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Outdoor Pursuits Events

…rents outdoor gear to the College community and the greater Chequamegon Bay area using the Gear Reservation Form. From tents to trowels, canoes to Coleman stoves, and backpacks to bear ropes, we have outdoor gear options for every season and most group sizes. The Outpost is located in the lower…

Forest Lodge Educational Campus Takes Shape

…Register of Historic Places. Burke, a long time friend of Northland College, intended the conveyance to allow her family’s conservation legacy at Forest Lodge to serve as inspiration as well as to provide this outstanding location as a premier center for environmental education and leadership. On January 9, 2017, Northland…

Northland Outdoor Orient Canoe Portageation

Recreation

…rents outdoor gear to the College community and the greater Chequamegon Bay area using the Gear Reservation Form. From tents to trowels, canoes to Coleman stoves, and backpacks to bear ropes, we have outdoor gear options for every season and most group sizes. The Outpost is located in the lower…

Young ladies in a canoe on a lake with fall colors behind them.

Youth Outreach Programs

…and by Merri V. Lindgren and Megan Schliesman, librarians at the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC); five breakout sessions that will focus on practical ways for educators to integrate environmental ideas through reading, language arts, and outdoor activities; hundreds of new books on display by the CCBC for review and…

Student at poster session.

Welnetz: Science and the Back Country

…important to me,” said Welnetz, who majored in natural resources and minored in outdoor education. “And in my research with the Burke Center, so many things would go wrong—like the boat example—that I had to start thinking about all situations in a new way.” According to Watershed Program Coordinator Matt…

Students around a camp fire

Outdoor Orientation

The orientation program will prepare you for the first day of classes, offer opportunities to meet new students, and answer any questions you have about living at Northland College. New student orientation is for all first-year and transfer students. The program is made up of an outdoor orientation (OO) trip…

Northland College student in class

Scholarships

…scholarship interview is required after admission. Lake Superior Scholarship $1,000 ($4,000 over 4 years) Competitive scholarships designed for applicants who have demonstrated academic excellence or extracurricular experience that related to their area of interest. To qualify for this scholarship, a scholarship interview is required after admission. Northland Leadership Scholarship $1,000…

Fostering the Next Generation of Stewards

…nice, but a necessity. Stamp writes that young people may learn best from older adults. In such a program, young and older people alike share the roles of experts as well as learners. As companions and mentors in these outdoor adventures, grandparents can take an active role in their grandchild’s…

Northland College alum Kinsey Neal standing in Lake Superior

Be Bold, Be Radical, Be Respectful

Kinsey Neal '18 on Leadership and Pushing for Change

Major: Sustainable Community Development Employment: Research Assistant, Center for Rural Communities Last Act: Senior Class Commencement Address Hometown: Arlington, Virginia Q. What have you learned about leadership during your time at Northland? A. The most important aspect of leadership is compassion. It’s the only way to understand differences in a…