In 2012 we will be celebrating the Sesquicentennial of Lakeland College. To us, there is no better time than now to put the spotlight on 150 years of the achievements and memories of our graduates. The way we see it, your story is the celebration. If you would like to read the stories of others, click on the names below.

Shared Stories, 1980s:

• Jenny Behnke-Carpenter '87
  I graduated in December of 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education. I returned to receive my Master's Degree in Education with a focus on English as a Second Language in 1997. I have taught ESL to both middle school students and adults through Lakeshore Technical College and... Read more
• Rev. Joanne Graves '87
  My favorite Lakeland memory was "starring" in the last play held in the "old" gymnasium (I fogot the name of it!) called "Close Ties" by Elizabeth Diggs. It was about an elderly woman who was coping with dementia and her family, all of whom lived in the Berkshires... Read more
• Deborah Leege Lee '87
  When I finished my double major in Business Administration and English at Lakeland in 1987, I didn't think I'd be back to being a student there many years later. And yet I am--I started Lakeland's MBA program in 2010 and, if all continues to go well, I'll earn my master's degree in May 2012. ... Read more
• Christine Roehler '84
  We have all heard it, the older we get the more we resemble our parents. As I edge closer to the half-century mark, the more my life seems to parallel my grandfather's aspirations. My grandfather, Arthur Steffen, was born in 1897 when Lakeland College had only been in existence for 36 years.... Read more
• Jerry Wagner '89
  In the fall of 1984, a friend and I made the drive to Lakeland College from Door County on a very foggy Saturday morning to watch the football team play Eureka College. That would be the day that set a course of events in motion that would broaden my horizons beyond the small town that I had... Read more