Northland College has announced the winning 2016 books for the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA) in adult, young adult, and children’s literature. Since 1991, the SONWA has honored the literary legacy of Sigurd Olson, who attended Northland College, and is the namesake of the College’s environmental institute, by…
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SONWA 2015 Young Adult Winner By Jan Penn, SONWA Children’s Committee Paul Fleischman’s Eyes Wide Open approaches the topic of environmental engagement from the angle of an old fashioned “investigative reporter.” It takes matters of who, what, when, where to the depths associated with the process of critical thinking. A…
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This event has been cancelled. In this talk, Emily Macgillivray will provide an overview of her book manuscript, which examines how the story of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century borderland Great Lakes changes by simultaneously shifting our focus on gender from men to women and our focus on resources from the…
…and staff only. Lucas Westcott, who has built a career working in (and hiring others into) the National Park Service, will lead this popular annual workshop. You will get an overview of setting up your USAJOBS account, searching for opportunities, understanding the fine print and various hiring authorities, document uploading,…
…point they’re part of,” he says. “Instead of goldfinches and kingbirds, I’d teach them to spot vested interests and regression. Instead of being able to read the forest, I’d show how to read the newspaper.” SONWA committee member Jan Penn believes Eyes Wide Open leads young readers “to explore human…
