2011 Awards Day

By Steve Waller, CLC Public Information Specialist
Central Lakes College 2011 Awards Day winners have been announced. Ceremonies were held recently at campuses in Brainerd and Staples.
Brainerd campus
Student Employee of the Year - Adam Schlangen, Watkins; CLC Department of the Year - Natural Resources; Club of the Year - Natural Resources; Club Advisor of the Year - Lori-Beth Larsen, International Club; Student Senate Executive Officer of the Year – Schlangen; Student Senator of the Year - Catie Sabin, Brainerd; Administrator of the Year - Rick Kangas, interim dean of enrollment and student services; Faculty of the Year - Kent Montgomery, natural resources; Staff of the Year - Myron Stevens, maintenance; Male Freshman of the Year - Cody Platta, Brainerd; Female Freshman of the Year - Melanie Mankowski, Brainerd; Male Sophomore of the Year - Santiago Continenza, Brainerd; Female Sophomore of the Year - Abra Fisk, Fort Ripley; Student of the Year - Steve Sabin.
Writing Awards – Co-sponsored by the CLC Foundation and Student Senate, the English Department presented awards in poetry, fiction, and essay writing judged by non-affiliated writers. Honorees were Poetry: 1. Kirsten Gudgeon, Staples; 2. Eric Bowman, St. Louis Park; 3. Neela Jarrott, Brainerd; Fiction: 1. Jason Rochelle, Deerwood; 2. Maggie Desmond O’Brien Tiede, Brainerd; 3. Jean Hopkins, Brainerd; Essay: 1. Cassidy Conklin, East Gull Lake; 2. Julie Jo Larson, Brainerd; 3. Rochelle.
Business Awards – Mary Monn, Little Falls, received the Paul Findorff Memorial Scholarship, and Mary Richards, Deerwood, received the Reese/Webb Family Memorial Scholarship.
Trio-Student Support Services – Marcus McDonald (pictured), South Daytona, Fla., received the Trio-Student Support Services Student of the Year award.
Natural Resources Awards – Matt Toenies, Randall; Brian Havrey, Aitkin; Wadena Lund, Brainerd; Laura Jean May, Little Falls.
Staples Campus
Student Employee of the Year - Jeremy Janousek, Staples; CLC Department of the Year – Diesel Technology; Club of the Year – Robotics; Club Advisor of the Year - Nate Peterson, robotics/automated systems; Student Senate Executive Officer of the Year - Tyler Acheson, Minneapolis; Student Senator of the Year - Rob Brown, Brainerd; Faculty of the Year - Mike Kuklok, heavy equipment operation and maintenance; Staff of the Year - Calvin Gudgeon, maintenance; Male Freshman of the Year - Dylan Arceneau, Belgrade; Female Freshman of the Year - Sharaea Bartlett, Sebeka; Male Sophomore of the Year - Brown; Female Sophomore of the Year - Alishia Zoch, Remer; Student of the Year - Mark Dahmes, Hawick; Heavy Equipment Student of the Year - Brown.
Academic Achievement Awards (4.0 GPA)
Aitkin – Sara Lindman, Elias Peterson.
Backus – Todd Malecha.
Baxter – Alexie Larson.
Bertha – Elizabeth Williams.
Brainerd – Melissa Anderson, Stephanie Burley, Rebecca Ellzey, Joseph Frink, Juli Hann, Scott Hubert, Sherri Huchel, Julie Larson, Bradley Mullen, Aidan Muller, Djamaluddin Paratmadi, Layne Risnes, Jill Schlegel, Margaret Tiede.
Breezy Point – Taylor White.
Chandler – Andrew Dirks.
Coon Rapids – Matthew Berscheid.
Cushing – Stephanie Trutwin.
Eagle Bend – Michelle Borchert, Vanessa Lenzen.
East Gull Lake – Cassidy Conklin.
Fifty Lakes – Elenea Igonina.
Fort Ripley – Golden Fisk, Kelsey Lindberg.
Freeport – Alissa Blommel, Beth Blommel.
Hackensack – Elizabeth Dodd.
Hawick – Mark Dahmes.
Ironton – Lainey Drevlow.
Little Falls – Ralph Finch.
Mankato – Jonathan Muller.
Melrose – Christine Cole.
Merrifield – Maria Anderson.
Motley – Ida Lombard.
Nisswa – Katey Hegstrom, Cari Lucas, Brad Waidelich, Philip Yeh, Jacob Weizenegger.
Ottertail – William Neumeister.
Pequot Lakes – Claire Erholtz, Jane Grangroth, Catie Burkhead, Natasha Gallett.
Pillager – Karen Barg.
Randall – Matthew Toenies.
Riverton – Jacob Frahm.
Sauk Centre – Maren Greenwaldt.
St. Cloud – Chelsey Hansen.
St. Louis Park – Eric Bowman.
Wadena – Shelly Arel.
Walker – Tammy Hanson, Keaton Pederson.