Here We Grow Again Lindsay Lethbridge

2016

Dakota Van Loon, College and University Preparation

Dakota worked throughout the summer and fall after graduation and plans to return to the college to start prerequisites for dental hygiene.

2015

Sarah Brunschwiler, Criminal Justice - Policing

Sarah writes: "It has been a busy year and a half since graduating. In autumn 2015, I was hired to work for Commercial Vehicle Enforcement as a transport officer. Information technology was neat coming back to a familiar place, Lethbridge College, for three months of recruit training before moving to my posting in Slave Lake. On top of that, my husband and I were married concluding October; we did non know I would be in recruit training when we originally picked the date, only it everything worked out and we had a neat day."

Lindsay Chisan, Criminal Justice - Policing

Lindsay tells the alumni office that she was hired by the Alberta Sheriffs and completed training in Apr 2016. She has been working at the Edmonton law courts since then. She adds: "My fiancé and I were in the Criminal Justice program together and graduated together. He currently works in corrections and we got married this July! I have volunteered on behalf of the Alberta Sheriffs for the Cabelas Camp out and the Kdays parade this yr. I want to get a field training officeholder and sergeant with the Alberta Sheriffs."

Rebecca Csakany, Correctional Studies and Justice Studies Available of Practical Arts

Rebecca accepted a position with the Government of Alberta after graduation and currently works as an Alberta Supports coordinator opening up a new rural Alberta Supports function in her home boondocks of Rocky Mountain House. She says his is a vital new resources to the community, because it provides streamlined admission to a variety of government programs and supports for those located in more than rural and remote areas of Alberta.

McKae Pawlenchuk, Unit of measurement Clerk

McKae volition nourish the University of Lethbridge this fall to consummate a double caste in Pedagogy and English.

Alexandra Waldner, Agricultural Technology – Institute and Soil

Alexandra was featured in an article in Germination magazine. The article discussed the post-secondary award she received from the Commercial Seed Analysts Clan of Canada, which she will use to report agronomy at the University of Saskatchewan. She worked for 3 summers at the Semiarid Prairie Research Center in the forage and the pulse crop departments. Subsequently graduating from the college, she worked with Hytech Production Ltd., whose primary focus is canola seed production and now works at Seed Solutions Seed Lab.

2014

Kelly Smith, General Studies

Kelly is in the final twelvemonth of the Addictions Counselling plan at the University of Lethbridge and is fulfilling her senior internship requirements at McMan in the THRIVE department. She is as well a client back up worker at SASHA, a group abode for people with a mental affliction.

2013

Matthew Nyman, Criminal Justice - Policing

Matthew works in the small boondocks of Manning in northern Alberta every bit a general duty constable for the RCMP.

2012

Elaine Van Rootselaar, Communication Arts – Broadcast Journalism

Elaine sent this update to the Alumni office: "Right at present I'thousand running Elumina Productions, providing video production services to organizations in Lethbridge and southern Alberta. I started soon after my graduation. My job involves following upwards with potential clients, finding ways to customize video production to their needs, and then producing and delivering those videos!"

Alexandra Kulas, Business Administration

Alex is now Digital Media Manager at the Westward Edmonton Mall and Fantasyland Hotel. She writes: "In my new office I'm responsible for laying the digital groundwork for West Edmonton Mall, Fantasyland Hotel and bigger initiatives like tourism, sponsorship and events. I accept four staff members who piece of work nether me and every mean solar day all day we focus on everything social. The number 1 goal for united states is to make certain that guests of the mall are having the all-time fourth dimension possible! The other goal is to promote the mall and bring people in by showcasing what'southward happening at WEM."

Ryan Uytdewilligen, Broadcast Journalism

Ryan has followed upward on his first book, which focused on significant films, with one that features farming life on the plains. According to an commodity in the Lethbridge Herald, Ryan has taken a "coming of age" approach to his 2 books, both of which he completed this year. In Tractor, which was released in the fall of 2016, Ryan chronicles the life of a young boy growing upwardly on the family unit farm in the United States. Last autumn'due south release follows 101 Almost Influential Coming of Age Movies, a 240-page paperback that's attracted praise since it hit the bookstores in the spring of 2016. Ryan is now based in Vancouver.

