After five years of visioning and development, the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute is going big into the outdoors. Really big. The Institute has officially launched Outdoor Pursuits, which oversees outdoor recreation services and experiences for the campus community. This includes Outdoor Orientation, weekend outings and trips, the campus bouldering wall, a Nordic ski center and…
Sierra has again named Northland College a “cool school” in its annual top-100 list of sustainable colleges and universities. Northland College ranked seventy-third out of 328 participating schools—and remains at the top in Wisconsin and in the Midwest. While each institution on Sierra’s list “demonstrates…
ASHLAND, Wis.—Two of Wisconsin’s leading water experts will participate in a panel discussion, “Aversion to Diversion: Groundwater, Bottled Water, and the Great Lakes Compact,” about Bayfield County groundwater, Lake Superior, and the Great Lakes Compact at Big Top Chautauqua on Monday, September 27 from 6:00–7:30…
Hello and greetings from Northland! With August just around the corner, I know many of you are thinking about Fall Festival. I have been, too. And, I’m here to let you know that we are looking to 2022 for the next all-call on campus reunion…
I attended Northland in the early 2000 and as a student and later an alum, I played softball and pool for the Stagecoach Bar for several years. This was my spot. This is where I went, and I had no idea the rich history these…
Dill grows like a weed in the garden hidden on the outskirts of Northland College’s campus. It grows like a weed because I put it there. As I settled into my first summer working in the campus gardens and living along the south shore of…
I bent down, then knelt down, then finally sat down on the sun-warmed grass so that I would be eye-level with the dragonfly. Usually they dart off so quickly that I don’t get a good look, but this female calico pennant clung to the tip…
