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Veterans

If you are currently serving in the military, have served in the past, or are a dependent of someone who has, you may be eligible to receive financial assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.). Northland College actively assists eligible students with applying their educational benefits towards a degree….

Sigurd Olson Articles

Some of these articles were published in 1951 in North Country Magazine. Sigurd also wrote a couple of hundred short sketches for newspapers; he wrote a few between 1937 and 1939, but most were from 1940 to 1943, and were syndicated to a number of newspapers, mostly in the Midwest….

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Tuition

We know college is a huge financial decision and it’s one you should take seriously. College is an investment in how you want to live the rest of your life. It impacts your professional choices, your future income, and your personal life. Whether you’re enrolling in college for the first…

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CUUF: Annual Flower Communion and Child Dedication Ceremony

May 19, 10:00 am11:30 am

The Chequamegon Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (CUUF) will hold a Sunday service on May 19, 2024, at 10 a.m. in a hybrid format. Attendees can join in person in the Alvord Theatre at Northland College’s Ponzio Campus Center or join the livestream via Zoom. Gayle Chatfield will deliver the message “Meaning…

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Northland College Real-time Lake Namekagon Buoy Website Goes Live FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—May 15, 2024 Contact: Dr. Peter Levi Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation plevi@northland.edu 715-682-1810 Northland College Real-time Lake Namekagon Buoy Website Goes Live Ashland, Wis., May 15, 2024 – Real-time data from the Lake Namekagon chain of…

Northland College alum Carl Sacks looks at GIS with students

Mapping for a Better World

Created "The Black Snake in Sioux Country" Map

Carl Sack ’06 has always loved maps. As a teenager, he got into orienteering, which uses detailed topographic maps, and he was hooked for life. “I loved picturing the landscapes they showed to find the fastest way across wild country.” At Northland College, Sack would stare for hours at DeLorme…

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The Metropole: Mickey Spillane's Hell of a Town

By Brian Tochterman, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Community Development Across the banner of The Metropole as I write spans the George Washington Bridge, the majestic and modern steel link between the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan and the city of Fort Lee, New Jersey, although those that cross it typically…

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Property Gift to Provide Scholarships

Alumni Carol and Don Buckman donate property for scholarship

As a freshman, Carol McLean met her future husband, Don Buckman, in the College print shop. Don worked downstairs in the copper shop. It was 1947. Don graduated in 1950; Carol in 1951. They married two years later in St. Paul. Carol worked at the University of Minnesota as an…

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Sigurd Olson Legacy

Sigurd Olson (1899-1982) was acknowledged during his lifetime as a leader of the American environmental movement, an emblematic figure for a generation of activists. As a writer, teacher, and activist who was a harbinger of the raising of America’s ecological consciousness, Olson’s history, writings, and This content was curated by…