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The MnSCU Board of Trustees is now accepting nominations for Educator of the Year Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award is an honor bestowed upon Minnesota State Colleges & Universities faculty to acknowledge and reward exceptional individual professional accomplishment and to encourage ongoing excellence in teaching. Central Lakes College …

November 7, 2013 in the Chalberg Theatre, CLC Brainerd Campus In commemoration of National Native American Month, Central Lakes College Director of Intercultural Services, Diversity and Tribal Relations, Mary Sam, will present an overview beginning with the era of Indian boarding schools and ending with present day Mille Lacs Band …

Central Lakes College will waive application fee 
to celebrate “College Knowledge Month” 
 Central Lakes College is participating in “College Knowledge Month,” a statewide effort to provide every graduating high school senior with the opportunity to apply to college. In conjunction with this effort, Central Lakes College will waive application …

The Medical Assistant students at the Staples campus of Central Lakes College are gearing up to celebrate Medical Assistants Recognition Week, October 21-25, 2013, as designated by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). Medical assistants across the country will be recognized during this week and honored on Medical Assistants Recognition Day on …

Courtesy of the Brainerd Dispatch • October 13, 2013 Visit Brainerd recently announced a partnership with the Marketing Principles class at Central Lakes College, to act as the subject of their class marketing project. Visit Brainerd markets the lakes area as it represents lodging establishments in Brainerd and Baxter. Marketing …

Courtesy of the Brainerd Dispatch • October 3, 2013 By Jennifer Stockinger, Staff Writer Happy Joe’s Cafe may be the perfect name for Central Lakes College (CLC) cafeteria. The cafeteria was recently named when the college awarded its three-year food service bid to Prairie Bay Grill & Catering in Baxter …

The next CLC Cultural Thursday presentation is headed to Beijing, China, where speaker, Spencer Hartsock, spent five months as a student at Minzu University.  Through the worldwide Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) program, he received credits in Anthropology and the Chinese language.  “As I had no prior knowledge of …

The Central Lakes College (CLC) Practical Nursing department has been diligently working to prepare for an upcoming national accreditation visit. The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) is the governing organization for national accreditation for nursing programs. ACEN supports nursing education, nursing practice and the public. Central Lakes College …

Courtesy of the Brainerd Dispatch • September 13, 2013 By Mike O’Rourke, Associate Editor  Growing up as a “barely middle class” immigrant in Miami, poet Richard Blanco said there were pressures that led him toward the practical choice of an engineering degree. He’s worked, on and off, for 20 years …

Courtesy of the Brainerd Dispatch • September 4, 2013 By Mike O’Rourke, Associate Editor  Facing an estimated $17 trillion federal deficit, members of a capacity crowd at the Central Lakes College cafeteria sharpened their pencils and went to work Wednesday night. Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Minn., co-sponsored the interactive public forum …