Environmental groups filed a formal challenge on Friday with the Department of Natural Resources over the agency’s decision to allow the City of Racine to divert millions of gallons a day… Read More →
Alex Alvarez ’85 majored in sociology and outdoor education at Northland College and went on to pursue sociology at the University of New Hampshire. He is a professor at Northern… Read More →
As an environmental specialist with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources 2007 to 2014, Dan Norris ’05 directed over $1 million of long-term air sampling of the Bridgeton Landfill in… Read More →
In ninth grade, we were assigned a career research project. I picked wildlife biologist. When Northland College sent a brochure with students paddling a wild river, I was hooked. At… Read More →
Calling themselves the Paddlin Madelines, high school camp friends Mitzi Peine ‘14 and Emma Burgeson made up the first all-women canoe team in 2014 to attempt the Yukon 1000, the world’s longest… Read More →
Jon McLaughlin ‘01 joined the USA Men’s Whitewater Raft Team-Masters Division in July 2017 and in October placed eighth in the 2017 IRF World Whitewater Rafting Championships in Japan. The… Read More →
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… Read More →
Ben Shepherd ’00 is taking design to new levels: integrating sustainability, functionality, beauty, and community planning. He’s been working in the green building and sustainable design field since his Northland graduation,… Read More →
After Hurricane Katrina, the medical director of the Alabama Outward Bound School approached Jason Luthy ’06, who was working at the school, about developing a wilderness medicine training program to… Read More →
Julie Anderson ’00 explores climate change, genetic modification, and the excessive use of natural resources in her stunning and unusual sculptures. Her artwork is influenced by her mountain environment in… Read More →
