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Sustainable Community Development

Whether you aspire to be an activist, planner, or advocate, the sustainable community development (SCD) program presents you with the toolbox to create effective community change. Our SCD major is one of the first of its kind in the nation. Through an interdisciplinary approach we examine the three pillars of…

Liz White in cap and gown

Liz White: Student Commencement Address

…that created this change in how I felt about Northland? As I look back, I’ve realized that the thing that made all the difference was community. Community is a word we hear a lot, I think especially at Northland. But what exactly is community? Well I think community probably is…

Where Sustainable Community Development Can Take You

Julie Fair & Adrian Diaz '16

Hometown: Maple Grove, Minnesota (Julia) and Waukegan, Illinois (Adrian) Current location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Major/Emphasis: Sustainable Community Development and Sociology ’16 (both of them) Experience/Internships while at Northland College: Both: Wendy and Malcolm McLean Intern at Compatible Technology International Julia: HECUA participant (NC’s first for many years) to Northern Ireland. Completed…

Aerial shot of Ashland and Chequamegon Bay

Rural America: A Living Laboratory

Center for Rural Communities Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide

…than county-level data collected by federal and state entities, we really are lacking specific community-level data to make informed community and economic development decisions,” said Brandon Hofstedt, associate professor of sustainable community development and faculty director for the CRC. “The CRC helps fill this void and operate as a knowledge…

Northland student research

Research Showcase

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

Gaining Relevant Industry Experience: Virtual Alumni Panel

December 7, 2023, 2:30 pm3:30 pm

Calling those interested in BUSINESS, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, and SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE careers! The following Northland alumni (who graduated from business and/or sustainable community development programs) will provide an overview of what they do through their current roles, how they gained relevant experience to get there, and advice they’d suggest for…

Northland College student Adrian Diaz in Nicaragua

Diaz Looks at Eliminating Waterborne Illness in Nicaragua

…tablets to disinfect a community’s water source. Diaz spoke with Angela Kuan, head of the water committee in Siares, a small village in the mountains of northern Nicaragua. This January, Kuan mobilized her neighbors to split the cost of the chlorinator, and as a result, 1,500 people in her community

Todd Rothe standing in kitchen

Northland Announces Food Systems Center

…the community, will not only help Northland College become a regional food hub but will further our new model for sustainability,” said President Miller. Rothe, who has extensive training and experience in business and sustainable agriculture, hit the ground running. “It might seem strange for me to start in January…