2011

Brent Fikowski, Business Administration – Accounting

Brent, who was a key thespian on the Kodiaks men's volleyball team as a pupil, was recently awarded the title of the quaternary fittest man on earth at the 2016 CrossFit Games. After graduating from Lethbridge College, he went on to earn his Bachelor of Commerce degree at Griffith University in Australia and now works as a Financial Controller at Strawhouse, a tech marketing company in Kelowna, B.C. When not working, Brent competes in Crossfit, where he won the West Regional, finished fourth at the gruelling CrossFit Games held in California this past July, and was preparing this fall to correspond Team Canada at the international event the CrossFit Invitational in November. The CrossFit Games included a wide variety of tests to detect the fittest athletes from lifting heavy barbells, sea swimming, trail running, rope climbing, sled pulling, inverted handstand pushups, and handstand walking.

2010

Nicole Kemp, Interior Pattern Applied science

Nicole, an interior designer at Homes by Avi in Calgary, has been selected as a 2017 National Kitchens and Baths xxx nether 30 recipient. Nicole was selected from hundreds of nominations throughout North America through a rigorous selection process recognizing her equally an outstanding professional in the industry under the historic period of 30. "It's an honor to have one of our designers recognized on an international level for their work," says Doug Beach, general manager of Homes past Avi. "Nicole is an incredible nugget to our team. Her innovative design process allows her to create spaces that are unique to each individual client and her attending to detail is unparalleled. Nicole volition be recognized at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Testify in Orlando on Jan. xi, 2017.

2009

Renee Frechette, Communication Arts - Broadcast Journalism

Renee reports that she has had stints in Lethbridge, Rosetown, Bonnyville, St. Paul, and now Vegreville since her graduation. Most of her work has been in radio and there have been many highlight: "I take met and/or interviewed Miranda Lambert (I cried - don't judge), Darius Rucker (he fabricated fun of my audio recorder), Hunter Hayes (we compared smart phones), Dean Brody and more than. I also interviewed Tom Cochrane on the phone. He asked about me later just before a show we presented, only I was in the oversupply. So close, but so far. I awkwardly shook Corb Lund's hand. I was the 99.7 The Wolf perogie eating champ circa 2011 and am a proud dog mom who makes a mean grilled cheese sandwich."

Jamie Moran, Business Assistants – Professional Golf Direction

Jamie, the general manager of the Bally Haly State Lodge and co-instructor of the Bally Haly Golf Academy, won the 2016 TaylorMade-Adidias PGA of Atlantic Players Championship at The Links at Penn Hills in Nova Scotia in September.Pictured: Michel Normand, Jamie Moran, Tim McCullum, and Tanner Gayton.

Jordan Sailor, Business organisation Administration student

Jordan opened his own gym, Twisted Steel Fitness Centre, in Coaldale in 2015 and the business celebrated its first anniversary this by year. Jordan had been in the fitness manufacture for over a decade and finally decided he needed to share his passion with others and start his own business.

2008

Barrett Bettger, Business Administration

Barrett was recently promoted to manager at KPMG in Lethbridge. He joined the company in 2010 and specialized in the assurance department, working on owner-managed businesses, review engagements, audits for both profit and not-for-profit clients as well as revenue enhancement projects.

David Fehr, Business organisation Administration

David was also recently promoted to manager at KPMG in Lethbridge. He started his career at a Calgary-based firm and joined KPMG in January 2016. He currently specializes in enterprise and audit practices.

2007

Tyson Leavitt, Business Administration – General Business student

Tyson Leavitt is a former Lethbridge College student who has been bringing fairy-tale treehouses and playhouses to life since 2015 for a wide range of clients, including the daughter of NBA superstar Steph Back-scratch. He is featured in the prove Playhouse Masters which airs on TLC.  His creations, which include an 8-metre tall Rapunzel castle straight out of a storybook, a whimsical Hobbit hole and an over-the-top backyard pirate transport, have been featured in print and television media across Due north America. For his incredible entrepreneurial success and the rapid growth of his company, the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce and Business organization Development Part were proud to recognize Tyson as one of Lethbridge's Meridian forty Under twoscore.

