Campus News

The Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL) at Central Lakes College, Brainerd, will present Dr. Louis Johnston with “Taxes and Spending: What’s Ahead for the U.S. and Minnesota?” on Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Business and Industry Center. He is associate professor and chair of the …

Central Lakes College in Brainerd on Tuesday, March 5 will host a Rosenmeier Forum titled “The Future of Renewable Energy one Minnesota.” The forum will be from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in Chalberg Theatre. The four presenters: Craig Fink, a principal owner of Denali (a Minnesota-based wind energy industry); Jason …

Dennis Lamberson, 61, Central Lakes College Theatre instructor, passed away Jan. 8 after suffering stroke last February. Dennis had 43 years of experience as an actor, director, designer and educator. Starting at the college in 1987, he served as director, designer and playwright. During his years of service to the college, Dennis designed and/or …

Luke Burlingame of Maple Grove, NR Club president; Jack Britton, MDHA chapter president; and (back) Dr. Bill Faber, instructor and NR Club adviser.As the 2013 spring semester begins Jan. 14 at Central Lakes College, students in the Natural Resources program welcomed a partnering donation and enjoyed participating in a statewide …

Central Lakes College joins Happy Dancing Turtle and Pine River-Backus Community Education to co-sponsor  “Back to Basics” Saturday, Jan. 26 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the PR-B School. Workshops, vendors and exhibitor booths, kids’ activities, and keynote speaker Chuck Marohn (“Strategies for Building Strong Towns”) are included, and …

Central Lakes College is partnering with Mid Central Federal Savings Bank, and Prairie Lakes Co-Op to sponsor the Ag Outlook and Vision Day from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Jan. 15 at Bruno’s Hub Supper Club, Burtrum. The program includes a 10:10 a.m. presentation by Bob Rick, CLC Farm …

Eight international students attending Central Lakes College presented the Dec. 6 Cultural Thursday in Chalberg Theatre. Chiranjeet “Jeet” Shah, Zishan Khan, and Richard Andrews from India; Abdul Qadir (shown), Usman Naeem, and Nasir Hussain from Pakistan; and Beatha “Sasha” Astamarindraputri and Elsa Sasmita from Indonesia. They are one-year students at CLC …

Central Lakes College Customized Training has received recognition from the state Department of Public Safety for 10 years of “outstanding service to the Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Center and Minnesota’s motorcycling community.” Bill Shaffer, administrator of the state Motorcycle Safety Program, said that Customized Training at CLC has “served motorcyclists in …

Jane Peterson, Central Lakes College head volleyball coach, recently had the opportunity to meet three-time U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball Gold Medalist Kerri Walsh. They met at the NCAA Division I Final Four in Louisville, which was held in conjunction with the hosting of Under Armour High School All-American players for …

Grant Director Marlene Mixa of Grand Rapids has accepted the temporary, full-time post of Director of Strategic Grant Initiatives effective Jan. 2, to be based on the Staples campus of Central Lakes College with oversight of the three-year, $13.1 million federal Regional Advanced Manufacturing Retraining Grant Program that involves CLC and …