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Employer in the Foyer

April 5, 2023, 11:00 am12:15 pm

…chat with Advocacy and Public Policy Specialist Charmaine Swan. She’s looking to connect with students interested in applying for this opportunity, those who want to learn more about the Lung Health Alliance’s work, or just to chat and network. The public policy and advocacy internship is a fantastic opportunity to…

Photo from Standing Rock

Advocacy & Public Discourse

Our purposes as a college are to foster rigorous and independent scholarship by our faculty and their students, encourage free inquiry in the pursuit of truth, and offer our objective findings to the larger community. Northland College fulfills these purposes by safeguarding scientific inquiry and intellectual discourse so all voices…

Convocation 17

Opportunities Fair—Work Study, Internships, and Campus Clubs and Orgs

September 8, 2023, 4:30 pm6:00 pm

…The BRICK Ministries Work study, volunteering, and internships for credit City of Ashland Parks & Recreation Department Work study and internships for credit Forward Horizons Paid jobs (for field experience credit) Head of the Lakes United Way Volunteering and connections for internships New Day Advocacy Center Jobs and internships for…

Northland College student EmmaMarie Hamond

EmmaMarie Hammond’s Three Lessons for Making Change

Citizen's Climate Lobby Goes to Washington DC

…Chequamegon chapter leader, retired Bayfield attorney Bill Bussey, came to campus and spoke to the Northland College Environmental Council. Citizen Climate Lobby is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization with hundreds of chapters around the world. “I was pretty hooked when Bill was talking about tackling climate change through…

From Treaty Rights to Oyster Flights

…Spickerman really pushed this farm to table restaurant… We would get produce from her brother’s farm,” Smith said. In 1998, Smith became a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and after working in several restaurants decided to turn in her spatula for advocacy at the source. Smith entered the…

Aerial shot of Ashland and Chequamegon Bay

Rural America: A Living Laboratory

Center for Rural Communities Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide

…City of Ashland Comprehensive Plan and presented their plan to the city council and planning commission. Northland College has already sent students into the world to work in city planning, nonprofit advocacy, and in green building design. Center for Rural Communities In rural communities such as Ashland, policy-makers and concerned…

wolf walking

MJS: Numbers don’t add up in wolf-hound debate

…The initial suspect: record high wolf numbers. The initial conclusion: Increased advocacy for a hunting season on wolves believing that fewer wolves would mean fewer hounds being attacked by wolves. However, just like the classic mysteries, there is more to this story. To read entire op-ed at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel….

Northland student research

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Seth W. Davenport, Tyrease “TJ” James, and Dr. Jonathan G. Marti

Apostle Islands

External Scholarships

Many scholarships and grants are offered by private sources, such as fraternal and religious organizations, labor unions, professional associations, social groups, and ethnic associations. Because they are private and therefore not administered by Northland, it is up to you to research and apply for them on your own. The best…