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The Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College held its annual Awards Day on Wednesday after a free lunch to the first 400 diners in the campus cafeteria. Award winners included Natural Resources instructor Kent Montgomery (pictured), Outstanding Faculty; Lori-Beth Larsen, Outstanding Adviser (International Club); Myron Stevens, Outstanding Staff (Maintenance); Rick …

The Child Development program at Central Lakes College sponsored Old-Fashioned Game Day on the Brainerd campus April 26. From 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Cafeteria Commons area, students supervised kite-making, Go-Fish, Slap Jack and other card games, Pick-up Sticks, Hi Ho Cheeri-O and other board games, Marbles, Kick …

Students in the Central Lakes College Honors Composition II: Public and Professional Writing course taught by Leane Flynn of the English Department presented a Research Showcase in the Lecture Hall of the Brainerd campus Monday. Guests included students, faculty, and administrators for the one-hour program based on semester-long investigation of …

Minnesota’s attorney general and secretary of state are the scheduled 2011 graduation speakers for Central Lakes College. Mark Ritchie, the state’s 21st secretary of state, will give the commencement address to Staples campus graduates in a ceremony that starts at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11 in the Staples-Motley High …

Ten Central Lakes College employees will be honored as retirees during the 2011 Employee Recognition Event on May 13 in Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus. They are Russ Jenkins, welding; Terry Fairbanks, criminal justice; Shirley Johnson, Staples information center; Gerald “Butch” Goltz, Staples maintenance; Lee Todnem, farm business management; …

Erich Heppner, director of student life at Central Lakes College, reports that the Staples Student Senate held a very successful Egg Hunt for students, faculty, staff, and their families on Saturday, April 23. “We had a total of 60 children at the Staples Campus searching high and low for over …

Central Lakes College on Wed., April 20 celebrated its service learning and civic engagement mission by acknowledging a number of projects and partnerships with community collaborators. A lunch-hour ceremony was held in the Brainerd campus cafeteria during Earth Day. Rebecca Best, dean of workforce, economic and regional development, thanked students …

Central Lakes College Heavy Equipment Operations and Maintenance students, as well as Diesel Technology students on Wed., April 20 were allowed to submit to two interviews each for jobs with employers who were represented by human resources staffers on the Staples campus. The job interviews engaged 84 CLC students who …

The Central Lakes College Earth Day Fair was held Wednesday, April 20 on the Brainerd campus. Dozens of displays lined the Cafeteria Commons area, many supplied by students in the CLC Natural Resources, Horticulture and Environmental Studies classes. Student Sharia Merten of Brainerd brought in a few of her reptiles, …

On Wednesday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College will host its second annual Locks of Love. Last spring’s inaugural Locks of Love event was very successful. Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that accepts donated hair and resources to provide …