Tag Archives: People

Central Lakes College was represented at the Minnesota State Fair on Sunday, Sept. 4. Participating at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities booth in the Education Building on the fairgrounds in St. Paul were Gayle Wonders, Jennifer Hirsch, and Jill Albie from the Admissions Department at CLC. They worked a …

The Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College on Wednesday, Aug. 31 held a new event — the Welcome Students Diversity Day. During the lunch hour near the cafeteria, CLC diversity organizations provided walk-up information and incentives to sign up. The Diversity Leadership Council, Equality Coalition, and International Club were pleasantly …

Only months after running the Grandma’s Marathon in June, Central Lakes College student Steve Sabin is hitting the pavement again, this time pledging to run the Twin Cities Marathon for the Minnesota State College Student Association Leadership Program. “My hope and drive for this campaign is to further increase the …

Central Lakes College international students have been introduced to the lakes area with several field trips while enrolled at the community and technical college in Brainerd. Karmila Seran from Indonesia, Ngobile Mahlangu and Shanice Hector from South Africa, Genevieve Avevor from Ghana, Naresh Chunara from India, Imran Samuel and Irshad …

On a recent Saturday morning before their first game of the season, Central Lakes College football players provided their services at the Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Brainerd. The 56 student-athletes hauled items to new locations, trimmed grass, pulled weeds, and generally helped organize the facility’s inventory, which …

Central Lakes College was well-represented at the annual Railroad days Celebration in Staples on Saturday, Aug. 27. Led by CLC President Lary Lundblad, the CLC contingent walked the one-mile parade route to greet parade-watchers who lined both sides of the street during the entire route. They distributed candy and warm …

On a sunny, late summer day the fall semester of the 2011-12 academic year began today at Central Lakes College, Brainerd and Staples. At each entrance and in various locations inside each building, staff members helped students find their classes. Kari Christiansen, vice president of administrative services, helped Hannah Hinnenkamp …

A sure sign that the fall semester of classes at Central Lakes College is fast approaching was the return of instructors. On Wed., Aug. 17 they convened in the cafeteria of the Brainerd campus, greeting colleagues old and new for the first of two Duty Days. Included in the agenda …

Heidi Wille, a 2010 Central Lakes College grad now a senior at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, recently studied abroad in Cuernavaca, Mexico, through the Latin American Context program. The experience was life-changing. Heidi has found that “it is much easier to feel compassion for people when you understand what they …

Scott Thiss, chair of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees, and Cecilia Retelle, manager of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Education and Labor Management Policy Committee and a lobbyist for Minnesota business, came to Central Lakes College Tuesday, Aug. 16, to visit with administration and tour some …