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Education Major Danon Briggs

Education

…personally and help you become a teacher who makes a difference. Elementary/Middle Major (Grades 1-8) This focused four-year program, including student teaching, includes project- and problem-based teaching and learning strategies for student success in the classroom. We offer an integrated curriculum that will train you to think across disciplines and…

kayaking students

Lake Superior is the Classroom

…freshman choose from one of three courses of study: Natural Connections, exploring environmental themes in literature, art, science and math; Growing Connections, focused on sustainable agriculture; and Superior Connections, led by English professor Alan Brew and campus minister David Saetre (provost Rick Fairbanks helped design and lead the program until…

Northland College student Isa Meyer works with a display in the Native American Museum

Native American Studies

The Native American studies major focuses on indigenous culture and traditional teachings at the core of the program, with particular attention given to Lake Superior regional native history. The program includes first-hand contact with local tribes and native Ojibwe communities alongside a rigorous academic curriculum. The curriculum includes native worldviews…

Attendees mill about dozens of employer booths in the gymasium at the Career Connections Expo

2024 Career Connections Expo

March 14, 11:00 am3:00 pm

Find your next job, internship, or resume-boosting experience! Stop by the Chapple Family Gymnasium at Northland College’s Kendrigan Center to connect with a variety of employers and professionals who are eager to promote their opportunities to you. The Career Connections Expo will feature part-time, full-time, and seasonal positions, as well…

Northland College President Mike Miller and Professor Emeritus Bruce Goetz

Goetz awarded Professor Emeritus status

…you had ideas about new curriculum that met the mission of the school and things worked out, the school was open to them. “That’s one thing about Northland that I thought was really cool,” Goetz said. “After my first year, I wrote the environmental studies curriculum at the college and…

Professor Erica Hannickel sits at counter with glass of wine.

How Wine Shaped a Nation

Q&A WITH PROFESSOR ERICA HANNICKEL

…widely studied, nor publicized, even in our contemporary times. Growing grapes is quite different than growing something like corn. But, the environmental historian in me immediately recognized that however beautiful vineyards might be, they are still monocultures, and of course, radically alter and simplify the ecosystems they replace. Q. In…