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The prestigious U.S. News & World Report has named its Best National Liberal Arts Colleges of 2011. Of these competitive schools, Northland College was ranked into the first tier. Northland was part of 266 national liberal arts colleges to be recognized. To qualify, each liberal arts institution must emphasize undergraduate education and award at least 50 percent of their degrees in the liberal arts. Check out more about the US News Report.
Read MoreFirst Year Experience (FYE)
Making a smooth transition to college life is an important step in achieving success at college and at Northland. The FYE will get you started on the right path by connecting you to the people, programs and activities that will help you get the most out of your first year. All first-year students participate in the FYE which runs during the first half of the Fall Term.
You will meet your FYE classmates on the Tuesday before academic classes begin. Each section of the FYE has 8-10 students and an upper-class student instructor. The course will introduce you to other first-year students as well as to many activities and opportunities at Northland and in the local community. This is unlike any other class you will take, so make the most of this time getting to know your fellow classmates and participating in fun activities. Listed below is a tentative schedule for the fall FYE, with some sample programs:
- Introductions, Information Sharing, and Planning
- Leadership Activities
- Sustainability Programming - community garden; composting; renewable energy production
- Extracurricular activities with your group - sports events, NCSA meetings, lectures, campus events
- Wellness Fair - may include: local health care; Pilates; self-defense, healthy eating
- Lifelong Learning Activities - example: organic seed collection; fly fishing; swing dance; musical jams
- Community Service Project - Bayfield Apple Festival; Humane Society; LoonWatch; beach clean-up, Faith in Action
- Reflection Presentations
- Prep for Winter Registration
Apr 4, 2013
7:00 pm @ Alvord Theathre - Ponzio Campus Center
'Facing Climate Catastrophe with Hope: Rediscovering the Olson Way' - SOEI 40th Anniversary Event
Apr 4, 2013
Location Information
7:00 pm @ Alvord Theathre - Ponzio Campus Center
April 4, 7 - 9 p.m. | Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater
7 p.m. - Welcome from Mark Peterson, Executive Director, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
7:15-8:15 p.m. - "Facing Climate Catastrophe with Hope:
Rediscovering the Olson Way" by David Backes, Professor of Mass
Communications at UW-Milwaukee and author of A Wilderness Within: The
Life of Sigurd F. Olson
8:15-8:30 p.m. - Break with refreshments
8:30-9 p.m. - Filmmaker Peter Olsen will share clips
and stories from his newest documentary project, "The Singing
Wilderness; The Life of Sigurd F. Olson
April 5, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater
Wilderness Expeditions - Trip Reports from around North America*8-8:50 a.m. - "Pam's Journey to the Arctic Ocean and Beyond" by John Olson- John has been an active lifetime paddler and wildlife biologist for 37 years with the WI DNR .
*9-9:50 a.m. - "One Man, One Canoe, Two Countries" by Dave R. Doering- Dave is an independent film maker, owner of "Sun Ridge Moving Pictures" and Bayfield Public School Teacher.
*10-10:50 a.m. - "Baffin Island 2007: Exploring The Frontlines of Climate Change" by Elizabeth K. Andre- Elizabeth is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Education and Outdoor Education at Northland College.
*11-11:50 a.m. - "Ideas of the North" by Conor Mihell- Conor is an editor-at-large with Canoe and Kayak magazine and an award-winning environmental and adventure travel journalist based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
12-12:50 p.m. - Lunch on your own
1-1:50 p.m. - "Traversing the Brooks Range by Canoe: Haul Road to the Chukchi Sea" by Geoffrey Smith-Geoffrey is an Aquatic Ecologist for Voyageurs National Park and has worked for the National Park Service for over 30 years.
2-2:50 p.m. - "Pikes Portage: East onto the Barrens from Great Slave Lake with lessons from Sigurd Olson" by Bob Henderson- Bob is the author of Every Trail has a Story: Heritage Travel in Canada and the long time editor of Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education. He has taught outdoor education at McMaster University and now Brock University for over 30 years.
*3-3:25 p.m. - "The Voyageur's Highway: A Journey in Five Parts" by Ted Gostomski. Ted is a biologist, writer and hivernant whose internal compass points North.
3:30-3:55 p.m. - "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: America's Last Wilderness" by Laurel Ipsen. Laurel is a freshman at Northland College studying Outdoor Education. She hails from Duluth, MN.
4-4:25 p.m. - "Life is Better There" by Will "John Wayne" Krift. Will grew up hiking trails north of The Smoky Mountains National Park and is a student at Northland College. He spent 4 months last summer hiking the Appalachian Trail.
All events have been coordinated and supported by the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute and the A.D. & Mary Elizabeth Andersen Hulings Distinguished Chair in the Humanities.
