By Sean Devlin ’15 Northland College student Kaitlyn Windschitl was accepted into the McNair Scholar’s Program in November to fund her research project on the burbot (Lota lota), sometimes referred to a seelpout, lawyers, or even the poor man’s lobster. In May 2016 she will become the first member of…
…says he chose Northland for its small class sizes, access to professors, and its proximity to Lake Superior. He got all three. In his three years at Northland—he transferred from UW-Eau Claire after completing time with U.S. Air Force—he has participated in significant research, presented his finding, worked as a…
On October 21, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act. Sigurd Olson, who attended Northland College from 1916-18, had a lifelong relationship with the Boundary Waters, celebrating his honeymoon there in 1921, guiding numerous trips on its waters, living and raising his family…
Kathleen Dean Moore, a philosopher, environmental advocate, award-winning essayist and the author of books about our moral relationship to the natural world, will be the featured speaker in a…
Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award to be presented In honor of the twentieth anniversary of the Yellowstone Wolf Reintroduction project, the Timber Wolf Alliance at Northland College is bringing Yellowstone’s lead biologist Doug Smith and award-winning author Gary Ferguson, pictured above, as the keynote speakers for Wolf Awareness Week….
…seemed like every year they would get the best players and be the most exciting to watch. Not to mention all of the titles they seemed to win when I was heavily involved in lacrosse as a kid. Q. Do you plan to play for Northland? A. I would love…
…transportation to and from the mainland, job and education opportunities, law enforcement, and healthcare. . . . Brandon Hofstedt, the faculty director of the Center for Rural Communities at Northland College said, “the research side of what we’re doing is in it’s infancy, and we’re really trying to collect information…
