CLC Heavy Equipment Golf Tournament

The 15th Annual CLC Heavy Equipment Golf Tournament was held on Tuesday, July 16. The event raised $17,545 for the Heavy Equipment Training Program based in Staples, MN. The golf tournament was held at Oak Glen Country Club in Stillwater, MN. The Frattalone Companies sponsor this event each summer and have raised a significant amount of money for the Heavy Equipment program. Frank Frattalone is a graduate of the program. 

Photo: Frank Frattalone, John Maleski, Gordy Vierkant, Josh Carlson (Student/Duluth), and Tony Frattalone

Summer Engineering and Manufacturing Camp

Central Lakes College and the Center of Excellence at Bemidji State University hosted the Summer Engineering and Manufacturing (SEaM) Camp July 8-12 at the Staples campus of CLC. SEaM camp is for students in grades 6-12 and this year 34 students participated from sixteen communities (Brainerd, Pillager, Little Falls, Randall, Long Prairie, Princeton, Motley, Nisswa, Fort Ripley, Pequot Lakes, Moorhead, Ham Lake, Ottertail, Wadena, Staples and Carlos). 

The camp provides students with an opportunity to experience hands-on electronics, motor controllers, mechanical drafting, manufacturing machining, and robotics automated systems.

CLC Books For Africa Donation

Library staff at Central Lakes College Brainerd campus recently packed boxes full of books for donation to Books for Africa. The books are destined for Jinja, Uganda which is the hometown of CLC international student Dennis Musasizi. Jinja was the first library served by Books For Africa twenty-five years ago. In honor of the anniversary, the Rotary Club of Woodbury, MN is paying to send another container of 22,000 books to Jinja.  The books from Central Lakes College will be included in this shipment.

PHOTO - Patrick J. Plonski, Executive Director, Books for Africa (Left), Dennis Musasizi, CLC student (middle) and Larry Lunblad, CLC President (right).

Recent Donations to CLC Veterans Center

Flag Day Golf Tournament

Lakes Financial Services of Brainerd hosted a golf tournament at Cragun's Legacy Courses on Flag Day, June 14, to raise funds to support local veterans. A portion of the of proceeds were donated to the Central Lakes College Veterans Center.

The Center helps veterans, service members, and their families live enhanced lives through counseling, mentorship, and building stronger personal and professional life experiences through their educational journey and beyond.

PHOTO - Presenting the check is Glen Sundberg from Lakes Financial Services (left). Kathy Marshik, Veterans Center and Pam Thomsen, CLC Foundation (middle). Mike Snow, a Golf Professional from the Legacy Golf Course (right).

CLC Free Application Week July 8-12

Catch the WAVE!  [WAIVE] 

During the week of July 8-12, Central Lakes College will WAIVE your application fee. That’s right, apply to CLC for Free!

CLC has special events planned during the week to assist you in your college and career goals.

CLC to Freeze Tuition over the next Two Years

Tuition at Central Lakes College and other MnSCU institutions will remain the same for the next two years. The tuition freeze will help Central Lakes College students continue to earn affordable degrees while keeping college debt levels as low as possible.

The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) earlier this month approved an operating budget for fiscal 2014 that freezes undergraduate tuition at fiscal 2013 levels. This is the first of a two-year tuition freeze made possible by a $78 million appropriation by the state legislature during the 2013 session.

Transitioning to College

The Check & Connect Program and the Crow Wing County Transition Interagency Committee hosted a workshop on Thursday June, 13th at Central Lakes College for professionals working with students with Intellectual Disabilities who wish to go on to higher education. The day-long workshop was attended by 50 people ranging from high school teachers, social workers, college administrators, mental health professionals, and state vocational agencies.