Katrina Shade, Business Administration – Direction

Katrina has been employed with the Piikani Nation since 2007. She started working with the Peigan REA to create a utility billing company. In 2012, she then went to work with Piikani Resource Evolution Ltd. to develop a renewable energy portfolio which include ownership of a portion of a hydro electric plant, the refurbishment of a 900kw wind turbine chosen Weather Dancer 1 and ii arrays of 26kv of solar panels and the purchase of all transmission assets located on the Piikani Nation. Piikani Resource Development Ltd. develops and manages energy projects and other economic resource development opportunities for the Piikani Nation such as a sand and gravel pit and Irrigation.

Curtis Warkentin, Criminal Justice – Policing

Curtis, who had been working in Regina, started working for the Morden Police force Service in July 2016. According to an commodity on the MyToba.ca news website, the force said they were looking forward to having Curtis join our service and welcoming him, his wife Cara and son Bryce back to Morden. Curtis was built-in and raised in Morden and completed recruitment training at the Saskatchewan Police College in 2009. He had served every bit a constable with the Saskatoon Police Service from 2008-11 and the Regina Police Service from 2011-16.

2006

Matthew Kennedy, Correctional Studies Applied degree

Matthew sent the Alumni office this update: "Between 2003 and 2006, I worked as a provincial Correctional Officer at Lethbridge Correctional Centre and Red Deer Remand Centre. In February 2007, I began my career in federal corrections at Bowden Institution. In Oct 2007, I was promoted to parole officeholder. Between 2010 and 2015, I specialized in Ancient offenders and contributed toward the creation of a nationally-recognized reintegration program for Aboriginals. In December 2013, I received the Exceptional Service Honour for my efforts with Aboriginal offenders; I was nominated for this laurels past the Deputy Commissioner for the Prairie Region. In 2015, I returned to working with general population offenders of all ethnicities and I remain in that location today. Corrections Canada has offered frequent opportunities to act in management capacities and these opportunities were available after just two years in the service. However, after several stints in a manager position, it is articulate to me that my heart is in parole and I expect to remain a parole officer until the end of my career."

2002

Ebony Verbonac, Business concern Administration

Ebony was recently promoted to partner at KPMG in Lethbridge. She started there in 2005 and earned her CPA, CA designation in 2009. Ebony specializes in revenue enhancement and is devoted to helping concern owners with their business and compliance needs. She as well has extensive experience in developing estate and succession plans and has shared her expertise with many organizations, including Alberta Agriculture and the Legal Pedagogy Guild of Alberta. She also writes monthly manufactures for Alberta Beef and is a Rotarian who volunteers with several other customs organizations.

2000

Garfield Henderson, Criminal Justice – Policing

Steinbach RCMP canine unit member Const. Garfield Henderson his dog, Enzo, were called in on Sept. thirteen to search for a missing four-yr-old girl who had wandered abroad from her abode in the rural municipality of La Broquerie, Man. According to a story on CTV-Winnipeg, the canine team institute the girl one kilometre from her domicile. According to the written report, Henderson said "I cast my domestic dog into that area, and apace located a rail. And inside 15 minutes, we located the girl crying in the middle of the bush." The girl was a petty wet and scared, but otherwise fine.  Garfield and Enzo were transferred from British Columbia to Manitoba in April 2016.

Quentin Lambert, Engineering Design and Drafting Technology

Quentin writes: "I at present have 16 years in with Midwest Surveys, and have no intention of working anywhere else. It's a neat company that gives back equally much as you put into it, and the great program at the college prepared me well for the technical work done by my firm."

1999

Wendy Doyle, Criminal Justice

Wendy started working in government as a transport office a year afterwards graduation. In 2006, she became a dangerous goods inspector and did that for five years. In 2011, she was promoted to director of Carrier Services, which was however a regulatory role. In 2013, she was promoted again, this fourth dimension as the executive director of the Office of Traffic Safety. This was her offset not-enforcement or regulatory role in her sixteen-year government career. Her office is responsible for developing and implementing the provincial Traffic Prophylactic Plans, policy changes under the Traffic Condom Act and pedagogy and outreach for traffic safety.

