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NEW PROGRAM Prospective students weren’t the only ones eagerly anticipating the approval of Lakeland College’s bachelor of agriculture technology program.
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ore than a year before the Government of Alberta approved the degree program, Bryan and Sharon Perkins committed to creating a student award for the program. “I’ve been very interested in the bachelor of agriculture technology program since I first heard about it while I was a member of the board,” says Bryan. He served on Lakeland College Board of Governors from 2013-2020. A day after Lakeland announced the program approval in January, Bryan phoned Lakeland’s Community Development department to finalize the Bryan and Sharon
