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Lakeland experience inspires academic success
Daneca Goldsmith's notable academic standing earned her one of Lakeland's most prestigious accolades: the Governor General's Academic Medal. The business administration diploma graduate received the honour at Lakeland College's Lloydminster campus Convocation Ceremony on May 31. “I believe in...

Thriving third beginning for energy student
Lakeland College is a "win, win, win" says Dale Mizera. The 46-year-old, from Viking, Alta., hit the restart button to pursue a career in the energy sector. After attending Lakeland's Open House in 2017, he enrolled in the heavy oil power engineering program (HOPE). In September 2018 he hit the...

Community participation in student-run tax clinics increases
Lakeland College second-year business administration students prepared 662 tax returns - an increase of 56 per cent from last year's total (425). Accounting majors Harjot Basanti and Chelsea Leachman were among the 14 students who participated in the free tax clinics, held throughout March and...

Emergency degree students excel with onsite training
Bachelor of applied business: emergency services (BABES) students had the opportunity to meet face-to-face this year when they set up an incident command system at the Lloydminster RCMP Detachment. Students in the part-time, online program completed this emergency preparedness and response training...

Enviro sciences students go-to-bat for endangered species
Spring has sprung and while many summer birds are returning, bats will be back in their roosts eating mosquitoes, moths and pests like the bertha armyworm that attack canola and other crops. Lakeland College environmental sciences students in the wildlife and fisheries conservation (WFC) and conservation...