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A Lethbridge College director will represent Canada and have global influence in his area of expertise: coaching education. Jason Donkersgoed, director of LC Extension, has been appointed to the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Coaching Education Global Board of Directors. The prestigious seven-member board is committed to advancing the coaching profession worldwide and includes representatives from Switzerland, China, Puerto Rico, U.S.A. and Canada.

It’s an intersection of football, pop culture, social media and politics, and on Sunday, we’ve all got a front-row seat.

The relationship between pop superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce will be on full display at one of the most-watched television events of the year as the Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.

Hundreds of new Lethbridge College students are set to visit campus Friday for the winter semester’s New Student Orientation (NSO).  The event kicks off at 9 a.m. with a check-in and service fair in Centre Core. An institutional welcome will follow at 10:30 a.m.

The Lethbridge College community offers its congratulations to Tristen Brown, a 2018 graduate of the Civil Engineering Technology program, who was named one of 166 winners of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship earlier this month. The scholarships, only 55 of which are given in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), are valued at $50,000 a year for three years, and are awarded to graduate students in Canada who demonstrate leadership skills, research potential and academic excellence in their studies.

The Government of Alberta has appointed three new members to Lethbridge College’s Board of Governors. Marni Hope (Miisomii’kitsikaakii/Long Time Offering) is beginning her three-year term as a non-academic representative while student members, Niculina (Nicky) Jensen and Stefan Joseph, will serve on the board for the 2023-24 academic year.

Lethbridge College’s Centre for Technology, Environment and Design (CTED) has launched its Wildlife Analytics Lab (WAL), a new research initiative offering fee-for-service cementum analysis of wildlife teeth.

Students at both Lethbridge College and the University of Lethbridge will have access to a secure, online reporting and information platform starting this fall to support them if they experience gender-based and sexual violence. 

Lethbridge College and the University of Lethbridge will kick off the 2023-24 academic year with a delicious new event – inviting the community to a free pancake breakfast during the city’s Whoop-up Days celebration.

Be Ready to celebrate! Coulee Fest – Lethbridge College’s free family festival – will take place from 1 to 7 p.m. on September 16.