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Marissa Olsen

Filmmaking to Impassion, Teach

In her first year at Northland, natural resources student Marissa Olsen enrolled in a film class, that provided a meaningful vehicle for sharing and interpreting her science classes. For her, film bridged the gap between art and science. “By capturing the audience’s attention and interest through video, we have the…

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

…an innovative approach to creating safe spaces, ending child marriage, and expanding access to secondary school for vulnerable girls. Ortman was inspired to start GGRF after she read a 2006 article in the Washington Post describing the lives of teenage girls in Ethiopia who enter into early marriage, multiple pregnancies,…

Tulips outside of Ponzio Campus Center

2018 Honors Day Awards Recipients

…Faculty Merit Awards Outstanding Service Award Brian Tochterman Outstanding Scholarship/Professional Activities Award Erik Olson Outstanding Teaching Award Paula Anich Northland College Student Association Awards Northland College Student Association Staff Award David Mettille, Coordinator of Student Affair Northland College Student Association Faculty Award Wendy Gorman, Professor of Biology and Associate Dean…

Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Gifts You Bring the World

…feather. I am humbled by your generosity. And Gchi Megwech to the Northland community for honoring me with this degree, I have spent much of my life trying to braid together two strands of knowledge, scientific ways of knowing the earth and the wisdom of indigenous knowledge in how we…

FinalGreat Lakes Science for Parks Symposium 2023 Booklet

…Meghan1 * preisk585@myemail.northland.edu 1 Northland College Abstract: Outdoor recreation is a large part of Wisconsin culture, economy, and drawing tourists to the state. Its natural environment supports a large variety of outdoor activities that are becoming vulnerable to climate change. As climate change alters Wisconsin’s ecosystems and natural resources, outdoor…

Native American dancers

Northland Celebrates Indigenous Cultures Awareness Month

…of Lacrosse 6-8 p.m. Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute March 17 Indigenous Resistance: Art Exhibit & Lecture 6-8:30 p.m. Dexter Library 6 p.m. Opening reception for exhibit of linocut and silkscreen prints of indigenous struggles in Mexico from artist collectives. 7 p.m. Aurora Conley of Bad River Ojibwe Presents: From Bad…

Scuba divers on boat

WPR: Wisconsin Sea Grant Awards $2.8M For Great Lakes Research, Outreach Projects

…photography,” said Karl. “It really is a combination of science education, art education and opportunity for the kids to have a therapeutic experience in the water.” That’s the most fun part of the project for Toben Lafrancois, assistant adjunct professor of natural resources and philosophy at Northland College in Ashland….

Design board of Northland College graphic design student Victoria Schell

Summer of Coffee Love

…a wholesale network reaching across the upper Midwest. They supply roasts to other small town coffee shops, provide regular deliveries to local food pantries, and created a special blend for Northland College, named Fenenga Fuel, for the College’s first president. M.J. Fenenga. Schell worked directly with Kelley Linehan, who is…

Northland College alum Terry Daulton's painting of Crystal Bog

On Merging Art and Science

How One Class Changed My Life

…became immersed in bringing art and science together. In 2006, I had an opportunity to test the communication power of art. With twenty-six artists and scientists, we created Paradise Lost? Climate Change in the Northwoods an exhibit seen by over 100,000 people. The success inspired longer-term collaborations with the University…

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