Campus News

About 320 Central Lakes College students from the Brainerd campus were honored as they attended the two-hour, 12-minute commencement ceremony last night at Brainerd High School’s gymnasium. Special recognition was accorded to the first two Honors AA degree graduates, Julie Jo Larson and Margaret Tiede, as well as international students, …

Central Lakes College has withdrawn its acceptance of a grant for the 2012-13 academic year to host students from Central American and the Caribbean. Originally the college was to receive 18 students  in August.  These students would have had minimal or no English skills, necessitating an all-out English immersion program …

The College Drive road construction project in Brainerd is moving along on schedule, but motorists and pedestrians are urged to use extreme caution in this work zone. The speed limit is as low as 20 i the most intense work areas. Otherwise it is 30 mph. Be safe everyone and …

Approximately 120 graduates of the Staples campus of Central Lakes College participated in commencement last evening in the Staples-Motley High School gymnasium. Kelsie Engholm of Brainerd hugs instructor Dawn Michel after receiving her Medical Assistant diploma. Kelsie is the daughter of a student in the program last year. She is …

CLC President Dr. Larry Lundblad and Dean Jeff Wig were part of the ceremony at the National Joint Powers Alliance office in Staples today, where Colleen Landkamer, USDA Rural Development State Director, signed a symbolic, over-sized replica of the $405,991 check representing a grant to the NJPA for a distance …

Several thousand veterans are returning to Minnesota over the coming weeks.  The pictures and stories of reunited loved shared by our local media has touched all of us.  CLC now has an opportunity to give back to our veterans.  On Wednesday, June 13, from 4 – 7 p.m., CLC will be hosting a …

The results of Beat the Heat Week competitions show that Central Lakes College students know how to have good fun with fellow collegians — and the CLC staff. Erich Heppner, director of student life at CLC, provided the names of winners: Faculty and Staff vs. Students Softball: Faculty & Staff …

The Staples Student Senate once again planned a very well-attended Tour De Staples Freedom Walk/Run Saturday, May 5 at the Staples campus. The $500 raised this year is earmarked for the Central Lakes College Veterans Resource Centers on the Staples and Brainerd campuses. Results of the competitive run: Individual Men …

While the annual Greenhouse Sale was canceled for 2012, CLC students have still cared for thousands of seedlings and a number of flowering and vegetable plants in the greenhouse on the Brainerd campus. Lawrence Hernandez of Brainerd is one of those students spending several hours each week giving nutrients to …

President Larry Lundblad took a turn at the virtual welder in the CLC welding lab recently, where instructor Mike Reeser explained how the equipment is used to help students perfect  many types of welding. The Lincoln Electric Virtual Reality Welding Training System is used as a recruiting tool, secondary educator …