2025 News

The stars aligned: Perseverance pays off
Waylon Falcon remembers sitting inside an academic upgrading classroom, watching out the window as houses went up in record numbers in the Lloydminster community. As a construction worker, choosing to go back to school during the housing boom of 2004 was difficult, he recalls. It would have been...

New program: Maintaining forage health using sheep and goats
A new accreditation program that aims to teach sheep and goat producers best practices for grazing forages is nearly complete, thanks to a partnership with Lakeland College, the Alberta Lamb Producers (ALP) and the Alberta Goat Association (AGA) with funding from Alberta Environment and Parks Rangeland...

Set up for success: Crop SMF team collaborates for a smooth harvest
This fall, 44 second-year crop technology students hit the ground running as they took their places on the Student-Managed Farm – Powered By New Holland (SMF) and completed a successful harvest. In their first year at Lakeland College's Vermilion campus, crop technology students spend...

Preparing for Play: early childhood education students to host play program
Second-year students in Lakeland College’s early childhood education (ECE) program are putting the finishing touches on their plans for their biggest project of the year – the play program. For the project, the students design and run a free, four-week program for local children up to four...

Lakeland lawyer alum joins board of directors
Lakeland College has welcomed a new member to the Board of Governors. A.J. Mokelky, brings a wealth of experience as a lawyer, a graduate of the Lloydminster education system and an alumnus of Lakeland’s university transfer program. Mokelky grew up in Lloydminster. He attended university transfer...