Contact Information
Jean Ayers
SOEI
715-682-1264
jayers@northland.edu
Apr 4, 2013
8:30 pm @ Alvord Theathre - Ponzio Campus Center
'The Singing Wilderness: The Life of Sigurd Olson' - SOEI 40th Anniversary Event
Apr 4, 2013
Location Information
8:30 pm @ Alvord Theathre - Ponzio Campus Center
April 4, 7 - 9 p.m. | Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater
7 p.m. - Welcome from Mark Peterson, Executive Director, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
7:15-8:15 p.m. - "Facing Climate Catastrophe with Hope:
Rediscovering the Olson Way" by David Backes, Professor of Mass
Communications at UW-Milwaukee and author of A Wilderness Within: The
Life of Sigurd F. Olson
8:15-8:30 p.m. - Break with refreshments
8:30-9 p.m. - Filmmaker Peter Olsen will share clips
and stories from his newest documentary project, "The Singing
Wilderness; The Life of Sigurd F. Olson
April 5, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater
Wilderness Expeditions - Trip Reports from around North America*8-8:50 a.m. - "Pam's Journey to the Arctic Ocean and Beyond" by John Olson- John has been an active lifetime paddler and wildlife biologist for 37 years with the WI DNR .
*9-9:50 a.m. - "One Man, One Canoe, Two Countries" by Dave R. Doering- Dave is an independent film maker, owner of "Sun Ridge Moving Pictures" and Bayfield Public School Teacher.
*10-10:50 a.m. - "Baffin Island 2007: Exploring The Frontlines of Climate Change" by Elizabeth K. Andre- Elizabeth is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Education and Outdoor Education at Northland College.
*11-11:50 a.m. - "Ideas of the North" by Conor Mihell- Conor is an editor-at-large with Canoe and Kayak magazine and an award-winning environmental and adventure travel journalist based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
12-12:50 p.m. - Lunch on your own
1-1:50 p.m. - "Traversing the Brooks Range by Canoe: Haul Road to the Chukchi Sea" by Geoffrey Smith-Geoffrey is an Aquatic Ecologist for Voyageurs National Park and has worked for the National Park Service for over 30 years.
2-2:50 p.m. - "Pikes Portage: East onto the Barrens from Great Slave Lake with lessons from Sigurd Olson" by Bob Henderson- Bob is the author of Every Trail has a Story: Heritage Travel in Canada and the long time editor of Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education. He has taught outdoor education at McMaster University and now Brock University for over 30 years.
*3-3:25 p.m. - "The Voyageur's Highway: A Journey in Five Parts" by Ted Gostomski. Ted is a biologist, writer and hivernant whose internal compass points North.
3:30-3:55 p.m. - "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: America's Last Wilderness" by Laurel Ipsen. Laurel is a freshman at Northland College studying Outdoor Education. She hails from Duluth, MN.
4-4:25 p.m. - "Life is Better There" by Will "John Wayne" Krift. Will grew up hiking trails north of The Smoky Mountains National Park and is a student at Northland College. He spent 4 months last summer hiking the Appalachian Trail.
All events have been coordinated and supported by the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute and the A.D. & Mary Elizabeth Andersen Hulings Distinguished Chair in the Humanities.
Contact Information
Jean Ayers
715-682-1264
jayers@northland.edu
Contact Information
Jean Ayers
SOEI
715-682-1264
jayers@northland.edu
Honors Day
Apr 4, 2013
Location Information
Northland College
Honors Day
Mar 19, 2013, Mar 21, 2013, Mar 26, 2013, Mar 28, 2013, Apr 2, 2013, Apr 4, 2013, Apr 9, 2013, Apr 11, 2013
Kendrigan Gym
Intramurals: Basketball
Mar 19, 2013, Mar 21, 2013, Mar 26, 2013, Mar 28, 2013, Apr 2, 2013, Apr 4, 2013, Apr 9, 2013, Apr 11, 2013
Location Information
Kendrigan Gym
- Location: Northland College Gym
- Tabling dates: February 11-13
- Sign-up deadlines: February 11-March 2
- Start date: March 19
- End date: April 11
- Tourney dates: April 9&11
- Times/days of week: Time TBA; Tuesdays and Thursdays
Jan 17, 2013, Jan 24, 2013, Jan 31, 2013, Feb 7, 2013, Feb 14, 2013, Feb 21, 2013, Feb 28, 2013, Mar 7, 2013, Mar 14, 2013, Mar 21, 2013, Mar 28, 2013, Apr 4, 2013, Apr 11, 2013, Apr 18, 2013, Apr 25, 2013
NC Kendrigan Pool
Intramurals: Water Polo
Jan 17, 2013, Jan 24, 2013, Jan 31, 2013, Feb 7, 2013, Feb 14, 2013, Feb 21, 2013, Feb 28, 2013, Mar 7, 2013, Mar 14, 2013, Mar 21, 2013, Mar 28, 2013, Apr 4, 2013, Apr 11, 2013, Apr 18, 2013, Apr 25, 2013
Location Information
NC Kendrigan Pool
- Location: Northland College Kendrigan Pool
- Tabling dates: Nov. 31 - Dec. 2 during lunchtime
- Sign-up deadlines: Open
- Captain's Meeting: None
- Start date: Thursday, January 17th
- End date: Thursday, November 21st
- Tourney dates: None unless teams are formed.
