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Robert Rue Parsonage and Ruth Lull with sons at Northland College 1980s

Embracing the North

A cross country move, thirty-three years in the making.

Northland College Graphic of Lake Superior

7 Lake Superior Circumnavigations

Around the Largest Lake in the World by Kayak, Bike, and Foot

Circumnavigating Lake Superior is such a uniquely Northland College student experience. In addition to the Superior Connections program that includes a May trip around the lake, there are Northlanders who go on their own by kayak, bike, and even on foot. There’s no official ledger of Northlanders who have traveled…

Boat on Lake Superior

WPR: Northland Releases White Paper For Great Lakes Restoration

Industry, Tribal, Regulatory, Environmental Stakeholders Lay Out Vision

…Lakes Restoration Initiative, as well as creating a more stable, minimum level of funding. More than $2 billion has been spent cleaning up toxic hotspots along the Great Lakes over the last six years. A white paper produced by Northland College states stakeholders believe it needs a long-term funding commitment….

Peter Annin at beach

Openings Available for Water Wars Course

Register Now Peter Annin, veteran reporter and author of “The Great Lakes Water Wars,” will be teaching a course of the same name at Northland College this semester. Starting Jan. 14, his class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays in Wheeler Hall from 2:30-3:50. Registration for this course is open to the…

Northland College alumnus Matt Claybaugh directs Merimed in Hawaii

Ocean Wilderness Model Transforms Lives

…sent me a brochure and I was sold on the fact that I would be in the north woods and go to college,” he said. Here he studied history and secondary education and paddled and surfed kayaks on Lake Superior. Out of college, Claybaugh taught high school on the Big…

Crane beak

Saving Cranes

Senior Mary Sellars Interns at the International Crane Foundation

Northland College senior Mary Sellars interned at the International Crane Foundation (ICF) this past summer and is currently applying to veterinary schools as she finishes her biology degree. As part of her internship, she assisted with everything from general husbandry for all fifteen species of cranes, to beak trims, Whooping…

Northland College alum in bee helmet

Wustner Brings Beekeeping to Larger Audience

…cows at a biodynamic dairy and learning that aspect of farming. “I’m always going to be into bees,” he says, “but I’m getting into different types of permaculture and agriculture that I might want to do someday.” Photo taken by Shannon Holmes ’09, Wustner’s partner and fellow Northland College graduate….

Pebble beach

Complexities of Chequamegon Bay

Researcher study vulnerabilities Northland College researchers want to prepare Chequamegon Bay for the worst. In order to do so, first they need to better understand how the Bay works. Four researchers will present their most recent findings to the community Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. at the Northland College

Northland College alumni Linda Rise and Andy Noyes stand in front of their van

Alumni Camper Van House Concert Tour

Linda Rise ’87 and Andy Noyes ’84 of Ashland, Wisconsin, have left their jobs and are cruising the country for a year as a way to find inspiration and discover the best of who they are. They are traveling in their camper van, visiting Northland College alumni, friends, and family,…