Campus News

Central Lakes College on Jan. 7 hosted a free USDA Rural Development program featuring Colleen Landkamer, state director, USDA Rural Development. Landkamer discussed business opportunities in rural Minnesota. A four-person panel outlined emerging opportunities and obstacles. Discussion covered bioscience, renewable energy, and financial resurces. Bob Schafer, director of the Central …

Central Lakes College will hold its first Green Week Jan. 19-22. Co-sponsors are the student-driven Green Club and the faculty- and staff-led Green Team. Activities include the Recycling Challenge to see who can collect the most cans and bottles to win free pizza, carpooling to win gas cards, a clothing …

Central Lakes College has held two EZ Enrollment Days at the Mille Lacs Tribal College in preparation for the spring semester of classes offered at the community and technical college. CLC counselor Suzanne Karsnia, who teaches a two-credit Career Planning class, assisted student Kelly Friend with the enrollment process. Other …

Central Lakes College in Brainerd and Camp Ripley near Little Falls are the sites for a series of four morning business marketing seminars. “Marketing Now” features business experts with advice on targeting customers, how much to budget for marketing, what type of advertising works best, and more. Seminars will be …

Donna Salli of Brainerd, an English instructor at Central Lakes College, recently served on a seven-person panel selecting the 2010 grants to support state poets. Salli and a panelist from Duluth represented out-state Minnesota to award grants from $2,000 to $6,000 to support poets in various stages of their careers. …

The Central Lakes College men’s basketball team defeated Ridgewater, 65-64, on Dec. 19 in the CLC Winter Classic to move the season record to 10-3. Marcus Ayala led the team with 16 points, followed by Nash Faulk with 12. The next game is Jan. 6 at home vs. Itasca. The …

Members of a local AFL-CIO labor union presented the Veterans’ Resource Center at Central Lakes College in Brainerd with a 21-cu. ft. freezer donated by Electrolux Home Products, St. Cloud, and a check for $550 on Dec. 16. The group will provide $400 worth of food to stock the freezer, …

The Central Lakes College honor society, Upsilon Omega chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, on Sat., Dec. 5 inducted new members. PTK is the international honor society for two-year college students and is the largest honor society in American higher education with more than 1.3 million members who have achieved membership …

Viticulture and enology are two words we’ll all become familiar with now that Central Lakes College has joined the regional center of excellence known as “Viticulure and Enology Science and Technology Alliance.” It is focused on grape and wine education for the 21st century. CLC is the only Minnesota college …

Central Lakes College English instructor Fritz Bertelt is winding up a career in higher education that spans nearly four decades. The CLC icon was surprised by friends with a Fond Farewell in the office suite known as “Happy Valley.” On a phased retirement until this semester, Fritz says it is …