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…incredible summer. “I can’t imagine studying anywhere else,” Leonard said. “I have friends studying biology and natural resources at other schools, and very few of them are able to build their resumes through field experience and internships.” Student-Faculty Research Stockton Island is one of twenty-two Apostle Islands in Lake Superior…
…Stacy Craig about internships in your field BEFORE junior year. Two of my most rewarding experiences senior year were my two internships and I’m so disappointed that I didn’t have the forethought to start those before my last year at college. Go to the workshops for resumes and cover letters….
PETER ANNIN, Journal Sentinel In 1998, an Ontario consulting firm known as the Nova Group announced a controversial plan to ship 158 million gallons of azure Lake Superior water to Asia. The idea: create a global market for pristine Great Lakes water. To regional governors and premiers — who had…
Q&A with Matthew Hoszko From: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Majors: Business Management, Sustainable Entrepreneurship Activities: Vice President of Student Athletic Council, Public Relations Coordinator of WRNC 97.7FM Q. How did you discover lacrosse? A. Lacrosse was a major part of growing up in Canada. It was always hockey in the…
Jacob Wustner ’08, who majored in environmental studies at Northland, is taking his natural, organic beekeeping skills to a larger audience, teaching a popular online beekeeping course through Organic Life Guru. In Bee Keeping 101: Organic, Natural, Traditional, Wustner instructs on topics ranging from honey bee biology to caring for…
…Boundary Waters. A friend encouraged me to take Drawing 101. That class changed my life. Paul Hubinsky, head of the art department, became a mentor and friend. I took an art minor, an untraditional but profoundly fulfilling choice. After graduation, I worked for several federal agencies, finished grad school, and…
By Danielle Kaeding, WPR Not a single person spoke in favor of Waukesha’s plan to get drinking water from Lake Michigan at a public hearing Thursday evening in Duluth, Minnesota. About 100 people attended the hearing, many of them questioning whether the city meets the standards to divert water under…
Register Now Peter Annin, veteran reporter and author of “The Great Lakes Water Wars,” will be teaching a course of the same name at Northland College this semester. Starting Jan. 14, his class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays in Wheeler Hall from 2:30-3:50. Registration for this course is open to the…
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…
