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Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College

From the Archives: Open Horizons—A Campaign for the Institute

As we noted in the eighth installment of “From the Archives,” the title of Sigurd Olson’s fifth book, Open Horizons, inspired the title for the Institute’s long-running newsletter Horizons. His book was also an inspiration for the Institute’s first capital campaign, “Open Horizons”. As the organizers of the campaign explain in a little pamphlet titled…

Mary Van Evera Visual Arts Center

Northland College Receives Grant to Build New Ceramics Kiln

Public events welcome the community to learn about the kiln and ceramics studio.

Northland College is building a new kiln thanks in part to a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board. The public is encouraged to learn more about this new kiln and firing process at an artist talk on July 19, which Senator Janet Bewley will attend, and at an open house on July 25. The kiln…

Several issues of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute’s Horizons newsletter

From the Archives: Exploring the Horizons

Sharing the Work of the Institute

Sigurd F. Olson titled his fifth book Open Horizons, and in the book’s introduction, he writes that what “a man finally becomes, how he adjusts himself to this world, is a composite of all the horizons he has explored, for they have marked him and left indelible imprints on his attitude and convictions and given…

Pride Flag in the Ponzio Campus Center

The Story Behind the Pride Flag on Campus

As we reach the end of Pride Month, student intern Toni Alioto ’22 delves into the history of the pride flag—its creation, its meaning, and its continuous adaption to the changing landscape that is the LGBT2QAI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer/questioning, ally, intersex, +) community. The rainbow flag has become an international symbol for…

Article from the Ashland Daily Press about a loon rescue

From the Archives: Project LoonWatch

“Late-season loon rescued from icy trap,” reads the headline on page five of the November 30, 1979 issue of the Ashland Daily Press. Framed by photos of the loon rescue and ads for Ungrodt Hardware and Meyer’s Walgreen Agency, the Daily Press article describes how Rick Newton and Gary Cholwek from Wisconsin Project Loon Watch…

Becky Brun ’00 sits atop St. Peters Dome south of Ashland.

Half Hugger, Half Hooper

When I arrived at Northland and met my new basketball coach and teammates, it didn’t take long before I acquired the nickname “4-H’er—half hugger, half hooper.” I was the weirdo who didn’t eat meat and read books by the naturalist Edward Abbey, but I also loved shooting free throws, doing box-out drills, and practicing baseline…

Pages 1 and 2 of “Sigurd Olson Writes About Northland College”

From the Archives: The Environmental Liberal Arts

In 1975, a small, eight-page pamphlet was produced that is described on its cover as “a publication of Northland: A Liberal Arts – Environmental College.” Titled Sigurd Olson Writes about Northland College, the origin of this pamphlet can be traced back to the 1973 summer meeting of the Northland College Board of Trustees. At this…

Burke Center Associate Director—Inland Lakes Peter Levi steers a boat through a pristine, wilderness lake

Burke Center Welcomes Dr. Peter Levi as Associate Director

Levi to Lead Inland Lakes Research

The Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation is pleased to welcome Peter Levi, PhD, as its new associate director of inland lakes. Levi was an associate professor at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and brings nearly twenty years of research and teaching experience to the Burke Center. He started working remotely in March,…

How I Met My Husband, Our Illegal Wedding, and Other Adventures

I first met my husband at a Sunshine bike build. It was a warm September evening during my first week as a Northland freshman. A dozen or so students were beginning to assemble bikes from piles of parts laid out in the garage. In the yard, a variety of chilis and corn breads sat on…

Student walking to her seat after receiving her diploma at 2022 Northland College Commencement

Congratulations, 2022 Graduates

Congratulations, Graduates Class of 2022 May 31, 2022 Congratulations graduates! At 11:11 a.m. some 111 students of our graduating class began their procession for the 111th Commencement Ceremony. Rain didn’t dampen the pride of the graduates or their guests, as they gathered in Chapple Family Gymnasium, the rain location for the ceremony. The ceremony was…