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,…
…made the decision to “go north,” everything felt right. In 1995, Nick couldn’t wait to see the Northland College campus for the first time. During that first commute from Pecatonica to Ashland his mother “forced” him to speed nine miles over the speed limit. Outside of Menomonie, Nick was pulled…
Researchers in Ashland are seeing higher amounts of phosphorus in waters near Lake Superior. They say levels exceed state water quality standards in a creek that’s downstream from where a large hog farm may be built. Randy Lehr with the Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College said they’ve been…
…office working on the ten-year update for the Ashland County Comprehensive City Plan, with plans to graduate this winter with a degree in sustainable community development. He takes his experiences with him in every aspect of his busy days, drawing on moments during his Social Justice Education Semester in Tucson…
…for living life well: finding beauty, discovering mystery, and feeling a sense of community. Beauty may be the easiest to experience because it’s all around us. We’ve been blessed that our planet home is such a stunning place. In 1972, Apollo 17 beamed to us the first photograph of the…
The American Sports Builders Association announced this week that the Northland College Ponzio Stadium has been named as one of the best single field facilities in country. The ASBA recognizes and promotes excellence in sports facility design and construction throughout the United States and will vote on the top facility…
…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…
…a research scientist at Northland College’s Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation in Ashland, Wisconsin and co-author of the study. “They are much higher than would occur naturally, and the geology in the areas they were studying wasn’t known to have high levels of those contaminants.” To read the entire story….
…this spring, Fitzgerald plans to spend the summer writing up his findings, which he presented along with Jordan Welnetz, another of Lehr’s Sea Grant-funded students, last month at the second annual Chequamegon Bay Research Symposium in Ashland, Wis. The duo sampled plankton and other factors from eleven sites in the…
