Campus News

Shanice Hector (left) and Nqobile (Obi) Mahlangu of South Africa presented the Feb. 2 Cultural Thursday program at Central Lakes College in Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus. Shanice, 19, is from Cape Town and Obi, 20, is from Johannesburg. The two articulate, intelligent women, who are students at CLC, …

The Central Lakes College community is focused on measurements that convey the degree of success the institution has achieved in preparing its students for endeavors of choice. In advance of an accreditation team visit and review of improvements that will be acknowledged by the Higher Learning Commission, the HLC Steering …

The annual Give Kids a Smile event is in the CLC Community Dental Clinic on the Brainerd campus, where 128 youngsters over two days are offered free oral health check-ups, x-rays, and cleanings, courtesy of the Minnesota Dental Association and CLC students in Dental Assisting. Braydon Abbott, 2, of Deerwood …

On Friday, Feb. 3, from 9 to 9:45 a.m., in the Fireside Lounge at the Brainerd campus, Central Lakes College will play host to a Legislative Press Event.  State Representatives Tim Mahoney (DFL-St. Paul, shown) and John Ward (DFL-Brainerd) will attend. The Minnesota House of Representatives has invited local and …

At Central Lakes College in Brainerd and Staples, more than 900 students from area school districts are offered a hands-on look at educational pathways to careers requiring technical skills. Mini-career fairs are designed to show the youngsters some of the choices awaiting them as they explore fields where proper training …

In observance of Black History Month, the Central Lakes College Diversity Leadership Council on Tuesday, Feb. 7 will host a free, public presentation, “The Dream Alive,” as a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Co-sponsor is the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. The 90-minute …

Following their month-long residency at the Guthrie Theater, the Acting Company will make Central Lakes College the first stop of their 2012 tour to perform Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” at 7:30 p.m. on Wed., Feb. 8 in Chalberg Theatre. The Acting Company has garnered critical acclaim on a national scale through …

The Central Lakes College Music Department will present “The Sweetheart Tree,” an instrumental celebration of Valentine’s Day romance, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the Chalberg Theater on the Brainerd campus. This year’s winter concert will feature the CLC Brass Ensemble and Jazz Band directed by Steve Anderson and CLC …

Kari Frisch of the CLC speech faculty was the only Minnesotan attending the Dec. 6-10 United Nations World Food Program White House Community Leadership Series in Washington, D.C. She had taken a class last fall offered by the organization and the ONE.Org Campaign that focused on global hunger and advocacy. …

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” a beautifully crafted adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of violent racial events in a small town, will be staged at Central Lakes College in Brainerd Feb. 11-19. Set in 1935 Alabama, this popular, oft-performed play is scheduled for the 100-seat Dryden Theatre at 7:30 …