Student and community writers, poets, photographers, and artists founded Aqueous Magazine as a way to give local artists an outlet for their work. It is the Lake Superior region’s only ad-free, literary magazine dedicated to publishing the literary, visual and performing art works of regional artists. “The reason, and inspiration…
…The event was held Saturday, Jan. 30, at Northland College in Ashland. Judges Cynthia Belmont, professor of English at Northland College, Claire Duquette, former editor of the Ashland Daily Press, and Gina Kirsten, composition specialist at Northland College, selected 22 writers and poets to read their submissions in front of…
…also focusing the lens on human actors like regulators, business leaders, public officials, workers, union leaders, and city residents. His extensive research blends materials from the national archives with local collections in Michigan, oral history interviews and government reports, to create a rich and compelling narrative. While many urban histories…
…water. This spring, the Wisconsin Academy is looking at our state through the lens of writing. Under the theme “Writing Wisconsin’s Future,” we are hosting a series of talks and articles in Wisconsin People & Ideas by and about poets, fiction writers, scholars, administrators, and journalists whose writing can help…
…a lens, each gives us a different tool—and then its up to us to learn how to find a balance among them. The Native writer and educator Greg Cajete has written that we humans have the gifts of using mind, body, emotion,and spirit to understand the world—and that we cannot…
…to creating a more just and healthy world,” she said. Willing helps students develop their leadership and communication skills as well as navigate organizational change effectively through their capstone projects. “Northland was the first place I experienced how important it is to cultivate community and act as a global citizen,”…
You like the outdoors, right? Then you’re going to love this place. Northland College has a location like nowhere else on Earth. We are surrounded by a million acres of forest and the largest freshwater lake in the world. These amazing natural resources are right outside our doors and serve…
…While that might sound easy, it’s often a challenge to distinguish a photo that’s been taken responsibly from one that hasn’t. The guiding principle: Place the welfare and safety of the loons and their habitats above all else and avoid disturbing them in any way. Here are some tips to…
…a sense of place, stability, and stewardship. Our on-campus residential communities house approximately 80% of the Northland student body. Each residence hall has a trained Residence Hall Director (RHD) and a team of Resident Assistants (RAs) who live in the halls and work to organize programming, serve as resources, and…
