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June 19, 2025

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Each month, the Lakeland Rewind takes you through a recap of the most exciting events, activities and highlights from across our campuses. In the final Rewind of the year, we feature:

  • Skills Competition,
  • Tipi Raising & Indigenous storytelling
  • President's Circle
  • 2025 Convocation
  • Platoon 1 Graduation

Convocation 2025

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Lakeland College celebrated the Class of 2025 in a series of three convocation ceremonies on May 30 and June 6. We welcomed 1,024 new graduates and 166 apprenticeship graduates to the alumni family! 

 

Convocation awards:

  • President's Medal (Lloydminster): Alana Olson
  • President's Medal (Vermilion): Stephanie Ullrich
  • Governor General Medal (Lloydminster): Frances Eurika Yu
  • Governor General Medal (Vermilion): Hazel Flesher
  • Distinguished citizen: Darrel Howell
  • Distinguished alumni: Bob Bocock

Current headlines:

  • Lloydminster USask students celebrate program competition

 

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Rochelle Horne, program head for interior design technology, was recognized with an Educator of the Year Honourable Mention award from the National Kitchen and Bath Association and the program won the Excellence in Education award for the 10th time!

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We launched a new website on April 30! Designed with user experience in mind, the new website has a more intuitive menu and enhanced video capabilities, among other features. 

 We are also back on TikTok! Please follow us for the latest video content featuring Rowdy, student day in the life features and more. 

Learning in action

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Recent graduate Kalyn Galloway went home with more than a veterinary technology diploma - she also adopted one of the Animal Health Clinic's patients, Cowboy.

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Kiefer Sinclair, recent graduate, embraced the philosophy that having too much on your plate is a good problem to have during his time at Lakeland.

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Students in Student-Managed Farm - Powered by New Holland purebred beef, commercial beef, equine and extensive grazing units hosted the Round Up Sale.

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Interior design technology student Tianna Harms' playhouse design is becoming a reality -- and funds raised from raffling it off will support her class' field trip to Toronto next year.

Alumni spotlight

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  • Business administration alumna and Christian/Gospel artist Elenee was nominated for her first JUNO award.
  • Cody Mazerolle, Class of 2012, turned his side hustle into a success - and then into the Lloydminster Chamber of Commerce's 2024 Small Business of the Year!
  • Jesse Reeds, Class of 2019, returned to the Energy Centre to share his industry experience with first-year process and power engineering students for the Lunch and Learn series.
  • Payton Patterson, Class of 2016, went from watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to being a member of the National Kitchen and Bath Association's Top 30 Under Thirty.
  • Lakeland legacy: Family and farming go hand in hand for Doug Brown, Class of 1949.
  • Carla Morrison, Class of 2008, is officially one of the toughest firefighters alive.
  • A chance encounter with Dr. Alice Wainwright-Stewart, Lakeland's president and CEO, re-energized alum Talwinder Singh's job search.

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Dr. Alice Wainwright-Stewart, Lakeland's president and CEO, discusses convocation and other news in her latest blog.

Rustler recap

Kylie Perry, forward on the Rustlers women's hockey team, says losing repeatedly to a team of Olympic champions helped her team grow closer and ultimately, work their way to provincial gold.

Photo albums

  • 2025 Platoon 1 blended graduation
  • Pre-admin professional graduation
  • Vermilion Convocation
  • Lloydminster Convocation
  • Generational alumni
  • President's Circle Vermilion
  • President's Circle Lloydminster

Videos

  • Convocation 2025 recap
  • Your blueprint for success: Steamfitter-pipefitter
  • We can show you how - lead, inspire and excel
  • Business beyond the classroom
  • Welcome to Lakeland College
  • Your resume starts here
  • Donor thank you video
  • Abygale Durie is gearing up for Feast on the Farm
  • World Environment Day
  • Leroy and Leroy visit the ETC.
  • Interior design playhouse construction
  • Emergency service technology student wildfire deployment
  • Day in the Life: Equine student

Upcoming events

  • July 1: Canada Day (Campus closure)
  • Aug. 4: Heritage Day (Campus closure)
  • Aug. 14: Feast on the Farm
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