Bill Meissner, director of Creative Writing at St. Cloud State University and author of “Spirits in the Grass”( 2008 Midwest Book Award winner), will be the keynote speaker at the Brainerd Writers Alliance Fall Writing Festival on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Sat., Oct. …
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The Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College on Saturday, Oct. 27 will host its third annual Operation Community Connect from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is billed as an opportunity for people to access resources from area agencies and organizations at one location in one day. Free services will be …
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Melanie Benjamin, chief executive of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians, will present the Nov. 1 Cultural Thursday program at noon in Chalberg Theatre on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College. The 50-minute program is free and open to the public. This program marks the start of National …
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris on Thursday, Oct. 11 joined Central Lakes College leaders and partners at “A Day of Celebration” to inaugurate the Regional Advanced Manufacturing Retraining (RAMR) program at Wilson Tool, White Bear Lake. The innovative partnership involving CLC and three other Minnesota schools over …
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DieticianTeresa Farrell and former Congressman Tim Penny will present programs at Central Lakes College in the next two weeks, sponsored by the Center for Lifelong Learning at CLC. Farrell will speak about “Good Fats/Bad Fats” from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 2 in Room E203 on the Brainerd campus …
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The Brainerd Disabled American Veterans (DAV), beneficiary of $3,000 from VFW Post 1816 in Garrison, recently presented a check for the same amount to the Central Lakes College (CLC) Veterans Resource Center (VRC). “We at Central Lakes College sincerely appreciate the tremendous amount of community support, donations and assistance we …
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The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded Central Lakes College and three institutional partners a $13.1 million grant to expand educational opportunity in advanced manufacturing. CLC, a community and technical college in Brainerd and Staples, is the consortium leader. The three-year grant award, announced Wednesday by Sens. Amy Klobuchar and …
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Two trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities visited the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College today. Dawn Erlandson (left) and Margaret Anderson Kelliher met students in the Community Colleges for International Development (CCID) program, as well as student senate leaders, student tutors, and staff in fine arts, athletics, …
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Dr. Larry Lundblad, president of Central Lakes College (CLC) in Brainerd and Staples, has been appointed to the Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council (MAELC). Dr. Steven Rosenstone, chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, made the appointment. MAELC is a 16-member legislative council dedicated to improving and restructuring Agricultural …
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Kevin Lindsey, Minnesota commissioner of human rights, will lead a forum at Central Lakes College, Brainerd, on Thursday, Oct. 25 to provide an update on Minnesota’s changing demographics as affecting jobs, education, and the state’s economic future and community dialogue of the proposed Voter ID and Marriage constitutional amendments on the …
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