Sigurd F. Olson Journal Entries
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Campus-based New Student Orientation
Sigurd Olson Speeches
The Gifts You Bring the World
…(as if a college education, and lifelong love and support were not enough). But what I want to think of today, are not the gifts that the world brings to you, but the gifts you bring to the world. In Anishinaabe traditions, the direction of gift giving on a day…
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….
Nature-based Reading
Buffalo News Editorial: Battle is brewing
BY PETER ANNIN, Special to The Buffalo News In 1990, the small town of Lowell, Ind., made Great Lakes water history by proposing to divert 1 million gallons of water per day outside the Great Lakes watershed. Under the rules at the time, any water diversion proposal required the approval…
National Public Lands Day of Service
September 28, 8:00 am–4:30 pm
National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer event for people to celebrate and give back to our public lands. Established in 1994 and held annually on the fourth Saturday in September, this celebration brings out thousands of volunteers to help restore and improve public lands around the…
Journal Entries Singing Wilderness
For Lucas, Elementary Ed Provides Pathway to Greater Good
Harrison Lucas '17
…a great thing. I do it to see the smile on their faces, you know? That’s to say I enjoy it every day. I just started being in the classrooms, and every day you hear, “Mr. Lucas! Mr. Lucas! How’s your day going? How’d your weekend go?” And that brings…