Campus News

The Central Lakes College Quadcopter Team received 3rd place at the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium Community College Quadcopter Competition last spring. The results, which were recently released, showed CLC tied for third with Minnesota West Community and Technical College. The competition took place April 16 on the University of Minnesota …

The North Central Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and SCORE offices at Central Lakes College are available to assist in the recovery efforts of small businesses affected by the recent storms. The SBDC and SCORE have counselors available to work with business owners to assess the long-term impact of the …

Central Lakes College welcomes its first local Ojibwe speaker/instructor, who will teach the Ojibwe language class in the fall and spring semesters. John Benjamin, or his Ojibwe name Waabishkigaabaw, is from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. He brings a high level of knowledge around the language and culture, said …

Erich Heppner returned to Central Lakes College to serve as Director of Student Life. Heppner, a CLC alumnus himself, was first brought on as Director of Student Life in 2008. He led a dynamic program for five years before taking on a new opportunity at the University of Colorado Boulder. …

Dan Davidson returns to Central Lakes College after a year of absence on leave. Davidson will serve as an academic advisor. It’s a role he’s had a lot of experience in, having been in the Admissions and Academic Advising fields for more than 20 years at CLC. In his position at …

Central Lakes College student Tommy Hoheisel, of Pierz, earned a bronze medal in the SkillsUSA Championships held in Kentucky June 22-26. The SkillsUSA Championships is the showcase for the best career and technical students in the nation. Contests begin locally and continue through the state and national levels. More than …

Peter Nelson of Brainerd was recently recognized as the Minnesota Small Business Development Center’s (SBDC) State Star for 2015 at the Minnesota SBDC Program annual conference in Minneapolis. The award recognizes business consultants and staff in the SBDC Program who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to the program and the business …

Central Lakes College will be tobacco-free starting Aug. 14. CLC is following a trend consistent with the rest of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System (MnSCU). CLC is the 18th MnSCU college to adopt a tobacco-free policy. The tobacco-free campus policy is in alignment with the mission of CLC. …

Central Lakes College political science instructor Steve Wenzel met with former President Jimmy Carter last week at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the second time Wenzel was invited as a guest to a Board of Councilors event. The first was in 1986 when the Jimmy Carter Library …

Central Lakes College Natural Resources instructor and certified wildlife biologist Dr. Bill Faber attended a Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters conference in Minneapolis last week. There, Faber met with two national conservation supporters: Ted Roosevelt IV, the great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, and Collin O’Mara, the executive director and president …