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Collage of historical photos of the Bro Family at Northland College

The Bro Family

A Century at Northland College 

The Bro family at Northland College spans more than a century. The Bros have a rich history of adventure, lifelong friendships, love, connections, philanthropy, service, and finding one’s true calling. It is a story worthy of a book. Their Northland connection begins with Albin Carl Bro, the son of Swedish…

Northland College Buttons

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…

Northland alum fish geneticist holds up fish

Ackerman Brothers Pursue Fish Biology, Genetics

…in environmental sciences and attributes much of his success over the years to his education and connections garnered at Northland. In the fall of 2000, Nick’s younger brother Mike, pictured above, started his own Northland College adventure. Mike and his family often joke about the fact that he copied Nick…

Sunset at Forest Lodge

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…

Photo from Standing Rock

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…

Stack of books

Buy Your Books

Northland College partners with online bookstore provider, Akademos Textbookx.com to provide student textbooks. Northland offers a virtual bookstore and marketplace that delivers course material to students at a reasonable price and in a timely manner. All course materials are organized by instructor and course name. Northland students can search by…

Northland College alum Stuart Barnes Jamieson

Supporting the Next Generation of Non-Profits and Their Leaders

Stuart Barnes Jamieson '81

…Illinois Current Occupation: nonprofit management coach and consultant; development director at Oak Park Regional Housing How Northland College shaped the man I was to become. I came to Northland College in the fall of 1977 convinced that I was going to teach biology when I graduated. However, it didn’t take…

Northland College Professor Joe Rose Sr.

Distinguished Service

Honoring Gary and Kay LaPean and Joe Rose Sr.

The Northland College Alumni Association will honor Gary and Kay LaPean and Joe Rose Sr. at the annual Alumni Awards Banquet for their distinguished service and contributions to Northland College. The Alumni Awards Banquet will be held during the second annual Northland College Fall Festival at the Sigurd Olson Environmental…