Campus News

Larry Kellerman was busy on the Brainerd campus the week before faculty returned for the 2011-12 academic year at Central Lakes College. The librarian was adjusting the display of nation flags that occupies the cross beams on the south side of the center of campus, along the vision wall. Larry …

The Central Lakes College Community Band tour of Central Europe is the first Cultural Thursday program of the new academic year at Central Lakes College, Brainerd. It is Thursday, Sept. 1. The free, 50-minute public event starts at noon in Chalberg Theatre. It will showcase the July 18-28 concert tour …

The volleyball season at Central Lakes College has begun, with 12 student athletes joining Head Coach Jane Peterson and Assistant Ken Miller for drills as of Aug. 12. The team hosts an eight-team scrimmage on Thursday before its official opener in a two-day intensive at Ridgewater (Willmar) vs. teams from …

New employees at Central Lakes College began their orientation Monday, Aug. 15 with a welcome from CLC President Dr. Larry Lundblad, followed by presentations from Nancy Paulson, Director of Human Resources; Kari Christiansen, Vice President of Administrative Services; Chris Vopatek and Sheila Edin from the Business Office; David MacArthur from …

It wasn’t your average seminar. Rick Rassier, a motivational enthusiast who specializes in team building, came to the CLC gym on Aug. 11 for a couple hours of strategy built on the lessons for success. He put the Raider football team through a series of exercises to establish the framework …

At approximately 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16, Scott Thiss, chair of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees, is scheduled to visit the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College for about 90 minutes. Accompanying Chairman Thiss will be Bernard Omann from MnSCU Legislative Relations (Mr. Omann is …

Angie Brown, a native of Marshalltown, Iowa, has been assigned to the Central Lakes College Foundation, Brainerd and Staples, and the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation Women’s Fund as an assistant to build an alumni and donor base. According to Pam Thomsen, director of resource development and the CLC Foundation, …

The Central Lakes College Theatre Department will host auditions for “The Miracle Worker” at 7 p.m. Aug. 24 and 25 in Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus. Immortalized on stage and screen, William Gibson’s classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind, deaf and mute Helen Keller. …

Central Lakes College will expand its service-learning opportunities for nursing students during the forthcoming academic year and on a long-term basis, according to a Memorandum of Understanding signed Aug. 5. Dr. Larry Lundblad, president of CLC, and Mark Schmitz, superintendent of the Staples-Motley School District (Independent School District 2170), enacted …

The Friday, Aug. 12 benefit concert by Grammy Award-winner George Winston for the Central Lakes College Foundation has been postponed. Winston’s management firm, Dancing Cat, issued this statement regarding the postponement: “Due to circumstances beyond our control it has become necessary to postpone and reschedule several of George Winston’s upcoming …