New baby? New job? New hometown?
Tell your classmates all about it by emailing [email protected]. Be sure to include your name, your program or area of study, the year you completed your program, and a little bit about what you have been doing since you left Lethbridge College. We can’t wait to hear from you.
2014
Jordyn Siurko Conservation Enforcement - Bachelor of Applied Science
Jordyn Siurko, a student in the college’s Conservation Enforcement - Bachelor of Applied Science program, received her diploma from the Environment and Natural Resources Technology at Aurora College as well as an esthetician diploma from Marvel College in Red Deer before returning to school. The Fort Smith native has worked as an emergency firefighter and wildlife officer. Siurko says she will probably come back up north after she gets her degree.
2012
Paige Murray Print Journalism
Lethbridge College print journalism grad Paige Murray knew from a very young age that she would one day become a journalist. When Murray was in grade five she had to write a fake news story; it turned out so well that her teacher told her parents that she had found her profession. Years later, Murray’s interest was piqued in the college’s journalism program after her cousin took the same program and told her of her positive experience. Murray plans to work in Lethbridge for at least a year at a term position and then go on to obtain a bachelor’s degree in communications.
Amelia Naismith Print Journalism
Amelia Naismith is working at the Ponoka News newspaper. The Bentley native started work at one of the busiest times of the year. Editor George Brown said it was “the right time to see what the community of Ponoka is all about.”
Hayley Tanner Print Journalism
After completing her practicum with Coaldale’s Sunny South News and Westwind Weekly newspapers, Hayley Tanner was offered a full-time position. In a news story last April in the Sunny South News, the native of Taber says she has competed in many music festivals and has been a part of several drama productions throughout the years. The fresh newspaper reporter says so far she has experienced covering stories ranging from profiles, features, crime and editorials to sports and town council meetings.
2010
Marta Blicharz Multimedia
The University of Lethbridge’s first ever new media graduate student got her start at Lethbridge College. After Marta Blicharz completed her bachelor of fine arts degree at the University of Calgary, she was interested in doing her masters at the University of Lethbridge; however, the programs weren’t ready yet. In the meantime, Blicharz attended Lethbridge College to brush up on her multimedia production skills. Blicharz was featured in the Lethbridge Herald last April for holding her first Master of Fine Arts Exhibition at the university’s Penny Building in downtown Lethbridge.
David Murray Criminal Justice
The town of Vulcan has a new bylaw officer. After graduating from Lethbridge College’s Policing Program in 2010, David Murray worked at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre and then the Edmonton Remand Centre before accepting his current position within the town of Vulcan. In a Vulcan Advocate article that appeared last May, Murray states that he doesn’t simply issue tickets. ”It’s going to be issuing warnings and trying to educate the public as to why I’m on their case,” he said. Murray added that he was looking forward to working with the public, and he will be working with the RCMP on a couple of projects, including check stops.
Jaycee Wall Fashion and Design
After Jaycee Wall graduated from Lethbridge College’s fashion design and merchandising program, she immersed herself in French culture, a move which is evident in her youthful, chic designs. Wall debuted her new line of clothes in Regina last year, featuring a maxi dress ideal for a garden party and a colourful, playful pair of short shorts. She was one of three designers to be featured during the 2012 Saskatchewan Fashion Week, and in the May 11, 2012, article of Regina’s Leader Post.
2005
Shawna Leigh Martin Early Childhood Education and General Studies
Shawna has been working as an elementary school teacher following her studies at Lethbridge College.
Tahlon Sweenie Golf Management
Tahlon Sweenie, 27, loves his full-time position as head pro at the Edson Golf and Country Club. He says he enjoyed the sport of golf so much he decided to make a career out of it. Sweenie says being head pro means you have to run the shop, which includes answering phones, ordering and putting out merchandise, overseeing the back shop staff and ensuring the power carts are ready to go. The most enjoyable aspect of the job for Sweenie is the chance to indulge his passion for learning and teaching the game of golf.
2003
Melissa Rhodes Business Management
Melissa Rhodes was settling in to her position as the Picture Butte financial officer, according to an article last year in the Sunny South News. After completing her education, Rhodes took on a CAO position within the Village of Champion at the age of 23. After two years, she moved on to Civic Solutions, a contract-based company providing municipal government services. In her newest role as financial officer within the Town of Picture Butte, Rhodes is responsible for budgets, payroll and banking as well as working with grants.
1999
Mandy Pearson Conservation Enforcement
Mandy Pearson writes that she worked two summers as a seasonal conservation officer and then migrated home to the Yukon. She then started a horse packing and trail riding business from home called Yukon Horsepacking Adventures, where she takes guests out on trail rides, steak dinner rides, two- to eight-day camping trips into the mountains by horseback and also hosts workshops from the business’ dining lodge. She has spent 12 years developing this company as well as a small expediting company. The expediting company hauls freight to different gold mines and exploration camps in the Yukon. Pearson writes: “We typically have three to five employees between both businesses. I have a small son now and my partner Armin and I enjoy working from home, spending time with family, working a small gold mine in the summer and racing sled dogs in the winter.” To learn more about Pearson’s business, check out her website: www.yukonhorsepacking.com.
1990
Kristi Edwards Early Childhood Education
Kristi Edwards has been recognized for her outstanding services in childcare. An article in the May 28, 2012, edition of the Beaumont News states that Edwards has become the fifth consecutive employee at the Town of Beaumont’s Early Learning Childcare Centre to be awarded the Childcare Professional Award of Excellence. Edwards accepted her award at a banquet in Edmonton last month along with 12 other recipients from across the region. After achieving her early childcare certificate plus a diploma in rehabilitation, Edwards returned to northern Alberta to build her career and has now been in the childcareprofession for more than 20 years.
1981
Carol Lynn Thomson Communication Arts
Carol Lynn has been working in radio since she graduated from LCC in 1981, primarily as a radio personality/deejay. She works for Saskatoon Media Group in Saskatoon. Carol Lynn has also helped with promotions and took on a producer position for a few years. Most recently the Lethbridge College grad has moved into the news department of the three radio stations and website that are part of Saskatoon Media Group – CJWW, Magic 98.3, 92.9 The Bull, and saskatoonhomepage.ca.
1980
Karen (Ketcheson) Wintonyk Recreation Management and other studies
Karen is the community program/mentorship coordinator in Athabasca for Family and Community Support Services. After her graduation from the college, she worked in Hinton at the Recreation Department for the summer and got to know the Family and Community Support Services director, who gave her an application to apply for the job in Athabasca. She has now been with this program since 1980. “It is a terrific program that has allowed me to work in the many areas of prevention,” she writes.
1979
Jerry Cheshuk Conservation Enforcement
Edmonton native Jerry Cheshuk served 23 years in water, utilities and public works for the city of Yorkton and eventually became the assistant director of public water works. After 23 years, Cheshuk and his wife packed up and moved to Squamish, B.C., where Cheshuk got a job as a water and environmental services manager with the Resort Municipality of Whistler. Not long after, the technology graduate who studied at Lethbridge College discovered that Saskatchewan was home, and was featured in the Nipawin Journal after moving and accepting the position of director of works and utilities in Nipawin, Sask.
