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Northland Announces Food Systems Center
…they can access a commercial kitchen.” To further efficiency, the composting unit sits next to the processing kitchen, reducing the College’s carbon footprint. “It’s a capsule of high efficiency to reduce waste and fossil fuels,” Rothe said. The College is currently raising money to fund a faculty director position to…
The Bro Family
A Century at Northland College
…immigrants in Prentice, Wisconsin, whose high school pal was Kenneth Olson—Sigurd Olson’s brother. Kenneth set off to Northland College in 1912 and sent a letter to Albin, telling him he should do the same. Albin relayed the story of his arrival to Northland College at the 1945 inauguration of President…
Q&A with Helen Pent Jenkins, class of 2008
…Northland, and the fall out of the 2008 financial crisis. TRAVIS: How did you decide to attend Northland College? What factors influenced your decision? HELEN: I chose Northland for a few different reasons. I really loved the small college population, the student-to-staff ratio, and the rural character of Ashland. I…
Ackerman Brothers Pursue Fish Biology, Genetics
…Northland was the place. I had visited a number of different schools and none of them felt right,” Nick said. The leaf survived and the gamble paid off. Today, Nick is married to his Northland College sweetheart Caryn Green ’00, who he met on his outdoor orientation trip. He works…
Outdoor Orientation
…you become acclimated to Northland College, prepares you for the first day of classes, offers a great chance to meet other new students, and answer any questions you have about living at Northland. OO experiences include everything from backcountry expeditions to urban exploration. Make sure you register for your trip…
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Changing Climate, Changing Culture
Student-Led Conference at Forest Lodge
…and Northland College courses. “This conference was a great opportunity for us as Northland students to learn from each other. Our experiences are vastly different and we can bring so many alternative perspectives to the table as we talk about climate change,” Fisher said. Northland College senior Sarah Szymaniak said…
Advocacy and Public Discourse
Our purposes as a college are to foster rigorous and independent scholarship by our faculty and their students, encourage free inquiry in the pursuit of truth, and offer our objective findings to the larger community. Northland College fulfills these purposes by safeguarding scientific inquiry and intellectual discourse so all voices…
Paul Fleischman: What I’ve Learned from Readers
…need to leave 80% of fossil fuels buried rather than burned to avoid disaster, murky issues get clear. Will the Keystone pipeline bring jobs? Is fracking a danger to groundwater? Suddenly the answers are unimportant. All that really matters is keeping those fuels in the ground. Politicians usually point to…
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