Nancy Franz ’81 is a woman with a philanthropy plan. “I will only fund outcomes,” she said. “I have to look at the things I value in life and from that, think about what I want to see happen in the world.” Franz graduated from Northland with a degree in outdoor education and environmental studies;…
Though Jenny Robinson is only 31, her resume has a long list of former jobs: invasive species control with the National Park Service, package handler at UPS, engraver at a sign shop, a stint as a machinist and work as a quality auditor and production supervisor for Kraft Foods. And now, handpan builder. Robinson, who…
One spring night in Wisconsin, Jon Martin, a biologist, was in his backyard with an ultraviolet flashlight. Suddenly, a hot-pink squirrel flew by. It was a southern flying squirrel, a small, furry creature most active at dawn and dusk. Under most circumstances, it has a warm brown color. But in the beam of Dr. Martin’s…
Last month hundreds of Western water managers, farmers and scientists gathered at a conference with state, federal and tribal officials in Las Vegas, where they heard a sobering address about the Colorado River. The crowd knew the situation was grim. But it was up to Colby Pellegrino, the director of water resources at the Southern…
Researchers placed 160 cameras on 19 of the 22 Apostle Islands on Lake Superior, near campus, to see which carnivores were living there. After taking more than 200,000 photos over… Read More →
Our lives are made up of encounters. Most are the everyday, unremarkable interactions making up a life. Other encounters are momentous, life-changing. Regional writers will share encounters large and small… Read More →
Danon Briggs wasn’t sure how long he might stay at Northland College when he first arrived as a junior transfer student three years ago. “Right away, I didn’t want to when I first got up to Northland,” Briggs said. “I didn’t like it at all. Being a big city kid, it was a hard transition…
Jane Kittaka ’18 was a self-described homebody before she decided to student teach in a foreign country. She had never adventured on her own and had never traveled outside of the United States. She had set a goal for herself to travel during college and at the start of her senior year with a full…
Roxanne Johnson ‘03 is a senior research analyst at the BlueGreen Alliance, an organization working to unite labor unions and environmental organizations. At Northland, she majored in mathematics and environmental… Read More →
Nick Robertson, associate professor of chemistry, received $364,361 from the National Science Foundation for his student-intensive research on the synthesis and chemical recycling of plastics. Buckles: Global use of plastic has… Read More →
