Campus News

Four Central Lakes College students recently competed in the Vocal Solo portion of the MN State Colleges and Universities Two-Year Fine Arts Association Music Festival at Breezy Point. Chelsea Anderson of Verndale, Robert Howell of Minneapolis, Peter Lucken of Melrose, and Janiqua Robinson of Hinckley performed one art song for …

First graders from St. Francis Elementary School, Brainerd, visited the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College Tuesday, attending the children’s theatre class production of “Alice’s Excellent Adventure in Wonderland” in the Dryden Theatre, and then taking brief tours of the Humphrey Center for American Indians, and the Dental Assisting, Criminal …

“A Choral Tapestry,” a free Central Lakes College Spring Choir Concert, will be held at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 3 in Chalberg Theater on the Brainerd campus. Director Michelle Sakry-Winkelman, who is retiring after 22 years, said the event will include music performed by the Chamber Singers, Cantare’ Concert Choir, …

Central Lakes College is participating in the April 13 and 14 Marketplace Show (aka Commerce & Industry Show) at the Brainerd Area Civic Center. Staff are helping to man the prominent booth located at the entrance to this Chamber of Commerce-orchestrated event. The CLC Horticulture program has been getting rave …

Thirteen Central Lakes College students in the Automotive Technology program recently attended the two-day Midwest seminar of the Automatic Transmission Rebuilders Association in Bloomington. Accompanied by instructor Ray Johnson of Pequot Lakes and lab assistant Richard Altepeter of Brainerd, the 13 students represented all two-year colleges in the Minnesota State …

Central Lakes College will host a free, public Earth Day Fair on Wed., April 25 at the Brainerd campus from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event features presentations by speakers, earth-centered games and activities for children and adults, prize drawings, and a lunch-hour cook-out hosted by the Natural Resources …

The Staples campus of Central Lakes College hosted a send-off for veterans headed to Washington,. D.C. as an “honor flight” and recognized all CLC-connected veterans during a lunch-hour ceremony co-hosted by the Staples Lions. The “guardians” are flying to D.C. to visit memorials such as the Tomb of the Unknown …

Bailey Wachholz of Nisswa, 2012 Miss Minnesota’s Outstanding Teen, will give a teenager’s perspective on Alzheimer’s disease in the first day of a May 15 and 16 educational forum at Central Lakes College in Brainerd. The forum is sponsored by the Lakes Area Memory Awareness Advocates (LAMAA) and seven other …

The Staples Campus Student Senate of Central Lakes College is sponsoring the Tour de Staples 5K Walk/Freedom Run Saturday, May 5 to benefit the CLC Veterans Resource Center. The 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) race for runners starts at 10:30 a.m., with the non-competitive walk beginning moments later. Registration is from 9 to …

The Subsection 24 solo and ensemble vocal music contest of the Minnesota State High School League will be held on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College Wednesday, with up to 400 singers expected throughout the day. Schools entered are Bertha-Hewitt, Lake Region Christian, Menahga, New York Mills, Pequot Lakes, …