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Central Lakes College shared center stage with the Bridges Academies and Workplace Connection at the April 8 and 9 Commerce and Industry Show at the Brainerd Area Civic Center. Our faculty, staff, Business and Industry friends, and even a few students volunteered time for this free, annual Chamber of Commerce-sponsored …

Stephanie Kinney is the 2011 Northern Lakes Arthritis Walk Honoree, and she is thrilled to be leading the May 21 event in Brainerd. She is a student at Central Lakes College, maintaining straight A’s while holding down two jobs — tutoring at CLC and working as a hostess at Grizzly’s. …

The Sigma Delta chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association’s national grand chapter, Lambda Alpha Epsilon, represented Central Lakes College at the 74th national ACJA conference in Memphis, Tenn. Sigma Delta earned nine awards, including first place in physical agility for Cherelle Boleman, Brainerd (pictured), in the age 36-up division. …

Each month the TRIO-Student Services Support program hosts monthly culture days around a menu fitting the day’s theme. Recently, the theme was American Indian, so the menu included fry bread, cranberry bread, and wild rice chicken soup, all prepared by the Brainerd campus food vendor. The program, which serves 180 …

Greg Medeck of Central Lakes College has completed his second week-long football camp coaching experience in the Virgin Islands, one he describes as “incredible.” In mid-March Medeck was the only Minnesota coach invited to participate in the 2011 U.S. Virgin Islands High School Football Camp, an event he joined in …

Central Lakes College sociologist Gary Payne will present a free photographic tour of the history, culture and wildlife of Nicaragua at the Brainerd campus twice on Thursday, April 7. “Nicaragua: Dangerous Beauty” is the Cultural Thursday event that is always held on the first Thursday of each month during the …

Pat Swarthout, Central Lakes College business management instructor, will be a featured speaker at the Congress of Minnesota Resorts spring workshop at the Hampton Inn and Suites South Shore Conference Center, Bemidji, March 28. His presentation, “The Silver Bullet of Building Relationships in Tourism,” asks attendees to consider what may …

The Central Lakes College Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Search Committee will interview three finalists the week of March 21 and also provide an opportunity for all CLC staff and students to meet the candidates when they visit our campuses. The open forums for each of the candidates …

Central Lakes College Associate Degree nursing students assisted for the second year with hand hygiene education and blood pressure screening at the Brainerd Lakes Health Fair. Students volunteered to assist with taking blood pressures of residents in the Brainerd Lakes community who attended. They also made available written teaching pamphlets …

The Brainerd Lakes Area Chamber recently publicized its working relationship with Central Lakes College regarding two young international students with business ambitions. As members of the Chamber Member Outreach Committee, Bradley Van Der Zandt, 22, of Cape Town, South Africa and Jaka Mahendra, 23, of Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia are …