Campus News

The English Department is pleased to announce the fifth annual Central Lakes College Writing Awards.  Awards will be made in three categories: Essay (personal and technical/research essays will be eligible); Fiction/Drama; Poetry. First, second, and third place awards will be made in each category, with funding for the prizes contributed …

Career Exploration Day 2012 provided 2,300 area high school students with an extraordinary opportunity to sample professional endeavors that may be in their future. The March 9 showcase of 150 careers was held on the Brainerd campus, and it included hands-on, interactive demonstrations, prizes, and lunch. Cody Nordmann, a junior …

With over 50 years of diving experience, Bill Matthies has tidal waves of information just waiting to be shared. Matthies will be the featured presenter for The Center for Lifelong Learning’s “Spotlight on History: Diving into Local History” at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 20 in Room E208 the Brainerd campus …

As the Energizer Bunny keeps going and going, Central Lakes College keeps giving and giving. Instructor Pat Swarthout announced that his CLC students established a new record in sales for the 2012 American Cancer Society Daffodil Days campaign. The previous record was set in 2011 with $1,798.  This year the …

Friday, March 9 is Career Exploration Day at Central Lakes College. The Brainerd campus expects about 2,300 area high school students from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with lunch included from the partnership of organizations working in support of the Bridges Career Academies and Workplace Connection. There are no Friday …

Eighteen students from Central American and the Caribbean will need hosts for the first year of their two-year educational commitment at Central Lakes College, Brainerd. The business management students expect to arrive in early August and be enrolled toward Associate in Applied Science degrees before returning to their homes with …

Nick Heisserer of Pillager has been named Director of Admissions and Advising at Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples. He had been the college’s registrar since 2010. Heisserer has been employed at CLC since 2004. Until 2008 he served as assistant director and senior academic adviser in the Upward Bound …

If social networking, to you, means getting together with friends over coffee, this class may be just what you need. The Center for Lifelong Learning at Central Lakes College presents “Spotlight on Technology: Social Networking Simplified” at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 8 in Room E208 at Central Lakes College – …

A nationally-renowned doctor and professor of rheumatology and internal medicine will be a featured speaker as part of the Spotlight on Health series presented by the Center for Lifelong Learning at Central Lakes College. “Spotlight on Health: Arthritis – Most Common Types and Treatment” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March …

The Higher Education Marketing Report has awarded Central Lakes College four advertising awards in its 27th annual competition. Central Lakes College’s Marketing and Public Relations office earned two bronze and two merit awards. Bronzes were won for the Ripple Effect newsletter and the academic catalog. Merits were received for single …