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Miles Grove
Renewable Resource Management 1989 and Conservation Enforcement 1990
Lethbridge College Distinguished Alumnus 2017
Miles Grove
Miles Grove has accomplished a great deal during his decades-long career in conservation enforcement – rising through the ranks to his current position as superintendent of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement branch within the Ministry of Justice for Alberta.

But Grove never forgot where it all started, and he has continued to give back to Lethbridge College and its students in countless ways over the years. For his professional success and for serving as a mentor for youth considering this career path as an outstanding ambassador of the college, he was named this year’s Distinguished Alumnus.

“Always willing to share his experience with our students, Miles has provided insight into the profession,” wrote Terry Kowalchuk in his letter nominating Grove for an alumni award. “He has also worked closely with college faculty to ensure effective linkages are in place between our programs and officer recruit training. His commitment to our students and programs is tremendously appreciated.”

After leaving the college, Grove began his career as a Fish and Wildlife officer in 1991. Among his many career accomplishments is helping to develop and then serving as steering committee chair for the Western Conservation Law Enforcement Academy, which is the recruit training program for all new resource law enforcement officers in western Canada and is the first of its kind across the country.

Now living in Edmonton, Grove has maintained close ties to the college, including chairing the Conservation Enforcement Advisory Council, working with faculty to ensure effective connections are in place between the curriculum being offered at the college and the officer recruit training program, and participating in Open Houses, as he actively advocates for the college and the School of Environmental Sciences.

“Miles is a strong proponent of the value that education plays in a student’s career path,” says Kerry Edwards
(Renewable Resource Management 1983), an Environmental Assessment and Restoration instructor, in his letter of support. “He always has the best interest of the student in mind and continually goes above and beyond to promote the Lethbridge College experience.”

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Shelly Hall
{ Communication Arts – Advertising/Public Relations 1993 }
Shelly Hall has worked in Communications in Edmonton since graduation. She has worked in both the private and non-profit sectors, everywhere from the world’s largest mall to North America’s largest Fringe Festival. Shelly made the decision to leave corporate marketing in 2006 when she accepted a marketing and
event coordinator contract with the Old Strathcona Foundation. While working on Whyte Avenue, Hall discovered a local microbrewery. Within a short few weeks of discovering Amber’s Brewing company, Hall had another marketing and events contract and her love affair with craft beer began. Her journey in craft beer continues with the Yukon Brewing Company, and in 2016, she started Stilettos ‘N Beer, a craft beer consultation and event specialist company.

Lowa Beebe
{ Information Specialist (Administrative Assistant) 1996 }
Lowa Beebe is from the Piikani Nation in southern Alberta. She currently works as the public relations liaison with Assembly of First Nations, Alberta Regional Office, and handles all the PR for the Alberta Regional Chief Craig Mackinaw. She had previously worked as the finance operations manager for Eagle Law Group, a First Nations owned law firm. Beebe is a sought-after speaker, facilitator and writer on topics ranging from social media to spirituality to indigenous issues, including the inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women. She says her Blackfoot heritage taught her early in her life that volunteering is not chosen; it is a way of life.

Laurie Hockridge
{ Recreation Management 1996 }
Laurie Ann Hockridge was one of the most dominant post players in ACAC women’s basketball history during her Lethbridge College playing career. Standing an imposing 6’7”, Hockridge led the ACAC in scoring during the 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons, earning her ACAC first team all-star selection in both years as well as CCAA All-Canadian status in 1988-89. She was the CCAA National Championships MVP in both the 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons as she led the Kodiaks to consecutive CCAA National Championship titles. Hockridge established many ACAC records during her career, including the single season shooting percentage mark, which still stands today, and the single season scoring record, which has since been eclipsed.

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