…the three shoved off in kayaks from the shores of Ashland, paddled to Waverly Beach, and continued on to paddle the entire shoreline for the next two months. “It was an adventure, like none other,” Karl laughed. They had days of seven-foot following seas, harrowing waves at Pictured Rocks, and…
…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….
…Ashland, the one-on-one opportunities with professors, and the potential for traveling abroad to study. The Wisconsin Tuition Grant played a critical role in her decision. “Financially, I never thought I could attend a private college—until I realized that with grants and scholarships, it was possible,” Gretchen said. Doctorate programs require…
…A. “The Internet,” is the answer I have given innumerable times when the other students ask me how I even heard of Northland College. They wonder how a California dude heard of a tiny six-hundred-student college in Ashland, Wisconsin. I didn’t. I researched it on the Internet. During the summer…
…on the second, and the third floor acted as a gymnasium. Reverend E.P. Wheeler, the pastor of the Ashland Congregational Church, which had founded the North Wisconsin Academy, became the College’s first president. His parents, Reverend Leonard Wheeler and his wife, Harriet, were missionaries to the Ojibwe on Madeline Island…
…Diane Vertin, president of LCOOCC, together with the sponsorship of Ashland Ford Chrysler and owner Mike Mikula, the program was delivered on the LCOOCC campus during evenings and weekends in 2016. All eight graduates of the program will participate in the May 27 commencement at Northland College. Pictured above from…
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,…
…and pointed her finger right at Northland College. Then, she convinced her best friend Beverly Harris ’72 to join her. Together, in the fall of 1968, the two African-American women and their mothers rode the bus thirty-three hours from New York City to remote Ashland, Wisconsin. They arrived at midnight…
By Raeanna Marnati, Fox 21 News The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute announced a $3.9 million grant that will fund 19 Great Lakes research, education and outreach projects, including two projects at Northland College in Ashland. The first Northland College project will be lead by Professor Randy Lehr. The…
