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Collage of historical photos of the Bro Family at Northland College

The Bro Family

A Century at Northland College 

…education. I swallowed my feelings and stayed. How often one such small event can change the course of a lifetime. Kenneth, Albin, and Margueritte Harmon, sister of Harriet Harmon Dexter, were great friends. They sang in the choir, played sports, and were active with the Mission Study, a student organization…

Loon flying over a lake

Get Involved

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…

Loon and baby on lake

Ethical Wildlife Photography

…with only the head and sometimes part of the back above the water’s surface. It is trying to look small and out of view while it keeps on an eye on your activities near the nest. Never get too close to a loon family with chicks. If you separate a…

Madeline Island, Wisconsin Areal View

Wisconsin Still at Center of Water Battles

Ten Years After the Passage of the Great Lakes Compact

With the Great Lakes Compact celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, protections designed to fend off large-scale water diversions have never been stronger, experts said Tuesday at Marquette University Law School. But they also said future water needs are likely to place serious demands in the decades to come on…

Northland College alum Carl Sacks looks at GIS with students

Mapping for a Better World

Created "The Black Snake in Sioux Country" Map

…“something like twenty 1:100,000-scale USGS maps” and plastered a whole wall of the office in Mead Hall with a mosaic that showed the Gunflint Trail to Pictured Rocks. Sack earned a degree in teacher education, moved to Superior in 2006, and subbed in high schools for five years. Meanwhile, he…

Northland College student Hattie Hoffman plays guitar

In Pursuit of Biology, Music, & Environmental Justice

…passion that has grown into an educational minor. Hattie started on piano at age five and graduated to guitar in eighth grade. She is now pursuing music production in her native Minneapolis, St. Paul area, assisting local artists with everything from photography to audio sample production. Hattie works with the…

Northland College staff working in stream

Researchers Create Model for the Great Lakes

…the inaugural presentation of the newly formed Marvin Pertzik World Water Day Lecture Series Wednesday, May 4 at Northland College. Marvin Pertzik, a St. Paul attorney, was key in assisting the Mary Livingston Griggs & Mary Griggs Burke Foundation in making a $10 million endowment to Northland College in 2015….

girl posing with Smokey the Bear

Fed Jobs Just Got Easier

…Craig said. “Of all the internships, the federal system hires — they are the nation’s largest employer.” The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Executive Director Mark Peterson, who is assisting Craig in administering the program, noted that Northland is an ideal institution for the partnership. “Our long-standing focus on…