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Outdoor Orientation

…required to participate in a 5-day or 11-day OO experience. Transfer students arriving at Northland with more than 24 credits can choose to participate in either a one-day, transfer specific, on-campus orientation or participate in an orientation experience. You can see this year’s orientation schedule here. Our orientation program helps…

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Happy Birthday, Earth Day!

…act. What Nelson called “the biggest town meeting in the nation’s history” also turned many participants into dedicated volunteers and activists. I’m one example. Today marks the 45th anniversary of Earth Day. It has spread to nearly 200 countries and is being called the world’s largest secular day of celebration….

Forest Lodge Guesthouse Great Hall

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Daily Rental Gatehouse $75/day (capacity 25) Boathouse $150/day (capacity 29) Guesthouse Great Hall $150/day (capacity 46) Overnight Gatehouse Lodging Northland Affiliated Programs Overnight Facility Use $20/person/24-hr use Gatehouse Rental $200 per night Organization, Business, Individual, Private Group Overnight Facility Use $30/person/24-hr use Gatehouse Rental $300/night Rental inquiry emails should be…

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7 Fun Facts About Earth Day

…date for Earth Day was selected as the most convenient for students. 2. Earth Day blew organizers’ expectations out of the water. The initial plans called for 40 events. But the call to action generated over 12,000 events—300 times more than anticipated—involving 35,000 speakers and engaging about 20 million Americans—about…

Northland College student with journal

296 miles on the Superior Hiking Trail

Jane Dahlgren Hikes Solo for May Term

days, for an average of fourteen miles per day, journal about her experiences, and present to Russell’s classroom the following fall. In exchange, she would receive four credits. While Russell encouraged her to train and to break in her boots, she didn’t train and she walked in her boots around…

Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Gifts You Bring the World

…(as if a college education, and lifelong love and support were not enough). But what I want to think of today, are not the gifts that the world brings to you, but the gifts you bring to the world. In Anishinaabe traditions, the direction of gift giving on a day