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Northland College teaching student in classroom

Greening the Face of Public Education

…a canoe guide taught her strength and provided her with the courage to follow through with teaching. She attributes much of her success at Northland College to her experience in Superior Connections, a thematic, year-long academic program focused on the Lake Superior watershed. “I feel like the rest of my…

Pen on notebook.

Start Your Business with the Ashland Area Development Center (AADC)

April 24, 11:00 am12:00 pm

Thinking about a career change or dreaming of starting your own business? Join Carver Harries, executive director of the Ashland Area Development Center (AADC), for an inspiring and practical conversation about how to take the next step. Whether you’re exploring new career paths or considering launching a business, Carver will…

Ethiopian girl stretches before running (Girls Gotta Run Foundation)

If You Give a Girl a Pair of Sneakers . . . .

Dr. Patricia E. Ortman '71 Creates Girls Gotta Run Foundation

and worldwide efforts to educate and empower girls and women, like the Girls Gotta Run program for girls in Ethiopia that I and my husband co-founded are more important than ever. And the backlash to the backlash, as evidenced by the national and international women’s marches that took place the…

SOEI Youth Programs

Girls Empowered Trails: Mt. Ashwabay

August 12, 2024August 15, 2024

Girls Empowered Trails is for girls 10–13 years old interested in getting outside, working hard, playing hard, and learning what it means to be a confident steward of this Earth. For four days, we will base camp at Mt. Ashwabay, where we will share stories, learn stories of the area,…

Aerial shot of Ashland and Chequamegon Bay

Rural America: A Living Laboratory

Center for Rural Communities Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide

…“I’m excited to be part of something where we have the chance to collaborate to improve the quality of life here for residents and to attract newcomers to the area.” Based on a project called, Social Capital in the Chequamegon Bay, funded by the Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, CRC also…

Fish Creek flowing into Chequamegon Bay

Researchers Prep region for Climate Change

…College, is basically downscaling ocean models for Lake Superior,” Lehr said. “We just don’t know that much about nearshore areas. The more we study them, the more important and interesting we find them. Nearshore areas are vital for productivity, so we need to know how future conditions might impact them.”…

Basketball Camp

Youth Basketball Camp

June 24, 2024June 27, 2024

Northland College basketball staff and players will teach the fundamentals of basketball, individual skills, and life skills such as attitude, teamwork, and confidence. There will be daily individual and team competitions. This camp is open to boys and girls entering grades 1–5 in the fall of 2024. This camp will…

Basketball Camp

Youth Basketball Camp

July 15, 2024July 18, 2024

Northland College basketball staff and players will teach the fundamentals of basketball, individual skills, and life skills such as attitude, teamwork, and confidence. There will be daily individual and team competitions. This camp is open to boys and girls entering grades 1–5 in the fall of 2024. This camp will…

SONWA Winners 2017

Honeybees and a trailblazing scientist top the 2017 SONWA book awards

…yearlong daily dips in the waters near Berlin, Germany serves as a journal of the style of Aldo Leopold but steps into a more recently articulated dimension. The people of America experience more depression and anxiety than the citizens of any other developed country. Human disconnection is a major factor….