I’m standing in a northern Wisconsin forest with botanist Sarah Johnson, an associate professor of natural resources and biology at Northland College, where I work. She has been checking text messages from her student researchers, who are working on Outer Island—one of the twenty-two Apostle Islands on Lake Superior that…
…too. The coyote population was greatly reduced. Not surprisingly, the elk population exploded. Attitudes slowly changed and legislation followed requiring restoration of rare plants and animals. In the west, in the 1980s, wolves had dispersed from Canada to northwest Montana, setting the stage for that area. But what about areas…
Three Northland College alum packed their baby Burley buggy and departed from Ashland Friday, May 20, heading west on a quest to run around Lake Superior. Monday, August 15, Evan Flom ’14, Allissa Stutte ’13, and Andy Butter ’14 returned from the east, running along the Lake Superior shoreline for…
…be respectful. Advocating for positive change is something I have never regretted. At Northland, I’ve been part of groups that have convinced the Board of Trustees to divest from fossil fuels, submitted development plans to the City of Ashland, and increased access to gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. The most important…
…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…
…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…
…students working with Nick Robertson, assistant professor of chemistry from Northland College in Ashland, and Michael Carney, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, developed a method for turning used plastic into useful molecules for high-value products. Their work appears in the March issue of the prestigious journal Chemical…
