Training and Something News

Alumna combines passion for horses and trades
j'Amey Bevan's journey from a downtown Vancouver city girl to the chair of the Government of Alberta's Apprenticeship & Industry Training Board is a complex one. She charted her own course, blending her love for the trades with her love of horses. Her first step on that journey was Lakeland College. A...

Designing for a sustainable future
Second-year interior design technology students grew their skills in sustainable design thanks to a locally sourced project. They were assigned to design a sustainable home for a fictitious client based on the Trout Pond in Vermilion Provincial Park. The project combined what the students have...

Math Fair mixes math and play
As when solving any math equation, students in Lakeland College's university transfer program's higher arithmetic course carefully examined all variables when designing their games for Math Fair. First, they had to propose three different games to their instructors and have them evaluated to ensure...

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...

Students establish industry connections at livestock information field day
Close to 100 agricultural sciences students attended Lakeland's Canadian Angus at Lakeland Technology & Information Field Day last month at the Centre for Ag Technology and G.N. Sweet Livestock Research Facility. Featuring industry experts from the Canadian Angus Association (CAA), Growsafe,...