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Northland student playing lacrosse.

Tribal Education for Educators, Mentors, Counselors

The Northland College Indigenous Cultures Center (ICC) will host two sessions on tribal education Thursday March 17 at 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-3 p.m. in the Alvord Theatre. Starting at 10 a.m., “Northern Games, Northern Music,” will focus on how the Ojibwe developed and continue the art of music with…

Northland College student holding phone.

The Woman Behind the Screen

…said Jason Terry, associate professor of art. Fischer majors in biology and minors in art. She works two jobs—at a bakery and as a social media assistant in the Office of Marketing Communication at Northland College. And she is the captain of the women’s cross country team. “Mikaela takes it…

kayaking students

Lake Superior is the Classroom

…Magazine for some of its eco-friendly operations, including an ambitious local food program, plus innovative recycling and energy initiatives. For a private college, Northland’s fees are slightly lower than larger liberal arts siblings and it offers a range of work-study options for tuition assistance. To begin their college careers, Northland

Aqueous Magazine

Campus, Community Create Literary Magazine

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…

Northland College Japanese exchange students

Windett ’10: Why Japan Rocks

The Northland-KGU Connection

Liz Windett, class of ’10 studied at Kansai Gaidai University (KGU) in Hirakata, Japan, for a semester as part of a sister school agreement between Northland College and KGU. Now the Gift Coordinator at Northland College, she has had a front-row seat to greeting Japanese exchange students Hikari Komatsu and…

Northland College chemistry classroom

NSF Award Funds Sustainable Plastics Research

NC Receives $364,361 National Science Foundation Award

…research teams over a three-year period, with roughly two-thirds of the grant supporting work at Northland College and one-third supporting work at UW-Eau Claire. The project employs four to six Northland students part-time throughout the school year and four students working full time through the summer. “The project itself is…

underwater

Alumnus Karl ’04 oversees outdoor therapeutic program

Healing Through a Lense

…through Northwest Passage, and by a Wisconsin Sea Grant through Northland College. Under the Surface fits well with Northland College’s mission, according to Lafrancois. “This program is the apogee of connecting physical health, mental health, arts, and sciences with wild experiences in nature.” Under the Surface began just as they…

Northland College Food Center Director Todd Rothe stands in front of the composting machine.

Northland College Wants Your Leftovers

Community Compost Program

Northland College has a big problem: not enough leftovers. Students at the school have been combining food waste and organic materials like leaves, wood chips, lawn trimmings and cardboard since 1993 and converting what could have become a stinking mess into rich, black, earthy compost. SIGN UP NOW. A state-of-the-art