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Northland College Nordic Skiing

Brother Bear Fund

…unable to ski it without this award. Preference will be given to students who are active in the Northland College Nordic Ski Club, who teach others to ski, or is otherwise engaged in the sport. Must demonstrate experience or fortitude to participate in a 50K Skate or 55K Classic ski

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Alumnus Karl ’04 oversees outdoor therapeutic program

Healing Through a Lense

…time between western Norway and the Apostle Islands, guiding kayaking, mountain trips, and whitewater rafting, teaching environmental education, and spending the winters as a carpenter, ski instructor, and ski patroller. In 2010, he started his job at Northwest Passage. In a New Light Northwest Passage Program Development Coordinator Ben Thwaits…

Professor Joel Glickman conducts an orchestra.

Forty Years Conducting

…Working at Northland has given me the opportunity to recreate and to create. Conducting and performing is all really important to me—academic freedom is a gift,” he said. Glickman grew up in Green Bay and received his Bachelor of Music from UW-Madison and his Master of Music from Indiana University….

Northland College teaching students talk with Washburn fifth graders

For Lucas, Elementary Ed Provides Pathway to Greater Good

Harrison Lucas '17

Harrison Lucas ’17 Major: Elementary Education with a focus on Social Studies Q. Why elementary education? How did you get on this path? A. Well, my dad is a teacher and so, I saw how he influences a lot of kidslives back home where I come from and I…

A fire in the campus fire ring

Elephant Ski Race with Outdoor Pursuits

February 9, 6:00 pm9:00 pm

Join Outdoor Pursuits for an elephant ski race! The newly-revamped ski trails on campus will be lit by candles for your scampering pleasure. We’ll have cocoa, s’mores, and hot drinks next to a fabulous fire. There may not be snow, BUT who doesn’t want to elephant ski this muddy February?!…

[POSTPONED] 2nd Annual Northland College Candlelight Ski

February 9, 5:30 pm8:30 pm

This event has been postponed due to weather conditions. Instead, join Outdoor Pursuits for an elephant ski race the same evening this event was originally scheduled for! Join Outdoor Pursuits for the second year of our newest campus tradition! Come explore our recently-developed campus Nordic ski trail system by candlelight,…

The Penn family

My Northland Women

Three Generations of Penn Women

…part of the support staff working as a secretary. My aunt Eva Hubbard also attended Northland in the late 1920s eventually graduated 1931 and had a short career as a one-room schoolhouse teacher. My mother Marian Penn, who received her music degree at Northland College in 1952, was such an…

Northland College alum Rocky Barker's photo of the house that sunk on Lake Superior

The House that Kicked Off a Career

…Madeline Island. They were moving the house on a Wednesday, the day the County Journal went to press. Barker drove out onto the ice road in his VW bug to get a shot of the truck driving the house across the ice. But the seven-room, fully furnished house made only…

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Discovery Southeast Honors Teacher Allie Smith

…we find any pussy willows?” a student says. “We found the bushes but we didn’t find any.” Smith started teaching at Auke Bay 10 years ago and has always taken her students outside. She says nature can really hook students into learning. “I think it’s really important for kids to…