News and Stories
Lakeland's Safe Spaces: allies to the LGBTQ+ community
A visual representation of support for individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirited, queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) are now in various areas of Lakeland College. Marked around the Lloydminster and Vermilion campuses are rainbow-hued Safe Space stickers, a design approved...
Enviro students take the classroom to the stream
Students in the environmental sciences diploma left the classroom behind to get their hands dirty during Field Week. The excursion took them nearly 500 kilometers from campus to the Rocky Mountains around Hinton, where they put the lessons they learned in class to use earlier this semester. On...
Co-operative values drive alumna's success
Working for purpose is how Leanne Hawes has approached her work at Lloydminster and District Co-op (Lloyd Co-op) for nearly a decade. It's also how this Lakeland College business alumna will continue to approach her work as the organization's new chief executive officer (CEO). “It's truly about...
Pop-Up shop rebranding a success
Faced with rebranding the event and hosting it in a new venue, the students employed a guerrilla-style marketing campaign to spread the word and as a result, the retail venture was a big success. Pop-Up Presents Lakeland's Hidden Creations invited shoppers to Spurs for the opportunity to browse...
Student-led crop research a win-win
Lakeland's Student-Managed Farm Powered by New Holland (SMF) crop research unit took a look at field pea phosphorous fertility as part of an Alberta Pulse Growers Zone 5 project last year. As part of their SMF class, the unit (pictured below) designed the project and wrote a proposal to request...