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Teamwork leads energy class to 100 per cent success rate
Fourth class students in the first semester of the process and power engineering program (PPE) scored a 100 per cent success rate on the ABSA provincial exam, an unprecedented feat in Lakeland's history. The exam is a critical one in the power engineering field. Students must pass it with at least...

Conference on Environmental Management: A platform for success and accomplishment
In a culmination of eight months of real-world experience, students in Lakeland College's bachelor of applied science: environmental management (BASEM) program presented their capstones at the Conference on Environmental Management (CEM) in March. BASEM student Cody Roberts' capstone project highlighted...

Band in the Sand: Same dirt, new boots
For 10 years, Lakeland College's agribusiness students have taken over the Equine Centre for a night, filling it with a sold-out crowd, country music, and a dirty good time for Band in the Sand. This year, the student organizers relied on a legacy left to them by past years' students to pull off...

Ready to work: RoundUp Sale earns record sales
Now that the dust has settled on RoundUp 2023, this year's committee is calling it the most successful sale in Lakeland College's history. “It was the highest averaging RoundUp Sale the college has ever had,” says William Bradford, RoundUp coordinator for the Student-Managed Farm - Powered...

Lakeland's collaboration with NAIT expands sustainable energy education
Sustainable energy technology students at Lakeland College have a new option to consider for advancing their education thanks to a transfer agreement with the Northern Alberta Institution of Technology (NAIT). The new agreement, signed in December 2022, ensures that students who graduate from Lakeland's...