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Will Waukesha Get a Rewrite?

PETER ANNIN, Journal Sentinel In 1998, an Ontario consulting firm known as the Nova Group announced a controversial plan to ship 158 million gallons of azure Lake Superior water to Asia. The idea: create a global market for pristine Great Lakes water. To regional governors and premiers — who had…

Annin Judges Our Waters, Our Future Writing Contest

…important water is becoming on a regional, national and international level,” says Annin, who is also the co-director of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College. The contest seeks short stories that are solutions-oriented and, while fictional, are also scientifically plausible. Stories should take place in…

Northland College student plays golf.

Gilligan Personifies "Student-Athlete"

…student-athlete at the College, Gilligan is part of a small, vibrant community that has shown strong support for athletics as the programs continue to grow and find success on and off the field of play. Gilligan has participated and contributed to a women’s golf team that showed dramatic improvement at…

Sigurd Olson leaning on tree

12 Personal Items of Sigurd Olson

At the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute

…near its borders in Ely, writing about it in magazine articles and his celebrated collections of essays, and advocating for its protection on numerous occasions. This collection of his personal items, housed at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, signifies his connection and affection for the border country he held so…

Bubbles

Kraft to Speak on Wisconsin Groundwater Issues

…He is actively involved in the local community, coaching high-school cross-country skiing and serving as an officer for the Tomorrow River Scholarship Foundation. Other non-work interests include gardening, backpacking, and aerobic sports, especially cross-country ski racing. He has completed twenty-five Birkebeiner ski races and finishes near the front of the…

Professor Erica Hannickel sits at counter with glass of wine.

How Wine Shaped a Nation

Q&A WITH PROFESSOR ERICA HANNICKEL

…A. I came to grapes through an interest in 19th-century gardening and agriculture in general. These topics spoke so interestingly about country-to-city transitions for Americans, as well as what they were thinking about in regards to nature and culture. I soon found that the environmental impact of vineyards hasn’t been…

Northland College student Gretchen Hamernik-Winters dogsledding as part of internship.

Working with Animals

…the basic commands (gee=right; haw=left; on by=keep going straight), then clipped into cross-country skis for the first time ever and hooked herself to a dog, called skijoring. “That is a ‘can do’ attitude,” Gorman said. Over the next four months, Gretchen learned general dog care, equipment, grooming, and eventually she…

Northland College senior at powwow

Powwow to Spotlight Proclamation, New Dances

…Gouge is a breast cancer survivor. The Pink Shawl Coalition was founded in 2007 by a Wisconsin group of Native American women who hoped to raise awareness about especially high breast cancer trends in Indigenous communities across the country. Now, in its seventh year as a registered nonprofit, the Pink…

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