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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...
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,...
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...