Every Northland student has access to unique courses, quality internships, hands-on experiences, and dedicated mentors. Our graduates leave campus prepared for advanced study, challenging careers, and meaningful lives.
Gain a competitive advantage for graduate school and post-graduation job offers by participating in a variety of internships and work experiences.
Photo: Northland pre-vet student gets contact hours with animals by participating in a dog sledding internship. Read more.
Northland is paving the way for student-led research initiatives. Few undergraduate liberal arts schools are able to provide such a range of available research opportunities, especially with regard to presentations at national conferences and direct service to our community. We’re serious about giving you an upper edge with employers and graduate schools.
Photo: Northland student doing paid research on the synthesis and chemical recycling of plastics. Read more.
Northland offers a handful of study abroad opportunities that allow you explore and extend your learning beyond the classroom and beyond our borders. Going abroad is a great experience that combines personal enrichment with career enhancement.
Photo: Exchange students from Kansai Gaidai University experience life at Northland. Kansai Gaidai offers special programming in Japanese language and culture designed for international students. It is a four-year, accredited university that attracts several thousand students annually. Read more.
We encourage you to take your learning off-site and into the world. Doing so lets you dive deep into areas you want to explore. From intensive seminars, field experiences, independent study options, to partnerships with other organizations, we offer several ways to take experiential learning to the next level.
Photo: Northland College student Sophie Holz shares her memories from her EcoLeague semester at Green Mountain College—one of six EcoLeague schools, including Northland College. Read more.
Our goal is to let you get as much hands-on, real-life experience as possible. The Office of Career Services can help you search for work-study positions, off-campus jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities.
Photo: Northland College student works on fire crew to do prescribed burn on campus in connection with his internship fighting fires in Boise, Idaho.
Outdoor Orientation is a classic Northland College experience. Almost every student who walks through the Ponzio Student Center has gone hiking, biking, canoeing, or exploring…
By Stephanie Pearson, Outside Magazine
It’s 12:56 a.m. and I’m spiraling down a rabbit hole of fear. There are the yellow ATTENTION: BEARS IN THE AREA…
Studying, researching & touring Lake Superior
By Beth Dooley, For the Star Tribune
Updated: September 5, 2014
“Everyone has a listening point somewhere. It does not have to…
Tiffany Kersten ’10
Tiffany Kersten first became hooked on birds at age twelve, after witnessing a flock of thousands of dancing sandhill cranes in a Wisconsin…
