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Lethbridge College is making plans for the fall when it comes to its on-campus fitness facilities. These decisions will affect Kodiaks Athletics, the fitness centre, Be Fit for Life classes and summer camps.

A special issue of Lethbridge College’s Wider Horizons magazine published last year that focused on how the opioid crisis has changed the working world for college graduates continues to receive accolades from magazine and communication industry organizations. Wider Horizons has earned two major industry accolades in the last month.

The special efforts of a Lethbridge College Kodiaks soccer alumna mean the Kodiaks logo is now being proudly represented more than 11,000 kilometres away. Jill Brown personally delivered two complete Kodiaks soccer jersey kits to the Prisons Training School in Ghana earlier this year, during a trip to the Ghanaian capital of Accra.

While the college usually celebrates this day with the raising of the college tipi and in-person lessons from elders and knowledge-keepers, the current restrictions on gatherings provided a challenge.

Lethbridge College President and CEO Dr. Paula Burns raised the Pride Flag on campus on Monday morning. The rainbow flag is flying outside of the college’s main entrance in celebration of Pride Month and in conjunction with Lethbridge Pride Fest.

A Lethbridge College researcher and educational development specialist has been appointed to two prestigious positions. Melanie Hamilton has been named chair of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Canada and Vice President of the International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

This is a time where, as an educational institution, it is especially essential that we listen, learn and add our voices. Our diversity is our strength. We cannot be silent in the face of injustice.

The editor of Lethbridge College’s award-winning Wider Horizons alumni magazine has earned major provincial recognition. Lisa Kozleski, who has edited Wider Horizons since 2013, was named Editor of the Year by the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association. Kozleski’s excellent work was exemplified as Wider Horizons was named a finalist by AMPA in five additional categories.

The graduation ceremonies of the 2020 Medicine Hat Police Service (MHPS), Blood Tribe Police Service (BTPS) and Taber Police Service (TPS) Cadet Training program took place on Friday. Twelve cadets graduated from the 20-week training program, including one TPS, four BTPS and seven MHPS cadets.

Lethbridge College’s accounting courses are ahead of the curve when it comes to meeting the requirements of the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA). The acknowledgement came as the CPA, Canada’s only accounting designation, once again recognized Lethbridge College for the upcoming academic year.