Events

Joe Plut, retired Central Lakes College English and humanities instructor, will give two presentations on his late friend and former CLC colleague Jon Hassler in Alexandria in March. Joe, author of “Conversations with Jon Hassler,” will be part of the Community Read event honoring Jon Hassler March 24. The city …

On February 9th from 6-8 p.m., Central Lakes College Spanish Club is sponsoring a free International Folk Dance with Paul Wilson and Mary Abendroth of the Nisswa Stammen Festival instructing. They will be teaching circle and line dances from a variety of countries. The dance will be held in Room …

Digital images created by Martin Springborg are displayed in the Central Lakes College Gallery on the Brainerd campus Jan. 18-Feb. 10. “Teaching and Learning” is the title of the exhibit by Springborg, an adjunct instructor teaching online digital photography at CLC. The gallery is free and open during regular campus …

The next free Cultural Thursday program at Central Lakes College, Brainerd, will be a journey to Mexico in Chalberg Theatre from noon to 12:50 p.m. Feb. 3 on the Brainerd campus. Scheduled presenters are members of the CLC Spanish Club, who in 2010 accompanied a shipment of clothing to Mexico …

The first day of Central Lakes College vacation between semesters was not a vacation day at all for CLC instructors. They participated in a workshop for members of the Central Lakes Consortia. Dan Smith, a specialist in career and technical programs and assessment with the Minnesota Department of Education, was …

The Dental Assistant Club at Central Lakes College is raising funds to help students pay for state and federal licensure exams that cost up to $500 and are required for credentialing. Club members are offering dental-strength professional Crest Whitestrips Supreme at $43 for a box of 84 strips. “This is …

Nathan Sievert of Little Falls, a student at Central Lakes College in Brainerd, donated a pint of his blood during the American Red Cross Blood Drive hosted by the Student Senate at CLC on Dec. 1. Heather Oeltjenbruns, a phlebotomist with the St. Cloud office of the Red Cross, was …

Gene Hugoson, Minnesota Commissioner of Agriculture, will be the featured speaker at Thursday’s Farm Forum at the Staples campus of Central Lakes College. The event, including lunch, is free and open to all area producers and agribusiness persons. It runs from 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., when a biodiesel demonstration …

The Central Lakes College Psychology Club on Nov. 16 hosted a panel discussing Alzheimer’s Disease. “Not All Wounds Are Visible” featured psychiatrist Peter Neifert, M.D., Laura Schoonover, RN, of the Good Samaritan Society, and Dick Ashmun, a retired university professor whose wife was a victim of the disease. The 75-minute …

The Staples campus of Central Lakes College will hold an open house on Sunday, Nov. 21 from 1-4 p.m. The event features demonstrations and activities associated with the campus programs. Classrooms and laboratories will offer insight into the career education opportunities at the CLC campus in Staples. The event features …