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Muddy fish creek watershed

Northland Project Aims to Clear Chequamegon Bay’s Muddy Waters

…runoff and the detours. People stopped coming up,” he said. “It’s slowly coming back for the past couple of weeks, but it was a major, major economic deficit to the area.” The project seeks to use two main efforts to reduce the amount of sediment moving downstream. The first is…

Student studying the skeleton

Pre-Health Care

…you to think critically and broadly as you pursue your field of interest. You may choose to major in biology or chemistry while taking courses that meet professional school admissions requirements. Working with faculty, you will plan for health-related extracurricular activities plus internships, research, job shadowing, paid positions, and volunteering….

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49th Annual Folk Fest

Sustainability, Community, and Music The annual Folk Festival was originally organized by John Everatt, Tom Perry, Chuck Perry, and Pop Wagner (above) in 1968. They were students at Northland College at the time and little did they know that the event would continue for so long. Now organized by the…

Northland College senior at powwow

Powwow to Spotlight Proclamation, New Dances

Northland College will officially proclaim the second Monday in October (Columbus Day), as Indigenous People’s Day Saturday at its annual Spring Powwow held on campus in the Chapple Gymnasium. President Michael A. Miller will read the proclamation at the start of the 1 p.m. grand entry, joining a dozen other…

Northland College alumnus Tiffany Kirsten stands with fellow activists along the border of Texas and Mexico

Birds and the Border Wall

…National Wildlife Reserve in Texas. Finally, I wound up back in Texas, tasked with revitalizing the McAllen Nature Center, which had been closed for seven years, and reopened shortly before my arrival. We’ve gone from 900 annual visitors to 20,000 annual visitors over the last two years! Last winter, I…

standing by water's edge

Northland Students Complete WWF Leadership Program

annual Wisconsin Wildlife Federation meeting April 22 (Earth Day). Their resolution (below) passed. Resolution to Support Pollinator-friendly Solar Electricity Awareness and Production in Wisconsin (passed April 21, 2017) Whereas, Wisconsin is reliant on imported non-renewable sources of electricity which pollute the land, air, and water and negatively impact Wisconsin’s wildlife…

SOEI reading outside

2nd Annual CYA Lit Conference Nov. 9-10

The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute will host its second annual Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference November 9-10. The Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference is a symposium for educators, including public librarians, teachers, child care providers, parents, and college students enrolled in fields related to education. Held…

Teachers received education award

Teaching Alums Receive Educator Awards

Two former Northland College graduates who teach in the Lake Superior region have been named as recipients of the first annual statewide educator awards. Nicole Boettcher, who graduated from Northland College in 2010 and now teaches at Washburn Middle School, received the Early Career Educator Award, an award presented to…