Verse Like Water: the visiting poet program of Central Lakes College presents poet Peter Balakian for a noon reading on Wednesday, Jan. 30 in the Chalberg Theatre. In addition to poetry, Professor Balakian has gifted the literary world with memoir, translations, and essays about arts and culture. As a young man, …

Central Lakes College will kick off its spring Cultural Thursday series with alumna Kylie Geatz, who will speak about her trip to Australia working as an au pair. The event will be held at noon on Thursday, Jan. 17 in the Chalberg Theatre. It is free and open to the …

The life and music of one of the true legends of popular music, Bobby Vee, will be onstage at the Tornstrom Auditorium on January 25 when ‘Remembering Bobby Vee’ hits the stage at 7:30 p.m. As part of the Central Lakes College Community Performing Arts Center’s season, the show is …

Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples, has announced its fall 2018 semester honors lists. The President’s List includes 228 students who earned a grade-point average of 3.75 to 4.0 while enrolled for at least 12 credits. The Dean’s List includes 291 students who earned a grade-point average of 3.25 to …

The Central Minnesota Irrigator’s Corporation (CMIC) will hold an Irrigation Clinic on Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Maslowski Wellness & Research Center in Wadena. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The event runs from 9:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will be followed by the CMIC annual meeting. Exhibitors will have …

Central Lakes College’s Brainerd campus will have a limited, planned power outage from approximately 8 a.m.-12 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 3. The temporary outage will only affect half of the building, but will affect some services.    All scheduled events are still occurring, such as the spring registration session.  The …

Kari Christiansen, Vice President of Administrative Services at Central Lakes College, was awarded the Next Gen All-Star Award, presented at the Minnesota State CFO Annual Conference. This award, presented for the first time this year, recognizes individuals or teams whose efforts support the design, coordination, and implementation of the system’s …

Few singer-songwriters have amassed a catalog of hits as impressive as Billy Joel. His music will be paid tribute to by Twin Cities performer Mick Sterling on January 18 when “A Billy Joel State of Mind” comes to the Chalberg Theatre stage on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College. …

Central Lakes College’s Nick Heisserer has earned the Strategic Enrollment Management Endorsement from the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers (AACRAO). Heisserer’s name will soon appear in the national registry. Heisserer is among an elite group of only 24 individuals nationally to earn this Endorsement, and the first person …

CLC campuses/facilities, both Staples and Brainerd, will have modified building hours and staffing over the upcoming holiday breaks, as we have done for a number of years. In addition, on specific weekends there will be no staffing and all campus buildings will be closed. On these weekends no activities involving …