…into the chemistry lab bewildered. Four years later, they have all accepted offers to pursue graduate studies in chemistry. Jaynes and Klein will attend Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Corcoran will attend the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. And Hudson is headed to Colorado State University. “I’m losing a…
Northland College in Ashland, Wis., recently received $1 million from the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation to establish a graduate degree program. The gift is intended to fund all facets of development until the program can support itself. The College is currently working with a consultant to…
Life is full of chance meetings and events, coupled with very conscious decisions. The proximity to Lake Superior, and Northland understanding that the variability of my high school grades showed engaged passion essential for my success, brought me to Northland College. My stepmother suggested getting a job in Bayfield in…
…Because of her interest in writing, she earned a master in environmental studies focusing on communications at Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, New Hampshire. And that led her on a different kind of journey. “I did a practicum with Rodale Research Center in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in…
…vegetation and to study the ongoing health of juniper bushes. Johnson found her passion for plants as an undergraduate at Northland College going out in the field with retired Professor Jim Meeker (now deceased). She strives to teach like she was taught—by getting students in the field as much as…
…McPeak has been working with the USGS Lab to use this type of technology in her own study. However, the process is new and the results will not be conclusive for some time. Although hands-on research opportunities have been vital to McPeak’s success in developing her passion, she said the…
…it helps you focus and get what you need done first,” Gilligan said. Gilligan also attributes her success in all areas of her college experience to many professors’ willingness to work with student-athletes as well as the emphasis that is placed on academic success by coaches at Northland. As a…
profile: Katrina Nichols Graduated: 2015 Major: elementary education Minor: science teaching and environmental education Hometown: Shakopee, Minnesota Katrina Nichols says she will always remember her defining collegiate moment—the Everybody Party, held at the start of her freshman year. “It was warm and comfortable and I was barefoot and so alive,”…
