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Awards Day was held at Central Lakes College, Brainerd campus, today to recognize outstanding efforts among students, clubs, faculty, staff, and administrators. Julie Jo Larson of Crosby is the Brainerd campus Student of the Year, selected from a field of six nominees with at least a 3.5 grade-point average and …

Congratulations to the new president of the Minnesota State College Student Association: Steve Sabin from Central Lakes College. He is the first CLC student to be elected to the statewide office, a post of leadership for some 100,000 Minnesota students. He will assist as an advocate for higher education accessibility, …

Lindy Jo Johnson was named winner of the CLC Juried Student Art Contest for 2012, receiving the award from Joli Austin, adjunct faculty member who judged the works with assistance from Heidi Steadman. Artwork entered and qualifying for exhibit is displayed in the CLC Gallery, where a reception was held …

Dr. Larry Lundblad of Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples, is one of 20 college presidents receiving the 2012 Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction. The award was presented April 13 in Nashville, Tenn., at the national convention of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society for two-year colleges. College presidents …

Central Lakes College recently announced the hiring of six full-time instructors for the 2012-13 academic year. Scheduled to start on Aug. 22, 2012 are three English and three mathematics faculty. Selected for the English posts were CLC adjuncts Lori-Beth Larsen and Adam Marcotte of Brainerd and Brandon Hoffmann, a writing …

Andria Belisle of Big Lake has been hired by Central Lakes College to serve as its disability services coordinator starting Monday, April 30. She has been a graduate assistant in the St. Cloud State University Office of Student Disability Services and an intern in Career Services at the University of …

The 45th annual photo contest at Central Lakes College, Brainerd campus, is currently on display with one of the largest collections of photos in the history of the contest, according to contest coordinator Larry M. Kellerman. This year 72 photographers from 33 Minnesota communities entered a total of 490 photographs …

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 …

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 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, …