By Dr. Hara Charlier, President, Central Lakes College Minimizing barriers to a higher education is important to all of us at Central Lakes College. This is also critical in our commitment to provide the highly educated workforce that our local economy demands. To this end, we are excited about a …
Read More »CLC receives $10,000 OER grant
Central Lakes College was recently awarded a $10,000 Innovation Grant from Minnesota State to sustain its Open Education Resources (OER) work through the next academic year. OER is a term that describes openly licensed online text, media and other digital assets used in education. OER is used in place of …
Read More »CLC welding helps grant a wish for Minnesota child
Little Ada wanted a place where she could “play on not be sick anymore.” She wanted it to be pink and purple, and visible from her bedroom in Cambridge, MN. Ada was born with a complex congenital heart defect. Before the age of 5, she already had two open-heart surgeries. …
Read More »Welding students’ work featured on new Staples hotel
A new hotel in Staples can be seen from afar, thanks to a massive sign crafted by Central Lakes College Welding students. The metal lettering, standing a total of 27-feet by 14-feet, can be found on Timber Lake Hotel. CLC partnered with HyTech Construction to make the sign. CLC Welding …
Read More »CLC Law Enforcement Skills cadets graduate
Twenty-two students graduated from Central Lakes College’s Law Enforcement Skills program on Friday. These men and women have completed two years of general education and Criminal Justice studies, and now have been through an intense eight-week law enforcement training program. In the Skills training program, they received extensive training in communication …
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