The Northland College Alumni Association honored Tam Hofman ‘80 and Derek Ogle ’89 at the alumni dinner during its annual Fall Festival September 28-29. Hofman is a park ranger with the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, where she has been recognized for her interpretive work, receiving the National Park Service Freeman…
…Wisconsin has so far been the focal point of the compact by virtue of the narrow band of land that comprises the Great Lakes basin in the southeastern part of the state. Those inside the basin are entitled to all the water they want. For those outside, especially areas straddling…
…old Ashland Farmers Market back in 1999 and having to explain to people what the term “organic” meant. Now, you can find local and organic products everywhere. Ten years ago the main concern was whether there were enough producers to feed our communities. There has been progress made to meet…
Northland College sophomores Hal Welch and Patrick Shea departed Friday, April 28 on a 34-day, 1,800-mile bike trip from Ashland to New Orleans. As part of their May term semester, they will be biking along the Mississippi incorporating observations, interviews, and photographs of the people who live along the route….
…summers on Lee and Judy Stadnyk’s organic dairy and vegetable farm, south of Ashland. “That experience and hours discussing ideas with Lee got me hooked on farming,” he said. He went on to earn a master of sustainable agriculture degree at the University of London, then applied to Whole Foods…
At tiny Northland College in Ashland, on the shores of Lake Superior, most if not all students have a compost bucket in their dorm room or apartment. Once or twice a week, community residents, in addition to students, come to campus with buckets of food waste to dump in the…
Give a teen a camera, lead her or him into nature, and you could change a life—and maybe help save the planet at the same time. At least that’s been the experience of Northland College alumnus Ian Karl ’04, experiential programming coordinator at Northwest Passage. Karl oversees outdoor and experiential…
…similar Northland was to Conserve, and that’s what lead me to apply. Q. What’s next for you? A. This summer I am working for the City of Ashland as their first sustainability intern in the Planning and Development department. I will also be continuing my work at the Center for…
ZEKE ROTH-REYNOLDS ’16 Like any other six-year-old boy, Roy Cook of Ashland wanted to learn to ride a bike. But because Roy was born with a condition called spina bifida, meaning that Roy’s spinal cord and meninges didn’t form properly, Roy relied solely on a wheelchair for mobility. Roy’s father,…
