The Aspen Institute has recognized Central Lakes College as one of the nation’s top 150 community colleges. CLC is now eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance among two-year colleges.   The institutions selected for …

Central Lakes College’s Bent Bine Journal has won the 2nd place National Award for Best Magazine, hosted by Community College Humanities Association.   The Bent Pine is a full color, hardcopy journal that seeks to illuminate the creative talents of students, staff and faculty across CLC. It was first published …

Instructor Dr. Nick Heisserer has been named the 2023-24 Central Lakes College Board of Trustees Outstanding Educator. Heisserer teaches Business Management at the college. This honor includes nominations by students and peers, as well as a recommendation from a committee of CLC employees.  “Nick’s dedication to students and outstanding instruction …

Central Lakes College and AgCentric have been awarded a $43,037 workforce development grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).  With the funds, CLC and AgCentric will collaborate with the Ag Innovation Campus (AIC) at University of Minnesota Crookston and Minnesota Farmers Union to create a specialized soybean crush …

For the second year in a row, Central Lakes College has been honored with national awards for its social media marketing.  Winners were announced recently in the 11th Annual Education Digital Marketing Awards.   CLC received honors in these categories:  Gold Award – CLC Facebook  Gold Award – CLC TikTok  Silver Award – CLC Instagram  …

NJCAA Region 13 has announced its All-Region 13 Football Team for the 2023 season, and 3 CLC student-athletes have been named to the team. Austin Boesch Rashad Sherwood David Collins  

The Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center and Brainerd Community Theatre present the play Winter Wonderettes, by Roger Bean, at the Dryden Theatre on November 15-18, 2023. This seasonal celebration finds the four Wonderettes – played by local actors Abby Pratt, Abi Swenson, Esme Pool, and Maren Martin – entertaining …

Central Lakes College’s Verse Like Water program presents United Kingdom Poet Laureate Simon Armitage for a poetry reading at noon on Wednesday on November 15 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus. A book signing and informal craft talk will follow. The event is free and open to the public. In England, Armitage teaches at Sheffield University …

The community is invited to attend the premiere event of the 12th year of Verse Like Water: The visiting poet program of Central Lakes College, happening at noon on Sept. 27 in the Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus. The event is free and open to the public. Featured will be poets Valzhyna Mort (Belarus), Ilya Kaminsky …

A short film created by a handful of Central Lakes College Videography Program alumni, along with their team, will be screened in several upcoming film festivals.   The short film is called “P@ssword Pr0blems” and it will be screened at the following festivals:   The Iowa Independent Film Festival on …