1997

Stephen Neis, Carpentry Apprenticeship

Stephen was named the new director of Industry Programs and Standards at Alberta Ministry building of Advanced Education in September. He had worked for nine years as an instructor in the college's Carpentry Apprenticeship program before moving to the ministry, where he evaluates programs to approve or recommend accreditation; analyzes requests for trade and occupation designation; provides communication links between the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Lath, its committees and other agencies and trade organizations and more. While at the college, he likewise served equally a member of the Lethbridge College Board of Governors.

1995

Randy Mackay, Automotive Service Technology

Randy is a lead mechanic for Propak Free energy in Kindersley, Sask.

1994

Travis Killian, Electronic Technology Technology

Travis and his wife, Kendell, were featured in an article in the Prairie Post focused on their work coaching the JV and senior girls' volleyball teams at Magrath High Schoolhouse. "My wife and I met playing volleyball here at the college and information technology has been a big function of our life," Travis said in the article. "We are still playing on our customs co-ed team that we joined twenty years ago. We dearest to pass on our cognition of the game and see youth grow and reach, I think that is the thrill for us." Travis now works equally an IT specialist at the college and is a one-time fellow member of the Lethbridge College Board of Governors.

1993

Terri Metivier, Business organisation Assistants – Marketing

Terri writes: "I have great memories of outset visiting my sis at Lethbridge College, so when it was my turn to nourish! Withal beloved driving past the college when we become through the urban center."

1990

Miles Grove, Renewable Resource Management

Miles was hired as a Fish and Wildlife Officer in 1991 in Canmore and worked the concluding 25 years in various locations and positions within the branch. He is currently superintendent of the Operations Section in Headquarters.

Karla Millar-Nixon, Communication Arts

Karla worked as a construction banana for half dozen years after graduation and has been a mediator since 1996.

1986

Glenda Skauge, Nursing

Glenda has worked equally a nurse for 30 years and has four children.

Darryl Skauge, Business Administration - General

Darryl has worked for Timber-Tech Truss since 1988 and is now a partner and C.Due east.O. He likewise served equally President for the Canadian Home Builders (Lethbridge, 2000) and equally President for Western Wood Truss Clan (2014).

1985

Michael Sauer, Business organization Administration

Michael tells the Alumni part that he has been building his ain business e'er since leaving the college.

1981

Diane Shanks, Nursing

The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge chose Diane as the recipient of this twelvemonth'southward Friend of Health Sciences Award. Shanks is described as someone with remarkable and inspirational commitment to registered nursing and nursing leadership and educational activity. Dr. Shannon Spenceley, a U of Fifty nursing professor, immediate past-president of the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta and a member of the accolade selection committee, says Shanks is a leader of unflinching integrity who isn't afraid to put provocative ideas on the tabular array. In 2012, Diane received one of the college's distinguished alumni awards, the "Career Virtuoso" award.

1979

Rick Lewchuk, Circulate Journalism

Rick, the senior vice-president of creative marketing with CNN in Atlanta, accepted an Emmy for CNN's promotional work at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards held Sept. 21. The Emmy was won in the category of All-time Promotional Announcement. It was for the show The Seventies, a documentary serial that ran on CNN in 2016. It was the just Emmy award category recognizing marketing and promotion at that ceremony, which honours excellence in the TV news field. Lewchuk was among the team members recognized for the laurels-winning entrada.

Warren Tolley, Agricultural Applied science

Warren is a retired human resources professional.

1974

Barbara Thompson, Journalism

Barbara tells the Alumni office: "I take worked for the Western Producer since 1988, serving as the Calgary bureau for Canada's largest agriculture newspaper."

1966

Jean Fudra, Business Administration - General

Jean writes that she has been working fulltime for 33 years at Dr. Fabbi'south part as a manager.

In Memoriam

Allan Pard, a well-respected elder on the Piikani reserve, passed away in late May at the historic period of 64. A residential schoolhouse survivor, he later attended Pincher Creek schools and played for the Lethbridge College Kodiaks, becoming one of the first indigenous pupil-athletes in Alberta in the process.

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