m. in the gymnasium on the Brainerd campus. The event will feature performers: Scandinavian Skal Klubb, Nay Ah Shing Tribal School Drum Group and American Indian Dancers, Tiyumba African dance music, Latin …

“Everything under the Sun” is the theme for the 45th annual photo contest being held at Central Lakes College on the Brainerd campus beginning April 18, according to contest coordinator Larry Kellerman. The contest, open to the public, has traditional photo entry categories of “landscape,” “portrait,” “action,” “creative,” “birds,” “animals,” …

Central Lakes College 2012 Awards Days are scheduled, according to Erich Heppner, Director of Student Activities. He said the Brainerd Campus Awards Day will be from noon to 1 p.m. on Monday, April 23, with a free lunch starting at 11:30 a.m. in the cafeteria. The Staples Campus Awards Day …

Pitcher Samantha Harting, a sophomore from Pillager, returns to the Central Lakes College fast-pitch softball team from her 19-win season last spring. But she is the only pitcher on the pre-season roster and one of just three sophomores anchoring the young 2012 Raider squad. The Raiders are inexperienced but athletic, …

Tadd Johnson, head of the American Indian Studies Department at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, will present a free program April 9 at noon in Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College. He is an enrolled member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and an attorney. He …

Washington, D.C. – The Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education today honored the nation’s leading colleges and universities, students, and faculty members, and staff for their commitment to bettering their communities through community service and service learning. Central Lakes College is among the 14 …

The Central Lakes College Videography Production students this week are in Brainerd to set up, rehearse, and produce a recorded broadcast of the weekend’s Vacationland Figure Skating Show in the Civic Center. “We are treating it like a live broadcast with multiple cameras, switchers, directors, etcetera,” said Mark Ambroz, instructor. …

Open to all Brainerd Campus Central Lakes College students, the 2012 Juried Student Art Show, “The Art of Science,” is accepting entries through April 2. An exhibit is scheduled for the CLC Art Gallery across from the Jon Hassler Library, and a reception April 20 from 5 to 8 p.m. …

The Central Lakes College Raiders (29-4) put together the best 20 minutes of the tournament and perhaps their best half of the season to defeat Brookdale, 85-75, outscoring the Jersey Blues, 51-32, to take fourth place in the championship meet today in New York. Brandon Davis was unstoppable inside, Ronnie Kornbaum cut …

The Central Lakes College baseball team played top teams from Texas and Oklahoma to start the 2012 season. Example: March 14 losses by scores of 4-3 and 8-0 to fourth-ranked Tyler, Texas while being outhit, 11-8, in those two battles. Fielding miscues plagued the Raiders (0-16) in most losses against …