Straighten up that tie and dust off those dress slacks. It’s time to impress your potential future employer at the Brainerd Community Job Fair. It runs from 2-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 at CLC’s Brainerd campus. This is the place to go if you’re looking for full-time work, a part-time …
Read More »CLC’s Kari Frisch Receives National Award for Excellence in Online Learning
Central Lakes College instructor Kari Frisch recently received national recognition for earning the 2015 Distinguished eLearning Educator award. Only six faculty in total were recognized. Frisch was also one of two instructors from that group chosen to receive the ITC 2015 Award for Excellence in eLearning Outstanding eLearning Faculty. The …
Read More »CLC Fire & EMS Program Delivers Air Care Landing Zone Training
Central Lakes College has partnered with North Memorial Air Care to provide helicopter landing zone training to Law Enforcement and Emergency Medical Responder students. It is common in rural areas for law enforcement and emergency medical responders to receive calls for help in which they are first on the scene. …
Read More »March Cultural Thursday Features Cambodia and Vietnam
Central Lakes College Anthropology Instructor, Fred Sutherland, recently returned from an adventure to Southeast Asia and will be sharing his photos and impressions during the upcoming Cultural Thursday presentation on March 5 entitled “Cambodia and Vietnam: Where past and present collide”. Come explore the largest religious complex in the world, …
Read More »AgCentric Launched
Three Minnesota colleges join forces for new AgCentric Center of Excellence — Aims to prepare young people for careers in booming agriculture industry through shared resources. USDA studies show that now more than ever, agriculture is an industry that depends on science, technology, cutting-edge applications and advanced production practices to meet …
Read More »Traveling CNC office mill opens world of manufacturing to high schoolers
A new high-tech piece of equipment will bring the world of advanced manufacturing into the classrooms of 23 area high schools. It’s called a computer numerical control (CNC) office mill, and it allows operators to cut materials like metal at different depths using computer controls. The CNC office mill was …
Read More »AgCentral News Conference
AgCentric was officially unveiled on Tuesday, February 3 at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture in St. Paul, Minnesota. Deputy Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Jim Boerboom greeted the crowd of about 25 legislators, MNSCU officials, Department of Education officials, Future Farmers of America representatives, and administrators of …
Read More »CLC Robotics Students are in High-Demand
Jeff Keyes, Arnie Anderson and Barry Norenberg from Bosch Packaging recently came to the Central Lakes College (CLC) Staples campus to give a presentation to students of the robotics program and to interview the second year students. Bosch needs to fill multiple positions and internships in their Shell Lake and …
Read More »Merry Tuba Christmas a “Booming” Success
The CLC Music Department sponsored its annual “Merry Tuba Christmas” on Saturday, December 6 at the Westgate Mall in Brainerd. The low brass ensemble was directed by Steve Anderson, CLC Instrumental Music Instructor. Merry Tuba Christmas is a low brass player tradition going back to 1971 when it started in …
Read More »Verse Like Water Series Presents: Tracy K. Smith
Verse Like Water: the visiting poet program of Central Lakes College, in collaboration with the Crossing Arts Alliance presents Pulitzer Prize winning poet Tracy. K. Smith. The reading will be held in the Chalberg Theatre at the Brainerd campus on Friday, November 21 at noon. With her third book of …
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