Academic Policies
…future of Northland College,” Miller said. Mitigating Climate Change with Compost Northland College currently composts 28,000 pounds of food scraps per year. Impressive, but with a new composting unit, it’s about to get better. The new unit has an input capacity of up to 1.1 tons of material per day—one-third…
…strong passion for Northland College and for those she serves,” and was selected to speak at commencement. Majoring in business and sustainable community development, “she has worked tirelessly to represent students and the College in positive and meaningful ways. Liz quietly inspires those she associates with and those she works…
…team and was an alternate captain last year. She helped the Stars reach the USA Hockey National Tournament two of the last three seasons. “It is so exciting to be part of history and to have our first women’s hockey player sign her celebratory form for Northland College,” Rider said….
When Peter Annin, director of the Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College, was completing research for an updated version of his book The Great Lakes Water Wars, he discovered a detail about Great Lakes water diversions that had gone unnoticed for eight years. According to his findings, the…
…because it would fail to demonstrate that Wisconsin is prepared to assume stewardship of the wolf population. In addition, Wisconsin’s U.S. senators and many of our representatives have already expressed public support for delisting. Research conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources demonstrated that citizens of Wisconsin support a…
…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…
Since 1978, LoonWatch’s Annual Lakes Monitoring Program has engaged an active volunteer network of Loon Rangers as its primary tool to collect critical long-term data on loons in northern Wisconsin. Working as population monitors and environmental educators, these volunteers have been the field force that has provided SOEI and WI…
…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…