'Like' CLC, win free swag

Who wants free swag? Everybody, of course.

This week, we here at CLC are hooking you up with some stylin' college gear.

All you have to do is follow CLC on social media. Pretty simple.

Every day this week (April 6-10) we will post this promotion on Facebook.

Once you see that post: 

1. Share the Facebook post.

2. Then, follow CLC on either Twitter or Instagram.

3. Wait for your chance to win. At 4 p.m. every day this week, we'll pick a name at random. That person will get to pick out their favorite piece of CLC gear.

(That's five chances to win!)

Find Central Lakes College online:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/centrallakescollege

Twitter: @clcmnedu

Instagram: @clcmnedu

Got it? Good.

Ready, set, start liking!

It's time for Beat the Heat Week

Beat the Heat Week starts Monday, April 6. There's a medallion hunt all week. Check for the clues, which will be posted in the Student Life Center each day at noon. The winner will get a $25 Visa gift card. 

Have any questions? Call Phil Olsen at Student Life at 218-855-8260.

Here's the schedule:

Monday, April 6 at 9 a.m.:

Unveiling 1/2 mile and walk with CLC President Larry Lundblad. (Walk starts by the bookstore).

Tuesday, April 7 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sumo wrestling in the South Hall.

Wednesday, April 8 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Dunk tank on the South lawn.

Thursday, April 9 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Tricycle races in the gym.

*Staples campus: Freezies from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Movie at 6 p.m. in the Music Hall. Showing Big Hero 6 and serving free popcorn.

Friday, April 10 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Freezies and Xbox game Kinect Adventures in the South hallway. Winner will receive a Dairy Queen gift card.

Tour a quick photo tour of CLC's Staples campus

There are some cool projects brewing at the Staples campus. They involve heavy machinery, engines and, of course, robots.

Take a quick tour of the buildings via our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/centrallakescollege

But don't stop here - take a look for yourself. Stop by the campus and chat with the instructors. They're eager to show what's being crafted from inside the walls of the creative campus.

And while you're on the Facebook page, be sure to "like" it. Check out CLC on Twitter, too: @clcmnedu.

Want tour Ireland? CLC Community Band holding informational meeting

The Central Lakes College Community Band will hold an informational meeting on its 2017 Ireland tour at 7 p.m., Tuesday April 7 in the Rehearsal Hall of Central Lakes College. 

Information on the itinerary, costs, methods of registration and payment will be discussed. Free information packets will be available.

The tour is open to people ages 16 and above, either as musicians or travelers. 

It includes stops in Dublin, Blarney, Cork, Killarney and Galway. The band will perform four concerts in venues such as the Blarney Castle, the Church of St. Anne, and possibly St Patrick's Cathedral. 

Site-seeing tours guided by a professional tour guide will encompass many of Ireland's most interesting and scenic features. 

For more information, call Steve Anderson at 218-831-3652.

Get your Easter flower bomb eggs today

Spice up those traditional Easter baskets with these colorful eggs. Instead of candy inside the "flower bomb," you'll find a soil/clay ball. The seeds are sun-loving wildflower seeds that will grow and attract butterflied, bees and humming birds.

The Hort Club is selling the flower bombs today, April 2, outside the cafeteria around lunch time. Or stop in the CLC bookstore to pick up a few. They only cost $1 and egg cartons are available.

Don't have a green thumb? No worries. These colorful eggs come with care instructions.

The Hort Club is using the money they raise to help pay for a dish garden project they're working on. 

Students, staff participate in Rosenmeier Forum

State officials are about to start talks on funding higher education in Minnesota. And as more and more students struggle to find enough money to pay for education after high school, leaders want input.

That’s one of the messages Rep. Bud Nornes, chair of the Minnesota House Committee on Higher Education Policy and Finance, had for folks Wednesday during a Rosenmeier Forum held at Central Lakes College.

The event was called "Access, Equity and Appropriations: The Financing and the Future of Higher Education in the State of Minnesota.”

Central Lakes College students, staff, as well as representatives from the city of Baxter, city of Brainerd, Crow Wing County, and area high schools, packed into the Chalberg Theatre at CLC's Brainerd campus to hear the forum.

Other speakers included Laura King, Vice Chancellor and CFO of MnSCU, and Dr. Toyia Younger, Associate Vice Chancellor of MnSCU.

It’s vital the education community start conversations now about the topics, said Rosenmeier executive director Steve Wenzel.

Final Verse Like Water presents Marie Howe

The final Verse Like Water event for the school year features Marie Howe, the Poet Laureate of New York and top professor at Sarah Lawrence College.

Howe will speak at noon Wednesday, April 8 in the Chalberg Theater, on the Central Lakes College Brainerd campus.

Following the presentation, there will be a book signing, meet and greet, and an informal talk on writing, creativity and the imagination.  

All Verse Like Water events are free and open to the public. For more information on the Verse Like Water event, email Jeff Johnson at jjohnson@clcmn.edu.
Can't wait to hear Howe read her work in person? Check out these videos of past readings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcoIkHFjYko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSffAewEhGI