Northland welcomes the families of our new and returning students. In your honor, we invite you to Family Weekend every fall to visit your student and enjoy autumn at Northland College and the beautiful Chequamegon Bay area.

Family Weekend 2007 is scheduled for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday -- September 28, 29, and 30.

A list of area motels/hotels where Family Weekend participants can book rooms is below – please mention you are attending Northland College’s Family Weekend when you make your reservations. Autumn is a popular season in the northland so make your reservations as soon as you can. For other lodging choices, please go to Ashland’s website, www.visitashland.com.

We look forward to welcoming you to campus!

Super 8 of Ashland
15 non-smoking double rooms
5 smoking double rooms
109.95 per night

Best Western Lake Superior Inn
15 rooms with an Aug 28^th cut off date
116.99 per night, before the cut off date

Hotel Chequamegon
10 rooms, some city, some lake
115.00 per night, city side
125.00 per night, lake side

Super 8 of Washburn
5 non-smoking singles
2 smoking singles
90.00 per night

Bad River Lodge
20 rooms, all doubles
54.95 per night
Cut off is 7 days before event

AmericInn of Ashland
20 rooms blocked, all two queen beds (hotel also has an indoor waterpark)
139.95 + tax per night

Friday, September 28th Events
12-6 p.m.
Check-in, West Entrance of Ponzio Campus Center (PCC). Pick up reserved tickets for Fish Fry Gather area information and register for some great raffle prizes!

10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Browse the Northland College Sustainability Fair
First floor PCC Lobby

12-4:30 p.m.
Classroom observation opportunities
Wheeler Hall & Larson-Juhl Center for Science & the Environment

2 p.m. & 4 p.m.
Women’s & Men’s Soccer vs. Martin Luther College
Soccer Field

2-4 p.m.
Observe Outdoor Pursuits staff as they dazzle us with their many Outdoor skills and crafts in action!
Location TBA

3 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball vs. Bethany Lutheran (UMAC Tourney!)
Kendrigan Gymnasium

12-5 p.m.
Tour Northland College’s Native American Museum
Mead Hall, west wing

3-4:30 p.m.
Native American Story-telling with Professor Connie Burditt
Location TBA

4:30-6 p.m.
Chartwells Fish Fry
Ponzio Campus Center Baldwin Commons

6-6:45 p.m.
Welcome with President Halbersleben and/or Provost Rick Fairbanks. Draw for raffle prizes, also!
Ponzio Campus Center first floor lobby, PCC (snack bar seating area)

7 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball vs. Martin Luther College
Kendrigan Gymnasium

7 p.m.
“Be Happy Like a Monk” Dr. Richard Davidson, UW-Madison Professor of Psychology
An Evening sponsored by Wisconsin Academy of Arts Sciences and Letters and Northland College
Alvord Theatre (more information will be special featured on the Web prior to the lecture date)

Saturday, September 29th Events:
8-10 a.m.
Continental Breakfast, at check-in table & Snack Bar seating area
Ponzio Campus Center first floor lobby

10 a.m.
Women’s Volleyball (UMAC Tourney Cont’d)Vs. Presentation College
Kendrigan Gymnasium

12 p.m. & 2 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s Soccer vs. Bethany Lutheran
Soccer field

1 p.m.-?
Edible Plants Workshop with Outdoor Pursuits
Meet vans in Ponzio Campus Center parking lot to depart

2 p.m.
Women’s Volleyball vs. U of Minn.-Morris
Kendrigan Gymnasium

2-5 p.m.
Various Programs with Residential Life Staff.  Details to be announced…

4-5:30 p.m.
Chocolate Science 101, Dr. Richard Hartel, presenter From U W- Madison. Samples will be available!
Location TBA

7 p.m.
Northland College Jazz Band & Northland Singers Annual Family Weekend Performance!
Ponzio Campus Center Alvord Theatre