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Film class and wild rice parching

Filmmaker, Students Document Harvest

students to show shorts at film festival As an educator, filmmaker and member of the Six Nations Mohawk tribe Northland College’s 2015 William P. Van Evera lecturer-in-residence Paulette Moore is eager to bring her relationship to the Great Lakes full circle. She’s planning to do this by collaborating with Northland

Alec Drakenberg

Meet the Beast: Alec Z. Drachenberg

…my heart, I knew Northland was real, very real. I knew that all paths had their own validity, merits, rewards, and so on. I thought Northland just seemed perfectly fitting for me as time went on. I ultimately chose Northland because I knew from having talked with counselors and students…

Chemistry students with Professor Nick Robertson

Chem Cohort Inch Forward Field of Sustainable Plastics

…has huge importance,” Corcoran explained. Corcoran admits to being biased, but believes Northland College’s integrated focus on sustainability drives students to make a difference in their field. Two years ago, Klein, Hudson and five other Northland College students coauthored research results with three UW-Eau Claire students in ChemComm, summarizing a…

Northland College student plays golf.

Gilligan Personifies "Student-Athlete"

Northland Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and also participates in a new student-athlete leadership group that takes members of different Northland teams and brings them together to work on leadership techniques and work toward understanding different leadership qualities and styles. Gilligan’s collective experiences during her time near beautiful Lake Superior have…

Northland College students do radio interview in early 1960s with photographer and curator John Szarkowski

Changing the Way We See

Ashland native John Szarkowski showed America a new way to look at photographs.

…Looking at Photographs. In 1990, Szarkowski returned to Northland College to receive a doctor of humane letters. Szarkowski died July 7, 2007. He was 81 years old. PHOTO: Northland College students interview John Szarkowski (holding cigarette), for the Northland College radio program at the Ashland WATW radio station. Left to…

Northland College Nordic Skiing

Brother Bear Fund

Annually the Brother Bear Fund supports the entry fee for two Northland College students (one male and one female) to ski the American Birkebeiner 50K Skate or 55K Classic ski races. The fund also provides each student a $50 stipend prior to the race for expenses. We have selected recipients…

Northland College alum and artist Cait Irwin

Cait Irwin: Artist

…when I discovered Northland, it felt like a perfect fit. The most memorable thing about Northland is more about how I discovered Northland. I first heard of NC before my high school junior year. I was participating in a summer naturalist program and one of the teachers was a NC…

SONWA Winners 2017

Honeybees and a trailblazing scientist top the 2017 SONWA book awards

  Northland College has announced the winning 2017 books for the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA). The SONWA committee awarded Where Honeybees Thrive: Stories from the Field by author Heather Swan the top prize in nature writing. “Swan takes an innovative look at the wonders of honeybees and…

Northland College graduation cap decorated with solar panels

A Future in Solar

Loucks '18 to hold first paid sustainability internship for City of Ashland

Name: Laura Loucks ‘18 Major: Sustainable Community Development Hometown: Eagle, Wisconsin Q. How did you find Northland? A. My path to Northland started in middle school, where I learned about the Conserve School, a semester school in Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin. During high school, I spent a semester of my…

Outdoor Orientation gear

10 Things You Need to Know for Outdoor Orientation

…is an awesome metaphor for helping you transition to a new place. The OO experience will help introduce you to Northland College, our northland region, and your new community of peers, professors, and other Northlanders. 2. Student leaders are the best Our OO leaders are dedicated and passionate people who…