2025 News

Lakeland College's interior design program awarded NKBA Excellence in Education
The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) recognized Lakeland College's interior design technology (IDT) program with an Excellence in Education Award. “It's exciting for our interior design technology program to be recognized by the NKBA. It's a powerful testament to our students' knowledge...

Distinguished Citizen receives Lakeland's first Honorary Bachelor of Agriculture Technology degree
Judy Sweet believes that adapting to changing circumstances is one of the most essential skills a person can have. She knows this from experience. After living in different Alberta communities in their 20s, Judy and her husband Garth settled in the Drayton Valley area. There, they raised their...

International business grad breathes new life into accounting expertise
It's a significant feat to earn the highest grade point average across Lakeland College's Lloydminster campus, and that's not all this Class of 2023 was able to accomplish at Lakeland. Dominic Skibba, who graduated from Lakeland's business administration diploma accounting major, was awarded the...

Making things happen: Marilyn Young, Class of 1997, 2023 Distinguished Alumna
When Marilyn Young was informed that she'd been selected as Lakeland College's 2023 Distinguished Alumna, she thought there had been a mistake. “I thought they didn't have the right person,” the Class of 1997 business administration alumna explains. “That's just me. Sometimes you don't really...

Lakeland wishes the Class of 2023 well at convocation
Lakeland College has welcomed the Class of 2023 into the alumni family in a series of three convocation ceremonies on both the Lloydminster and Vermilion campuses. “Convocation is such an amazing, bittersweet time,” says Dr. Alice Wainwright-Stewart, president and CEO of Lakeland College. “We're...