Campus News

Greg Medeck of Central Lakes College has completed his second week-long football camp coaching experience in the Virgin Islands, one he describes as “incredible.” In mid-March Medeck was the only Minnesota coach invited to participate in the 2011 U.S. Virgin Islands High School Football Camp, an event he joined in …

The free 2011 Central Lakes College Earth Day Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 20 on the Brainerd campus will be part of Earth Week at CLC. Coordinators are the Environmental Studies class, Natural Resources and Horticulture programs, the Green Team and the Green Club (members shown at …

Fourteen Central Lakes College student athletes have achieved 2010 Minnesota College Athletic Conference Fall Sports Academic Awards. Football: Kaleb Anderson, Robert Howell, Cory Jackson, Samuel Johnson, Roger Strack, Collin Swanson, Ryan Tri, Dustin Yorek; Golf: Paul Albrecht, Cody Cederberg, Brittany Gravelle, Timothy Thorson; Volleyball: Kaitlyn Roerick, Melissa Widman. Criteria: A …

Central Lakes College sociologist Gary Payne will present a free photographic tour of the history, culture and wildlife of Nicaragua at the Brainerd campus twice on Thursday, April 7. “Nicaragua: Dangerous Beauty” is the Cultural Thursday event that is always held on the first Thursday of each month during the …

In a partnership with Central Lakes College, 27 Brainerd High School students recently toured the North Memorial Air Care heliport at the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport. They are students in a healthcare professionals class taught by Jean Mershon of Central Lakes College in partnership with Essentia Health System. Offered for …

Pat Swarthout, Central Lakes College business management instructor, will be a featured speaker at the Congress of Minnesota Resorts spring workshop at the Hampton Inn and Suites South Shore Conference Center, Bemidji, March 28. His presentation, “The Silver Bullet of Building Relationships in Tourism,” asks attendees to consider what may …

ONAMIA – Elementary, middle school, and high school students will explore health careers through hands-on activities and professionals speaking about their careers on Friday, April 1 in Onamia at a Health Career Fair. Central Lakes College will be represented by the Nursing and Medical Assistant programs as well as through …

The Central Lakes College Spanish Club and Resource Center for Languages and Cultures of the Americas presents “Minnecanos,” a bilingual, multicultural production by Mixed Blood Theatre, on Thursday, April 21 at noon in Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus. The performance is free. In this acclaimed production, an old Chicano …

Over spring break the nine Community Colleges for International Development students attending Central Lakes College took a field trip to Washington, D.C. and New York City to fulfill global leadership development requirements of their one-year scholarship opportunity in the United States. They visited the White House, the U.S. Capitol, Washington …

The Bridges Career Exploration Day at Central Lakes College in Brainerd on March 11 drew more than 2,300 high school students from the following schools to sample more than 150 career options through interaction with professionals in business, public service, and higher education: Bertha-Hewitt, Brainerd, Brainerd AEC, Browerville, Crosby-Ironton, Eagle …