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Thriving third beginning for energy student
Lakeland College is a "win, win, win" says Dale Mizera. The 46-year-old, from Viking, Alta., hit the restart button to pursue a career in the energy sector. After attending Lakeland's Open House in 2017, he enrolled in the heavy oil power engineering program (HOPE). In September 2018 he hit the...
Enviro sciences students go-to-bat for endangered species
Spring has sprung and while many summer birds are returning, bats will be back in their roosts eating mosquitoes, moths and pests like the bertha armyworm that attack canola and other crops. Lakeland College environmental sciences students in the wildlife and fisheries conservation (WFC) and conservation...
Community participation in student-run tax clinics increases
Lakeland College second-year business administration students prepared 662 tax returns - an increase of 56 per cent from last year's total (425). Accounting majors Harjot Basanti and Chelsea Leachman were among the 14 students who participated in the free tax clinics, held throughout March and...
Performing arts students to compete in national and provincial categories
Five talented Lakeland performing arts students are off to compete in the national and provincial categories of the Saskatchewan Music Festival Provincials (SMFP) from May 30-June 2. Following the wrap-up of this year's Kiwanis Lloydminster and District Music Festival, James Griffith and Corie...
Five Lakeland award winners at Skills Alberta provincials
Two Lakeland College apprentices earned podium spots at the 2019 Alberta Provincial Skills Canada Competition (PSCC) on May 9. “To all our students who competed in the 2019 PSCC, I would like to congratulate you for representing Lakeland College. We're all so proud of everyone for stepping up...