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Geologic Perspectives on Climate Change

BY DAVE ULLMAN, Assistant Professor of Geoscience On those really hot days in August, I often like to ride my bike down to Maslowski Beach in Ashland to let my mind drift into geologic time. I’ll wade into the cool water and stare out across Chequamegon Bay, imagining a not-so-distant…

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Scholarships

These achievement-based scholarships recognize not only your academic ability but also a wide variety of other talents and interests. Scholarship funds are generously provided by alumni gifts, Northland’s endowment, and other contributions. All scholarships are renewable annually dependent upon meeting all continuing eligibility requirements. Academic Scholarships $10,000 – $19,000 ($40,000…

Northland College alum Abby Rose and her sister Yana Dee at Yana Dee Ethical Apparel

Thread of Hope

Making Fashion Ecological, Sustainable, and Just

Abby Rose Weglarz ’08 will be the first to tell you that the fashion industry is the second most destructive industry in the world, next to big oil. Fashion designer Eileen Fisher has said the same over and again. She’ll also be the first to tell you that the industry…

Northland College graduate Aaron Schreiber-Stainthorp standing in a California vineyard where he directs sustainability.

From Grape to Glass

Making Wine Country More Sustainable

Aaron Schreiber-Stainthorp ’05 has helped twenty-plus wineries implement water conservation and zero waste programs, improve winery energy efficiency, and he led the Francis Ford Coppola Winery in winning the 2017 California Green Medal: Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Award. He is currently the sustainability specialist at Jackson Family Wines (e.g. Kendell-Jackson wines)…

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49th Annual Folk Fest

Sustainability, Community, and Music The annual Folk Festival was originally organized by John Everatt, Tom Perry, Chuck Perry, and Pop Wagner (above) in 1968. They were students at Northland College at the time and little did they know that the event would continue for so long. Now organized by the…

Northland College student standing on rock at Lake Superior

Globalization on Rural Fisheries Communities

Profile: Stephanie Muise Graduated: 2015 Major: natural resources—fisheries and wildlife conservation Minor: biology Hometown: Haverhill, Massachusetts Stephanie Muise is a scholar, public speaker, and natural leader. So much so that she was selected as the 2015 student commencement speaker and as the recipient of the Indelible Mark Award, a Northland…

SONWA winners

2016 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award Winners

Northland College announces Book Awards for Earth Day

Northland College has announced the winning 2016 books for the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA) in adult, young adult, and children’s literature. Since 1991, the SONWA has honored the literary legacy of Sigurd Olson, who attended Northland College, and is the namesake of the College’s environmental institute, by…

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2014 SONWA Winners Announced

Northland College announced today for Earth Day their choices for the best in nature writing this past year. Three authors have been selected to receive the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA) for adult, young adult, and children’s literature. Established in 1991, the SONWA honors the literary legacy of…

Northland student holds biological specimen

World Solutions Via Evolutionary Biology

Jessica Mohlman Accepts Dream Job

Profile: Jessica Mohlman Graduated: 2015 Major: biology and natural resources—fisheries and wildlife ecology Hometown: McHenry, Illinois Jessica Mohlman’s passion for biology and conservation first started when she was a child. “While many of my friends dreamt of being princesses and astronauts, I dreamt of being a scientist,” Jessica says. “I…

Northland College Graphic of Lake Superior

7 Lake Superior Circumnavigations

Around the Largest Lake in the World by Kayak, Bike, and Foot

Circumnavigating Lake Superior is such a uniquely Northland College student experience. In addition to the Superior Connections program that includes a May trip around the lake, there are Northlanders who go on their own by kayak, bike, and even on foot. There’s no official ledger of Northlanders who have traveled…