Campus News

The Central Lakes College IT Club (Information Technology) will host a free, 2-hour Tribute to Steve Jobs on Tuesday, Oct. 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Lecture Hall (E354) of the Brainerd campus. After a brief overview of the life of the American computer entrepreneur, the club will …

Michael Amick, dean of technology at Central Lakes College, will present “Technology and Your Kids: What You Should Know” at Oak Street Christian School at 6 p.m. Sunday. Michael says “Technology is such a powerful tool for connecting, communicating, and accessing information, it’s understandable that parents sometimes feel ill-equipped to …

Musician-actor Ronny Cox, a New Mexico native who has created a niche as a folksie singer-songwriter after performing in more than 125 films, played to a full Dryden Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 6. His appearance was made possible by the Cultural Arts Series at Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples. …

Educators from Pequot Lakes, Long Prairie, Deer River, Pine River, Pierz, and Remer met recently with collaborator Dave Piasecki at Central Lakes College to review progress and plan future assessment and accountability for their College in the Schools partnership. Dave, who teaches economics and history at CLC, oversees the group …

Dr. Suresh Tiwari, vice president of academic and student affairs at Central Lakes College, invites nominations of CLC instructors for the Outstanding Educator award presented annually by the MnSCU Board of Trustees. “CLC has been fortunate to have so many wonderful, caring, engaged and outstanding faculty in its ranks,” VP …

Poet Richard Fenton Sederstrom will give a free, public reading from 7 to 8 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 6) in the Jon Hassler Library of the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College. A retired English professor who served as a student writing contest judge at CLC last spring, Richard lives …

Central Lakes College students studying psychology and participating in the Honors Associate in Arts degree program joined instructors Martha Kuehn (psychology) and Robert Brekken (history, leadership) on Oct. 4 and 5 to view live streaming video of speakers on the sold-out Nobel Conference 47 program at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. …

The Crisis Line and Referral Service, in conjunction with Northern Pines Mental Health Center, Inc., and Central Lakes College, will host a free Suicide Prevention Program called “Judd’s Story” at 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 24 in the Lecture Hall (E 354) on the Brainerd campus. The program is designed to …

The newly formed Science Club of Central Lakes College invited students to view the world of science during Student Success Day, Sept. 28. Club members and faculty demonstrated experiments and projects of science; Rocket launching, Trebuchet throw, balloon rocket race, Thermite and dry ice experiments along with sun gazing through …

The Friday, Oct. 7 Natural Resources Seminar at Central Lakes College features Peter Jacobson, research supervisor with the Minnesota DNR, talking about “Protecting Cisco Oxythermal Habitat from Climate Change: Building Resilience in Deep Lakes using a Landscape Approach.” This is the second in a three-Friday series of free seminars to …