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Spring Forest Play
March 15–April 19
…exploration. This framework supports your child in continual development of the values of kindness, creativity, curiosity, and stewardship, as well as the physical development of fine and gross motor skills. The consistent outdoor time also helps support your child’s overall health and well-being. Program Details SOEI Youth Programs Coordinator Clair…
SONWA Winners 1991-Present
Nature Books for Adults and Children
…by communal wolf howls; the inevitability of losing our children to their own lives; and many more. Moore is the distinguished professor of philosophy at Oregon State University in Corvallis, where she teaches environmental ethics, philosophy of nature, and a variety of courses for OSU’s new MA in Environmental Leadership….
Alumnus Karl ’04 oversees outdoor therapeutic program
Healing Through a Lense
…program design and execution—from gardening to canoeing to nature photography. Northwest Passage is a northern Wisconsin residential mental health treatment program for youth ages twelve-to-seventeen. The organization offers a diverse set of programs and comprehensive treatment led by a full team of professionals from direct care counselors to pediatric neuropsychologists….
Using Science to Monitor Earth’s Changes
Shannon Franks '01, NASA Senior Scientist
…Goddard Space Flight Center is, after all, the largest congregation of land remote sensing scientists in the world. I am still at NASA working with the same folks that gave me the opportunity so long ago. With a graduate degree in geography and more focused experience in global forest cover…
Social Change and Nonprofit Work
Profile: Anthony Procik Graduation: 2015 Major: mathematical science Minors: physics and environmental law and policy Hometown: Algonquin, Illinois For Anthony Procik, every class and experience at Northland College was literally life changing. During his time at Northland, Procik’s dreams about his future fluctuated with each new interest he uncovered. But…
Fake News, Forgeries, & Frauds
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Travis Proctor's New Course
…the contemporary challenges arising with “fake news.” Do you have a favorite historical forgery or fraud? My favorite historical case of a forgery has to do with Galen, the famous 2nd-century Roman physician. One day, Galen was walking by a book stall where two men were having an argument about…
The Cultural Origins of the Urban Crisis
An Interview with Brian L. Tochterman
…Minnesota, one on the “urban crisis” and another on cold war culture, taught by Professors Kevin P. Murphy and Elaine Tyler May respectively. I arrived intending to study early twentieth-century urban development, but the course material really got me excited about the post-World War II period. May’s Homeward Bound made…
Careers in Social Justice, Conservation, and Public Service
SOEI Interns
The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute has been a part of the Northland College student experience for the last forty-six years—from speakers, conferences, and campus events in the physical building to research and internships with one of the many outreach programs. Sigurd’s wife, Elizabeth, contributed $50,000 to the Sigurd F. Olson…
Students Help Ready Cycle for Six-Year-Old
…“Adaptive Bike Team.” The team struck gold at the start when Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute in Duluth donated an older, adult-sized handcycle. The team then met with the physical and occupational therapists from Roy’s school to figure out what kind of modifications would have to be made in order to…
Empowering Women in Developing Countries
Shout Louder, Try Harder, Never Give Up
…development loans for environmental projects throughout Latin America. In addition to her research and consulting work, she’s discovering new ways to empower women, while recapturing the physicality that brought her so much joy in her twenties. She returned to raft guiding last summer after having been away from it for…