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Conventional & Unconventional Best Lists

Northland College is ranked in the top tier of the U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 ranking of best national liberal arts colleges, which was released today. National liberal arts colleges are those that emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half their degrees in the arts and sciences. U.S….

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7 Weather Watchers

Meterological Careers

…said. Nathan Lynum ’16 graduated in May 2018 from the School of Mines and Technology in South Dakota with a master of science degree in atmospheric and environmental sciences. His thesis research has been focused on the influences and different physical processes within a large single supercell interacting with extreme…

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Rural America: A Living Laboratory

Center for Rural Communities Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide

…government. Merging its location with social science, environmental education, and civic engagement, the College is teaching students how to contribute their minds and hearts to issues that will continue long after they are gone. Today it is roughly one of three undergraduate programs in the country and has become one…

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Changing Climate, Changing Culture

Student-Led Conference at Forest Lodge

…College. “Anya is trained in the social sciences and Michaela in the environmental sciences, and they make a great team.” Craig said she helped facilitate the logistics but because of Janssen and Fisher’s internship, research, and training experiences, they had the knowledge and skills to lead the workshop. “This was…

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A Future in Geologic Time

Profile: Julianne “Annie” Daw Graduated: 2015 Major: environmental geosciences—geology and mathematical sciences Minor: physics Hometown: Costa Mesa, California Annie Daw decided to come to Northland College because she wanted a big change in her life. She’d never lived in the Midwest and was looking for a college with an environmental

Northland College student Megan McPeak does research

McPeak: Making It Happen

…most important part of her Northland experience was learning from Sharon Anthony, professor of environmental science. “She deserves a huge thank you,” McPeak said. Having worked closely with McPeak, Anthony feels she has the ability to contribute meaningful work to academia and research someday. “Megan’s passion for meteorology and atmospheric…

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Alumnus Karl ’04 oversees outdoor therapeutic program

Healing Through a Lense

…time between western Norway and the Apostle Islands, guiding kayaking, mountain trips, and whitewater rafting, teaching environmental education, and spending the winters as a carpenter, ski instructor, and ski patroller. In 2010, he started his job at Northwest Passage. In a New Light Northwest Passage Program Development Coordinator Ben Thwaits…