Wider Horizons asked Caitlin Power (Fashion Design and Marketing ’08), the owner and creative director of the contemporary women’s label that carries her name, to share a few words on fashion, flare, and finding your own style. To see the some of her latest creations, head to the runways of Toronto …or check out caitlinpower.com [...]
Alberta Fish and Wildlife recently donated a unique mount displaying two bears, a grizzly and a black bear, to Lethbridge College. Jim Mitchell (Renewable Resource Management ‘80), superintendent of Fish and Wildlife, Enforcement Field Services, Prairie Area – Lethbridge and Lethbridge College alumnus, explains how the bear mount found its way to the college and [...]
Author, activist, educator, elder, Beverly Hungry Wolf is a lifelong southern Albertan who has dedicated herself to learning and restoring her Blackfoot culture for future generations. At its convocation ceremonies this month, Lethbridge College will proudly bestow an honorary bachelor of applied arts on Hungry Wolf, one of its former students. Wider Horizons: In Daughters [...]
Thomas Kuperus (Corrections ’10) wanted to see Africa, glean a greater cultural awareness and do some good along the way. The third-year Correctional Studies applied-degree student from Coaldale spent four months in Tanzania last summer teaching, building and nurturing. He can’t wait to get back. Wider Horizons: Where, exactly, were you in Tanzania? Thomas Kuperus: [...]
In the past few months, Lethbridge College’s efforts to increase and promote sustainability on campus have been spearheaded by its Green Leadership Office (GLO), the collective noun for Leona Rousseau and Dave McRae. The two instructors (Rousseau, Interior Design; McRae, Environmental Science) were seconded to carry out a campus sustainability audit and to report their [...]
Matthew Berrigan, the 2010 winner of Lethbridge College’s Rising Star award came to the campus following a difficult high school career in Black Diamond. Knowing he wanted to be a teacher, but wondering if he had the jam to make it first as a student, he enrolled in General Studies, strategically selecting courses he knew [...]
It’s been 25 years since Dave McLellan graduated from Lethbridge College as a journeyman electrician, a trade he later taught on campus for eight years. Today, he’s a supervisor for Apprenticeship and Industry Training’s South Division in Lethbridge. Despite the economic downturn, he sees a future in the trades for those willing to obtain the [...]
Johannes Tacskovics is a senior Flash developer, a job title that might pique interest among readers, or might not, depending on your familiarity with the technology. But add to his title “for Disney,” and it’s difficult to not be curious as to how a Lethbridge College Multimedia Production (2000) grad from Fort Macleod wound up in [...]
Its majesty lies both in its size and its stability. The High Level Bridge is a testament to those who designed and built it, straddling the Oldman River Valley for 100 years as a symbol of Canadian ingenuity and enterprise. Wider Horizons sat down with four Lethbridge College engineering instructors to glean a sense of [...]
Rick Lewchuk graduated from Lethbridge College in 1979 with a diploma in Communication Arts. The North Battleford, Sask., native is now senior vice-president of Creative Agency and Brand Strategy for CTV. Wider Horizons tuned in with him about his success in branding the network. WH: Nice title; what does it mean? RL: We have upwards [...]
