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Laddering up: Power engineer earns 3rd class in just 11 months

Alexander Deschamps was a 4th class power engineer with 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry when he enrolled in the second year of Lakeland College’s

Lakeland instructor’s fifth book explores no-body homicides

When Mark Stobbe isn’t teaching sociology for Lakeland College’s university transfer department, he’s writing and publishing about politics, crimes and the sociology of...

On the front lines: Fire students deployed to help in provincial emergency

Being a firefighter means dropping everything the moment a call for help comes in. Lakeland College’s Class of 2023 emergency services technology (EST) fire stream...

Making things happen: Marilyn Young, Class of 1997, 2023 Distinguished Alumna

When Marilyn Young was informed that she’d been selected as Lakeland College’s 2023 Distinguished Alumna, she thought there had been a mistake.

“I thought they didn’t...

New graduate credits Lakeland for mind-blowing opportunities

When new environmental sciences diploma graduate Nathaniel Hak toured Lakeland College with his Lakeland alumnus dad, he quickly realized he had found the right school.

“I...