With sun, sand and cold beverages, the Mayan Riviera was the perfect spot for Lana Ulbricht-Miller, 
Richard Miller, David O’Callaghan, Adrien Chartier and Bruce Cole to celebrate two decades of friendship. They soaked up every last ray of sunshine as they reminisced about the 20 plus years that had passed since they left Lethbridge College proudly holding their Environmental Science diplomas. They could have gone their separate ways as they pursued their careers; instead, in January 2011 they were toasting their continuing friendship.
The Millers (yes Lana and Richard are college sweethearts), O’Callaghan, Cole and Chartier make up a core group of Environmental Science alumni from 1990 and 1991 who keep in touch on a regular basis. Spread out from Calgary to Whitecourt, the friends see each other at least once a year. Ulbricht-Miller says it’s easy for them to keep in touch and Cole agrees. He says, “We've been lucky enough as a group to enjoy moose hunting camps and weekend deer hunting trips in the fall, camping trips, parties, formal get-togethers, and most recently, a fishing trip to the Yukon this past June.”
Cole says one of the best things about his college experience was meeting like-minded people: people who enjoy hunting, fishing and the outdoors with pragmatic views on the environment, development, the economy and conservation of natural resources. “We simply just hit it off in college,” he says. “Lana does a great job of wrangling this motley crew and making sure we all appreciate how far we've come.”
