Want to go to Cuba? Here's your chance

Community members and students are invited to travel to Cuba with Central Lakes College.

Three CLC instructors will be leading a travel/study course to Cuba over Spring Break 2016 (March 4-12). 

Those interested in joining the adventure can sign up either as a community member or as a student. Students can register for the three-credit course during spring semester 2016. During the trip, learn more about Cuban history, arts, economics, landscape, people and language. 

CLC wins Minnesota Ignite Collaboration Award

Central Lakes College was awarded the Minnesota Ignite Collaboration Award.

The award was given out Friday at the D2L Ignite Regional Users Conference held in Minneapolis. This is the third conference held in the region and the first time CLC came home with the trophy.

Central Lakes College won for its collaborative work in developing a closed captioning process for the campus.

Lights, camera, action! Filmmaker’s Movie Festival coming up

Lights, camera, action! The third annual CLC Filmmaker’s Movie Festival will start at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 6 at Central Lakes College’s Chalberg Theatre, Brainerd campus.

The event celebrates the culmination of two years of move making by the Videography class of CLC.

Admission is free and there will be refreshments following the festival.

Brainerd welding students get first glimpse of a robotic welder

A Motoman Robotic Welder just arrived at the Central Lakes College Brainerd campus this week.

The robotic welder, which measures about 10 feet by 10 feet, offers a faster process in welding, said CLC welding instructor David Otto.

“It’s the direction the industry is going,” he said. 

The welding program at CLC started offering the Robotic Welding Certificate last year, and the new robotic welder will assist in advancing the course.

“It makes the students much more valuable in the workforce,” Otto said. “They can weld manually and now with robots.”

The robotic welder was previously at the CLC Staples campus, where it has been since it was first acquired through the Advanced Manufacturing Education (AME) Grant.

Nursing student awarded Ladies Auxiliary scholarship

Central Lakes College student Joshua Guyse was chosen as a recipient of a $1,000 Marcella Arnold Nursing Scholarship by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Guyse, of Swanville, Minn., can use the scholarship for tuition, books, laboratory/similar fees, vocation or online courses.

CLC instructor Bruce Fuhrman named Outstanding Educator

Central Lakes College Photographic Imaging Technology instructor Bruce Fuhrman was one of 35 educators to be named 2015 Outstanding Educators by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees.

Fuhrman received the honor Wednesday at the MnSCU Board of Trustees 2015 Celebrating Excellence luncheon in St. Paul.

The award is an honor bestowed upon MnSCU faculty to acknowledge and reward exceptional individual professional accomplishment, and to encourage ongoing excellence.

The Outstanding Educator designation reflects the exceptional commitment that each of the nominees have demonstrated in teaching, in their continuous professional development, and in their service to students, the college, profession, and the MnSCU system.

Military and veteran graduates: Pick up your patriot cords

If you've served in the U.S. Armed Forces and are participating in the CLC commencement ceremony, be sure to pick up your red, white and blue patriot cord.

CLC, in coordination with the Veterans Resource Center, started a symbolic new initiative honoring the graduating military and veteran students. 

The red, white and blue patriot cords are available to any graduating former or current active duty member, guard/reserve, or veteran student who would like to wear one during the commencement ceremony in May. These cords signify the esteem that CLC holds for our military and veteran community for their service and sacrifice. 

Students interested in allowing CLC to honor their service with a Military & Veteran Patriot Cord should contact Theresa Harsha: tharsha@clcmn.edu or 218-855-8279.