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Central Lakes College and the Center of Excellence at Bemidji State University hosted the Summer Engineering and Manufacturing (SEaM) Camp July 9-13 at the Staples campus of CLC. SEaM camp is for students in grades 6-12 and this year accepted 26 participants. It is an opportunity to experience hands-on electronics, …

PHOTO: From left, Geoff Dittberner, for Minnesota State College Student Association president; President-Elect Steve Sabin of Central Lakes College, and Moriah Miles of the Minnesota State University Student Ass’n. in Washington, D.C., after they witnessed President Barack Obama signing the bill that will prevent Stafford loan interest rates from doubling …

Charles E. “Charlie” Stevens, 94, passed away July 6. He was one of 19 members of the graduating class of Brainerd Junior College in 1940– the first in Brainerd. Starting college in 1938 was a privilege, he once said, just as it is today for those capable of managing the …

Sunnie Pavlacky Adsitt, a graduate of the Central Lakes College Dental Assisting program, is employed at Park Dental in Blaine following graduation this year from the University of Minnesota Dental School as a doctor of dental surgery. She is the daughter of Sonny and Vicky Pavlacky. Her grandmother, Thelma Pavlacky, …

Skills training, the hands-on experience needed to prepare for a peace officer certification test, next May will be part of the Criminal Justice program at Central Lakes College, Brainerd. Law enforcement agencies – state, municipal and county – have the continual need for well trained and highly skilled officers. State …

Megan Olson was recently selected to fill the full-time MnSCU Academic Professional 1 Student Support Services (SSS)/Community Colleges for International Development (CCID) adviser position at Central Lakes College. The appointment was effective July 4. The position carries with it a TRiO/Upward Bound option. Megan had been a TRiO Student Support …

Andres Freeman of Duluth has been hired as a recruiter for Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples, effective July 16. Andres has been a senior customer service representative at united Health Care, Duluth. He served from 2009-11 was employed for three years as lead assistant residential adviser in the Upward …

Central Lakes College football players on Thursday, Aug. 2 will report to campus in Brainerd for pre-season workouts, reports Head Coach Greg Medeck (shown). The team has a game-simulation scrimmage set for Saturday, Aug. 11 at Findorff Field. The following Saturday, Aug. 18 is set aside for a service project. …

Upcoming performing arts venues staged at Central Lakes College are as follows: “Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical” July 11-14 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. and July 14 and 15 at 2 p.m. in the Dryden Theatre, performed by Pequot Lakes Community Theatre; “Brighton Beach Memoirs” July 18-21 and 24-28 at 7:30 …

More than two million Americans visited Mexico in the first half of the year, 11 percent more than were recorded in the same period of 2011. The fact that Mexico is the top U.S. tourist destination may be one reason for enrolling in the Many Faces of Mexico, a three-credit …