Wider Horizons
Celebrating successes of our alumni in their careers and throughout their lives.

2011

Breanne Campbell Criminal Justice-Policing 2009, and Correctional Studies – Applied Degree lives in DeWinton, AB, and works as a probation officer. 2010 Jordan Bass Communication Arts – Broadcast Journalism found work right after graduation at Rock 97.7 in Grande Prairie doing the on-air weekend show. He is still at it but has added a one-hour heavy metal show that airs in Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. Joshua Ludvigson Engineering Design and Drafting Technology writes: “I was lucky enough to land a summer job at Gas Liquids Engineering between my first and second year at Lethbridge College. … I have my dream job in Calgary at one of the best companies in the world as a junior piping designer. I owe my success to hard work and dedication, my peers and the wonderful staff and instructors at the college.” 2009 Robert Hlatky General Studies is working as a graduate assistant while he completes his MA in Sociology at the University of Alberta, specializing in social structure and policy. 2008 Jen Sandau-Loveless Communication Arts-Advertising and Public Relations worked at a newspaper in Lloydminster, AB/SK, as a graphic designer for three years following graduation. She now works for a metal roofing and siding company in Nisku, AB, as its marketing manager.

 

Kirby Sarvas Criminal Justice-Policing is working as a funeral director/embalmer in Biggar, SK. After completing one year of the Bachelor of Applied Arts in Correctional Studies, she was accepted into the Funeral Director/Embalmer program through the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology. She finished her schooling in December 2010 and is currently working on her one-year internship with the Funeral and Cremation Council of Saskatchewan. 2007 Vanessa Ferreira Communication Arts-Advertising and Public Relations completed a Bachelor of Communication Studies degree at the University of Calgary. She works for the University of Alberta, Calgary Center, as the Marketing and Communications Coordinator. Her portfolio involves community relations, alumni and donor engagement, and media relations. 2006 Patrick Ingoldsby Environmental Assessment and Restoration lives in Red Deer, AB, and works for an engineering firm mitigating environmental impacts from construction projects. Tonya Woolford Communications Arts-Broadcast Journalism is currently the executive director of the Lethbridge Food Bank. After graduation, she worked for Rogers Broadcasting as the promotions director for Rock 106 and 107.7 The River. She went on to work for Clear Sky Radio (CJOC Lethbridge and CJCY Medicine Hat) where she worked in promotions, sales, marketing and web design prior to moving to the Lethbridge Food Bank in March 2011.

 

2005 Jordan Dekens Professional Golf Management is a sales executive with the Enmax Centre in Lethbridge. 2004 Chris Bennion Computer Information Technology lives in Calgary where he is a sales associate with Coast Wholesale Appliances as well as working in the computer technician field….his second true love (after his wife!). 2002 Kevin Turner Business Administration- Management is currently a realtor in Lethbridge. He has been a licenced associate since 2005 and currently owns and operates TurnProf Renovations Ltd. and works with RE/MAX Lethbridge’s commercial division. He has also partnered with a Calgary firm, offering unique opportunities to real estate investors and offering a rent-to-own program for those wanting to become home owners. 1998 Darren Birrell Criminal Justice-Policing works as a police officer with the Lethbridge Regional Police Service. 1997 Kelly Bond Bachelor of Applied Conservation Enforcement found great success since his graduation, with two immediate offers in resource enforcement and two in policing. After working for Manitoba Natural Resources, he has now been with the Ontario Provincial Police for over 14 years, serving in Kenora, Ontario on a Special Highway Patrol Unit. “Lethbridge College was a big part of my future employment and career opportunities.”

1995 Scott Yakiwchuk Communication Arts-Advertising and Public Relations is a program facilitator with Portage College in St. Paul, AB. The majority of his work is with Aboriginal communities and the government to provide training programs on reserves and settlements. 1994 Neil Fraser Communication Arts-Broadcast Journalism has put his Lethbridge College education to good use in a number of industries: broadcasting, retail, customer service, training and account management. All this has led to his dream job of working for a hockey team. In January 2011 he joined the Lethbridge Hurricanes where he is the Sales Director.

1992 Blake Eves Criminal Justice-Policing 1986, Business Administration 1992 spent four years with the Lethbridge Regional Police Service as a dispatcher after graduation. After working in human resources for four years, he took a job in San Ramon, California, installing computer software. For 14 years, he has travelled the U.S. doing this type of work. A former Kodiak runner and coach, Blake returned to

running in 2009 and has now completed three marathons, six halfmarathons and numerous 10Ks. He hopes his time in a marathon in San Antonio, Texas, will qualify him for the marathon of all marathons – The Boston. Blake’s competitions have taken him to Hawaii, Scotland, Ireland, Greece, Bahamas, Mexico, Aruba and throughout the U.S. Darlene Derksen (nee Gormley) Communication Arts-Advertising and Public Relations set up a research library at the Youth Employment Center and worked at Southern Stationers in shipping/receiving and in the desktop publishing department. She has been a legal assistant since 1999. 1989 Linda Jean Munroe-Philbrick Nursing has completed both her Bachelor of Nursing (Athabasca University) and a Master’s of Science in Nursing as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner at the University of South Alabama. She currently works as a Hospitalist with Inpatient Consultants of Florida. 1981 Michael Ward Conservation Enforcement currently lives in Winnipeg and works for the Springfield Police Service. After graduation, he worked for the Department of Natural Resources for 15 years before moving into policing (and being the second oldest recruit at the time). He spent 13 years with the Winnipeg Police Service before moving on to the rural municipality of Springfield.

1980
Sharon (Luney) Smit
Environmental Assessment and
Restoration writes: “The program at
Lethbridge College has offered a lot of
opportunities for me to work for the
provincial and federal governments as
well as private industry. I started with
Fisheries and Oceans Canada and
worked in an arctic research station
(Fresh Water Institute) in Winnipeg.
I’ve worked for the Department of
Natural Resources and the Canadian
Wildlife Service. I’ve also worked as a
private consultant to environmental
consulting companies. For the last 10
years, I have worked for environmental
analytical labs.”
1975
Arthur Anderson
Conservation Enforcement is a
Sergeant with Commercial Vehicle
Enforcement, Lethbridge District. After
graduation, he worked in a number of
provincial parks before moving to
Transportation in 1987. He and his wife
Gloria have seven children and he fills
his time with woodworking and cooking.
Sheryll (Batty) Ortiz
Nursing left Alberta in 1979 to work as
an RN in California. She currently works
as an RN in Rancho Mirage where she is
working on her Master of Science–
Nursing degree with hopes of teaching.
1972
Ken Benson
Business Administration worked as
an accountant and then joined the
Lethbridge Regional Police Service,
where he worked for 28 years before
retiring in 2006. He was elected to the
Lethbridge County Council in 2010.
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