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Stroud Selected to Give Last Lecture

and in 2007 Professor Randy Pausch delivered the most famous last lecture at Carnegie Mellen University. “His lecture became a best-selling book and YouTube sensation because of the passion and humility Pausch expressed in what was, indeed, his last lecture,” Saetre said. “Pausch was afflicted with cancer and would soon…

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Advocacy & Public Discourse

Our purposes as a college are to foster rigorous and independent scholarship by our faculty and their students, encourage free inquiry in the pursuit of truth, and offer our objective findings to the larger community. Northland College fulfills these purposes by safeguarding scientific inquiry and intellectual discourse so all voices…

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Trettin Elected Co-chair of the CIC Presidential Spouses and Partners Task Force

Mary L. Trettin of Ashland has been elected co-chair of the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Presidential Spouses and Partners Task Force. Trettin is married to Northland College President Michael A. Miller. Trettin will serve a one-year term from January 2017 to January 2018. CIC is the only national higher…

Chaplain David Saetre at podium

“Nature Boy” Saetre Called Back for Encore

…it is the final lecture graduating seniors will hear at Northland College and it’s theoretically the last lecture the speaker would give knowing it may be his last. “However, my lecture is meant to be a postscript to a Northland education and also to a career of teaching about the…

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Engineering

…a Connections curriculum. For the next two years you will attend Washington University. Upon completion, you will earn a bachelor of science from Northland and you will earn a BS in biomedical, chemical, computer, computer science, electrical, mechanical, or systems science engineering. You may choose other engineering schools accredited by…

FinalGreat Lakes Science for Parks Symposium 2023 Booklet

Table of Contents 1 Great Lakes Science for Parks Symposium 2023 Protecting, Restoring, and Reconnecting for the Next Generation: Addressing Emerging Issues in Great Lakes Parks Sponsored by Great Lakes Science for Parks Symposium 2023 1 This symposium highlights natural and cultural research and management occurring in, occurring around, or…

Ojibwe Coloring Books

Northland Grad Pens, Illustrates Ojibwe Coloring Books

WHSP Publishes Ojibwe Traditions

This winter, the Wisconsin Historical Society Press published its first children’s coloring book series, Ojibwe Traditions. The four books in the series contain pictures to color, stories, vocabulary, and often also include activities like word scrambles and mazes, to help kids learn more about Wisconsin’s American Indian — and specifically…

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Nature Books for Adults and Children

…extinction, traditional natural history, space sciences, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and improving science communications. • 2001. Tinkering with Eden, Kim Todd. Todd tells the stories of non-native species and how they arrived in the United States. Species covered range from pigeons, brought over by some of the earliest colonists,…

Dr. Elizabeth Andre speaking

The Last Lecture—“Life as an Expedition” with Elizabeth Andre

May 25, 2023, 5:00 pm6:00 pm

The Last Lecture is hosted by the Northland College Student Association (NCSA) and will feature Dr. Elizabeth Andre, professor of nature and culture. The Last Lecture is open to graduates and families. It will also be livestreamed….