- Times/days of week: Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:30pm
Oct 5, 2010, Oct 12, 2010, Oct 19, 2010, Oct 26, 2010, Nov 2, 2010, Nov 9, 2010, Nov 16, 2010, Nov 23, 2010, Nov 30, 2010, Dec 7, 2010, Dec 14, 2010, Jan 11, 2011, Jan 18, 2011, Jan 25, 2011, Feb 1, 2011, Feb 8, 2011, Feb 15, 2011, Feb 22, 2011, Mar 1, 2011, Mar 8, 2011, Mar 15, 2011, Mar 22, 2011, Mar 29, 2011, Apr 5, 2011, Apr 12, 2011, Apr 19, 2011, Apr 26, 2011, May 3, 2011, May 10, 2011, May 17, 2011, May 24, 2011, May 31, 2011, Sep 15, 2011, Sep 22, 2011, Sep 29, 2011, Oct 6, 2011, Oct 13, 2011, Oct 20, 2011, Oct 27, 2011, Nov 3, 2011, Nov 10, 2011, Nov 17, 2011, Dec 1, 2011, Dec 8, 2011, Dec 15, 2011, Jan 12, 2012, Jan 19, 2012, Jan 26, 2012, Feb 2, 2012, Feb 9, 2012, Feb 16, 2012, Feb 23, 2012, Mar 1, 2012, Mar 8, 2012, Mar 15, 2012, Mar 22, 2012, Mar 29, 2012, Apr 5, 2012, Apr 12, 2012, Apr 19, 2012, Apr 26, 2012, Oct 19, 2012, Oct 26, 2012, Nov 16, 2012, Nov 30, 2012, Dec 6, 2012, Jan 24, 2013, Jan 31, 2013, Feb 7, 2013, Feb 14, 2013, Feb 21, 2013, Feb 28, 2013, Mar 7, 2013, Mar 14, 2013, Mar 21, 2013, Mar 28, 2013, Apr 4, 2013, Apr 11, 2013, Apr 18, 2013, Apr 25, 2013
9 p.m. @ CSE 251
Weather Club
Oct 5, 2010, Oct 12, 2010, Oct 19, 2010, Oct 26, 2010, Nov 2, 2010, Nov 9, 2010, Nov 16, 2010, Nov 23, 2010, Nov 30, 2010, Dec 7, 2010, Dec 14, 2010, Jan 11, 2011, Jan 18, 2011, Jan 25, 2011, Feb 1, 2011, Feb 8, 2011, Feb 15, 2011, Feb 22, 2011, Mar 1, 2011, Mar 8, 2011, Mar 15, 2011, Mar 22, 2011, Mar 29, 2011, Apr 5, 2011, Apr 12, 2011, Apr 19, 2011, Apr 26, 2011, May 3, 2011, May 10, 2011, May 17, 2011, May 24, 2011, May 31, 2011, Sep 15, 2011, Sep 22, 2011, Sep 29, 2011, Oct 6, 2011, Oct 13, 2011, Oct 20, 2011, Oct 27, 2011, Nov 3, 2011, Nov 10, 2011, Nov 17, 2011, Dec 1, 2011, Dec 8, 2011, Dec 15, 2011, Jan 12, 2012, Jan 19, 2012, Jan 26, 2012, Feb 2, 2012, Feb 9, 2012, Feb 16, 2012, Feb 23, 2012, Mar 1, 2012, Mar 8, 2012, Mar 15, 2012, Mar 22, 2012, Mar 29, 2012, Apr 5, 2012, Apr 12, 2012, Apr 19, 2012, Apr 26, 2012, Oct 19, 2012, Oct 26, 2012, Nov 16, 2012, Nov 30, 2012, Dec 6, 2012, Jan 24, 2013, Jan 31, 2013, Feb 7, 2013, Feb 14, 2013, Feb 21, 2013, Feb 28, 2013, Mar 7, 2013, Mar 14, 2013, Mar 21, 2013, Mar 28, 2013, Apr 4, 2013, Apr 11, 2013, Apr 18, 2013, Apr 25, 2013
Location Information
9 p.m. @ CSE 251
Are you interested in weather? Join the Northland College Weather Club!
This is a club where students can share a common interest to create
campus events, opportunities, and awareness.
Weather Club meets Southeast lounge in the first floor of the Ponzio Campus Center at 9 p.m. every Thursday night.
Officers:
- President - Kevin Haas - haask777@myemail.northland.edu
- Vice President - Sam Waldusky - waldus046@myemail.northland.edu
- Secrertary - Ben Roob - roobb401@myemail.northland.edu
- Treasurer - Colton Eddy - eddyc01@myemail.northland.edu
- Public Relations - Dan Romano - romand292@myemail.northland.edu
- Faculty Advisor - Luke Van Roekel - lvanroekel@northland.edu









