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…bring a friend – or five! Confirmed Employers: Cable Natural History Museum Representatives: Mollie Kreb-Mertig ’16, Curator Naturalist (Outdoor Education alum!) | Rich Jaworski, Director Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation Representative: Valerie Damstra, Burke Center Operations Manager National Park Service – Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Representatives: Peggy Burkman,…
The National Park Service is hiring, and they want you to apply! Peyton Martinson ’21, Ojibwe Education Park Ranger for the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and a proud Northland graduate, (Natural Resources, Ecological Restoration major / Geology minor), will be on-campus over the lunch hour to answer questions and promote…
Calling all students who enjoy supporting and working with people! Learn more about the types of careers available for graduates from psychology or related programs through this in-person panel! The following professionals will provide an overview of what they do through their current roles, how they gained relevant experience to…
After college, Audra (Jung) Willing ‘ 05 moved to Seattle to work for the National Outdoor Leadership School as a wilderness field instructor and later as a program supervisor for the mountaineering program. Without Northland, she says she would have likely lived a different life. “I didn’t even know what…
Home state: New Jersey Major: Environmental Studies ‘01 NC Highlight: Internship with NASA Current location: Greenbelt, Maryland Employer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center Occupation: Senior Scientist What I do: Study and improve metrics for monitoring forest disturbance and recovery How I got here. When I was…
Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award Winners • 1991. Open Spaces, Jim Dale Vickery. Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA) gave its inaugural award to Minnesota author Jim Dale Vickery for Open Spaces , a book that takes the reader to the unpopulated spaces in North America. Vickery, who…
…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…
Jennifer Granick Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Majors: biology and writing with minor in chemistry ‘98 Occupation: veterinarian, assistant professor of small animal internal medicine Employer: University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine What I do: Teach medicine veterinary students, interns and residents. Perform basic science research on alternatives to antibiotic therapy…
…Zuckerman (The New Press, 2021). Seed to Dust: Life, Nature, and A Country Garden, Marc Hamer (Greystone Books, 2021). The Porch: Meditations on the Edge of Nature, Charlie Hailey (University of Chicago Press, 2021). SONWA Children’s Winner: Ocean Soup: A Recipe for You, Me, and a Cleaner Sea, Meeg Pincus,…