2025 News
New program: Maintaining forage health using sheep and goats
A new accreditation program that aims to teach sheep and goat producers best practices for grazing forages is nearly complete, thanks to a partnership with Lakeland College, the Alberta Lamb Producers (ALP) and the Alberta Goat Association (AGA) with funding from Alberta Environment and Parks Rangeland...
Set up for success: Crop SMF team collaborates for a smooth harvest
This fall, 44 second-year crop technology students hit the ground running as they took their places on the Student-Managed Farm – Powered By New Holland (SMF) and completed a successful harvest. In their first year at Lakeland College's Vermilion campus, crop technology students spend...
Preparing for Play: early childhood education students to host play program
Second-year students in Lakeland College’s early childhood education (ECE) program are putting the finishing touches on their plans for their biggest project of the year – the play program. For the project, the students design and run a free, four-week program for local children up to four...
Lakeland lawyer alum joins board of directors
Lakeland College has welcomed a new member to the Board of Governors. A.J. Mokelky, brings a wealth of experience as a lawyer, a graduate of the Lloydminster education system and an alumnus of Lakeland’s university transfer program. Mokelky grew up in Lloydminster. He attended university transfer...
Forging a new pathway
In Wade Whitstone’s Indigenous culture, the Grass Dance is an important one. It symbolizes the way scouts and warriors would dance to flatten the grass for a new village, meeting or ceremony space, preparing the ground for the rest of the villagers following behind. As both a Lakeland alumnus...