News and Stories
Keeping warm and making a difference
University transfer student Tamara Dancy is pursuing a career in social work because she wants to make a difference. She’s already gotten started, spearheading a winter clothing drive to help keep the unhoused population of Lloydminster warm after they lost all of their belongings. “I volunteer...
Agribusiness team takes silver in national competition
Traci Edmondson was already a Lakeland College alumna when she decided to return to her alma mater to complement her veterinary technology diploma with some business education. She enrolled in agribusiness and, this fall, proved her business acumen when she and her teammates placed second in a...
Lakeland College and Western Crop Innovations enter into MOU
Western Crop Innovations is pleased to announce that we have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Board of Governors at Lakeland College! With a shared interest in crop science, feed quality, enhanced student experiences, and more, we are excited to discuss and explore various...
The stars aligned: Perseverance pays off
Waylon Falcon remembers sitting inside an academic upgrading classroom, watching out the window as houses went up in record numbers in the Lloydminster community. As a construction worker, choosing to go back to school during the housing boom of 2004 was difficult, he recalls. It would have been...
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...