Northland College has revised its academic programs as of Fall 2024. Some pages may refer to previous programs while updates are made to reflect our refocused offerings.
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Decolonizing Leadership
November 8, 2023, 6:00 pm–7:00 pm
Bazile Minogiizhigaabo Panek, an independent Indigenous consultant, presents a transformative talk on “decolonizing leadership.” Drawing from traditional Ojibwe values and principles, Bazile delves into the urgent need for decolonizing leadership structures in organizations. Using a case study from his work as the president of the Native American Student Association at…
Women in Outdoor Leadership
…fierce advocate for women in leadership in the outdoors. Franz raised funds, including her own, among alumni and others who support the idea behind the Women in Leadership internship: having young women gain experience in natural resources management and interpretation, receive professional development, and receive leadership mentoring. And it’s already…
Outdoor Education
…AN EMPHASIS: On top of the core of the major, choose to go in more depth in one of four areas (or design your own): Adventure Leadership You will acquire critical skills—both technical and interpersonal—for working with people in the outdoors. You’ll lead others, matching the leadership style to the…
Climbing roofs? No problem.
Audra (Jung) Willing '05 uses outdoor ed skills for solar design
After college, Audra (Jung) Willing ‘ 05 moved to Seattle to work for the National Outdoor Leadership School as a wilderness field instructor and later as a program supervisor for the mountaineering program. Without Northland, she says she would have likely lived a different life. “I didn’t even know what…
12 Personal Items of Sigurd Olson
At the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
On October 21, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act. Sigurd Olson, who attended Northland College from 1916-18, had a lifelong relationship with the Boundary Waters, celebrating his honeymoon there in 1921, guiding numerous trips on its waters, living and raising his family…
In Wildness and Wonder
…Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the Lake Superior Watershed. With his wife Nicole, he has hiked, paddled, skied, and fished in many of our country’s awe-inspiring wild places, and both of their children experienced their first Boundary Waters canoe trip before they were six weeks old. Alan began serving…
Advocacy and Public Discourse
…thinking required to create the pathways of healing and enlightened stewardship necessary for our security and survival. As an institution of higher education, Northland College actively engages in both examination and discourse regarding the contentious and difficult issues of our society today, tomorrow, and in the past. We encourage our…
Scholarships
…scholarship interview is required after admission. Lake Superior Scholarship $1,000 ($4,000 over 4 years) Competitive scholarships designed for applicants who have demonstrated academic excellence or extracurricular experience that related to their area of interest. To qualify for this scholarship, a scholarship interview is required after admission. Northland Leadership Scholarship $1,000…
Sigurd Olson Letters
Be Bold, Be Radical, Be Respectful
Kinsey Neal '18 on Leadership and Pushing for Change
Major: Sustainable Community Development Employment: Research Assistant, Center for Rural Communities Last Act: Senior Class Commencement Address Hometown: Arlington, Virginia Q. What have you learned about leadership during your time at Northland? A. The most important aspect of leadership is compassion. It’s the only way to understand differences in a…