News and Stories
Bringing Band in the Sand home
Student organizers are turning Lakeland College's annual Band in the Sand into a streamed concert series everyone can enjoy throughout the month of March. COVID-19 made the traditional Band in the Sand experience - 2,000 people attending a live concert at Lakeland's Equine Centre - impossible...
All business roads lead to home
By the age of 10, Colton Johannesen had learned the value of a dollar and has been passionate about realizing a business career ever since. The first-year business student currently supports his parents in operating five McDonald's locations, three in Lloydminster and two in Cold Lake. However,...
ATEP empowers the next generation of teachers
For Leah Boyer, the most enticing feature about taking the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) is that students don't necessarily have to be Indigenous to benefit from the program. “No matter who you are, you're learning how to work with Indigenous students in any setting. Outside of...
Conference on Environmental Management goes digital
The 2021 Conference on Environmental Management will be presented virtually in March. The third annual event will feature Lakeland College's bachelor of applied science: environmental management (BASEM) student capstone presentations, with topics ranging from species protection to water quality...
Passion drives alumnus to open mechanic shop
Ryan Baker was four years into a job when he realized he wanted to make a change. Through hard work, dedication and a little bit of luck, he made his dreams come true in 2020, opening Studebaker Industries Ltd., a repair shop in Mannville, Alta. “I was working up by Smokey Lake. It was very cold,...