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The Social Sciences Division at Central Lakes College is sponsoring a Candidate Forum for State Senate District 12 on Tuesday, Oct. 19 from 1-1:50 p.m. The forum will be on the Brainerd campus in Room E354, a lecture hall. Confirmed participants are candidates Paul Gazelka, Steven Park, and Taylor Stevenson.

The three major gubernatorial candidates offered their views about tuition, budget priorities, jobs for graduates, online learning and other higher education issues in videotaped interviews with Scott Thiss, chair of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees and a student leader, Caitlin Stene. Their responses are available online …

A Minnesota Education Fair for area high school students and Central Lakes College transfer students will be held in the gymnasium on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College Wed., Oct. 13, from 9 to 11 a.m. This program gives students an opportunity to explore a variety of options for …

The Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College on Saturday, Oct. 30 will host Crow Wing County’s inaugural Operation Community Connect, an event sponsored by the Crow Wing County Coalition to End Poverty. The event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. is being held to provide a one-stop shop for individuals …

The Central Lakes College Welding and Fabrication program wants the world to know it has an industry-style tool helpign prepare CLC stduents for employment where the high-tech CNC plasma cutting table is part of the production process. The programmable device designs parts and cuts them for whatever calibrations the operator …

The Gordon Rosenmeier Center for State and Local Government at Central Lakes College in Brainerd has named new officers for the 2010-11 term. They are Chris Kellett, Brainerd, president; Eric Klang, Nisswa, president-elect; Linda Peeples, Crosby, secretary; Robert Brekken, Brainerd, treasurer; and Steve Wenzel, Little Falls, executive director. Board Members …

The Saturday, Sept. 25 football game at Central Lakes College in Brainerd between the Raiders and Rochester will start at 2 p.m. rather than 1:30 at Findorff Field on the CLC campus. Flooded roads in the Rochester area are requiring the Rochester team bus to be re-routed, which is delaying …

Have your donation dollars doubled when you give to the Central Lakes College Foundation at GiveMN.org, during the Bremer Give-to-the-Kids Challenge, Sept. 28 through Oct. 5. The CLC Foundation in Brainerd and Staples was chosen as one of the youth-serving nonprofits in greater Minnesota to benefit from the Bremer Give-to-the-Kids …

Central Lakes College is responding to greater financial need from a record number of students. The College has expanded the Emergency Loan Fund program to assist students with incomplete financial aid files and/or loans that have not been processed. Students with the greatest need will receive priority. Brainerd campus students …

WASHINGTON — The White House says Vice President Joe Biden’s wife, Jill, will convene the first-ever White House summit on community colleges on Oct. 5. President Barack Obama wants the U.S. to lead the world in awarding college degrees by 2020, and he’s counting on community colleges to help meet …