Campus News

Central Lakes College’s 40th summer theatre season continues July 1 and 2 when Adventure ’n Theatre presents “Rumpelstiltskin.” The play will be staged in Dryden Theatre on the Brainerd campus of CLC at 7:30 p.m. July 1 and 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. July 2 by actors in grades three …

Golfers are needed for the 12th annual Central Lakes College Heavy Equipment Golf Tournament July 20. Proceeds go directly to the CLC Heavy Equipment Training Program. The event is held at Oak Glen Country Club, Stillwater, and starts at 1 p.m. on July 20. Golf packages include range balls, field …

The Staples-Motley Early Childhood Coalition’s “Big Equipment Show” is scheduled from 4-7 p.m. June 24 in the Staples Elementary parking lot. All families are invited to attend. Vehicles will be on display from the Central Lakes College Heavy Equipment program, the Staples Fire Department, the Staples Police Department and Lakewood …

As construction continued next door, Music Video Camp participants at the Staples campus of Central Lakes College created music videos June 14-18. Camp Director Leon Dahlvang has taught for 11 years in the Communication Art and Design program at CLC, where he once was a student. This fall he adds …

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees has approved expanding the mission of Alexandria Technical College to a comprehensive technical and community college and changing the college’s name. The new name, which is Alexandria Technical and Community College, and new mission take effect immediately. The new mission will …

A Central Lakes College delegation has delivered a package of donations to Mexico for Friends of the Orphans. Spanish instructor Jan Kurtz, students Abra Fisk of Fort Ripley and Heidi Purdy of Brainerd, and staffers Tyra Osvold of the Veterans Resource Center and Susan Bowman from Technology Support accompanied items …

Dr. William Faber, a natural resources instructor at Central Lakes College, Brainerd, is on the organizing committee of the 45th North American Moose Conference June 23-26 in International Falls, Minn., and Central Lakes College is one of 14 co-sponsors of the event. Faber is the chairman of a two-hour conference …

The Central Lakes College Veterans’ Resource Center in Brainerd on Tuesday, July 27, will host an afternoon for American Indian military veterans, spouses and their dependents. The event is for anyone interested in exploring higher education and educational benefits that are available through military education programs. Veterans and their families …

Sophomore Drew Dufner of Princeton, a Central Lakes College men’s golf team member in 2008 and 2009, finished in 29th place in the Division III National Junior College Athletic Association championship at the Chautauqua Golf Club, Chautauqua, N. Y. Halfway through the 72-hole event, his 36-hole score of 153 put …

Central Lakes College staff, faculty, and administrators met with Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School District staff and administrators June 8 in Long Prairie to collaborate and plan to increase the effectiveness of services provided to LP-GE middle and high school students. The focus of the meeting was to discuss and improve …