News and Stories
Field Week 2024: Mine reclamation, prescribed burns and team building
Field week is an annual tradition for second-year environmental sciences students. It’s an intense week of labs that sees the students taking daily trips to different fields, forests and wetlands on and around campus, perfecting the hands-on skills they practiced in first year. Soil sampling,...
Answering the call: Lakeland students protect and rebuild Jasper
When word spread among the firefighting community that a wildfire was threatening the town of Jasper, it felt personal to Shawn McKerry. The dean of Lakeland College’s Emergency Training Centre and Class of 2006 alum of the emergency services technology (EST) program has personal experience with...
Forging local and international connections
Class of 2024 Lleyton Bates’ goal was to complete his entire bachelor of education (BEd) without straying too far from his home in Vermilion. And he accomplished it – other than a few weeks spent on campus at the University of Calgary (UCalgary) and a memorable two months on practicum in Australia. Bates...
Golf tourney raises $37,000 for student-athletes
On Aug. 29, over 100 golfers hit the links at the 2024 Lakeland Rustlers Golf Tournament presented by NextGen Automation. The event brought together student-athletes, athletes, and those just looking for a good game of golf, all to raise funds go to supporting championship teams to ensure they have...
WJ Elliott Arboretum: Evolving alongside Lakeland College
Growth and change have always been a huge part of Lakeland College. From its founding in 1913, the college itself has gone through many evolutions in response to changing times and circumstances. The latest evolutionary stage involves the rejuvenation of Vermilion campus’ Newcombe N. Bentley Building...