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Lakeland alumna sees the classroom from the other side of the podium
Lakeland alumna Dr. Katie Lafreniere credits the support of one particular Lakeland College business instructor with giving her the confidence to pursue academia as a career. She began her career as an assistant professor at the University of Lethbridge this summer. Lafreniere came to Lakeland...
Play program offers unique learning opportunities
For 35 years, Lakeland's play program has been putting students in the lead. The program is a chance for second-year early learning and child care diploma students to put everything they've learned in class into practice. With the support of their instructors, students spent the semester learning,...
HOPE students hired to Energy Centre operation
Lakeland College offers a tremendous opportunity studies for second-year heavy oil power engineering students to take their first career steps during their studies. Students are hired as student operators and tasked to operate the Lloydminster campus and Energy Centre boilers on weekends. “Working...
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...
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...