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Sunset at Forest Lodge

Changing Climate, Changing Culture

Student-Led Conference at Forest Lodge

…Fisher’s presentation on climate change was “the most upbeat and entertaining presentation on climate change” she has ever seen. Forest Lodge as a Backdrop Holding the conference at Forest Lodge, allowed organizers to host hands-on workshops that further enforced the importance of the topics they discussed. Craig explained that this…

Glass of beer sitting next to Cabbie's Tap logo.

Ten-cent Taps, Lasting Romance & Ida's Special Sauce

Alums Remember Cabbie’s Tap owners   Jean Anne (O’Brien) Case 1958 I grew up in Ashland but attended Northland and did stay in the dorm one year. I mostly remember spending a lot of time in Cabbie’s because the age to get into a beer bar was eighteen and they…

The Penn family

My Northland Women

Three Generations of Penn Women

…went to concerts, was active with the Business Club, Sig Tau Little Sisters, and I was even voted the Oktoberfest Queen when I was a sophomore. I eventually met my LumberJack husband, Jack, and grew my Northland family. Bunny, Jack, and I were all very close. She too was active…

Northland College graduate Aaron Schreiber-Stainthorp standing in a California vineyard where he directs sustainability.

From Grape to Glass

Making Wine Country More Sustainable

…and operates his own consulting business, Sustainability Squared. Buckles: I was just reading about Jackson Family Wines sustainability efforts in the New York Times. You take sustainability seriously. Schreiber-Stainthorp: We treat sustainability and innovation as synonyms. I’m part of a two-person team, leading our sustainability efforts for a company with…

Northland College Alumni Matt Draeger

From Intern to Financial Advisor

Matt Draeger '18

Matt Draeger graduated in May with a degree in business management. He recently took a job as a financial advisor with Northwestern Mutual. We caught up with him and asked him about . . . . His new job. During the last semester of my senior year, I started an…

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Live in Your Hiking Boots

College Magazine Names Northland College in Rankings of “Top 10 Colleges for Outdoor Enthusiasts.”

…in outdoor education, Northland’s most popular major.* It pairs nicely with the business degrees, sustainable entrepreneurship or sustainable community development for a double major. Classes at Northland immerse students in the outdoors. ‘For my limnology class, we go on a field trip each week to a different type of water…

Blue Wave owners stand with retailers and with Northland College President Michael A. Miller

Blue Wave Owners Donate Building to Northland College

…the nautical shape of the building down to incorporating Monk’s Bowling Alley lanes for tables. Blue Wave opened in 2015 as a multi-use building with hotel rooms, a restaurant and coffee shop, and commercial retail space leased to Solstice Outdoors, an outdoor recreation business. For the most part, nothing will…

Design board of Northland College graphic design student Victoria Schell

Summer of Coffee Love

Graphic design student Victoria Schell interned thirty miles from campus at Big Water Coffee Roasters in Bayfield. With a daily downtown view of Lake Superior, she learned the coffee business, graphic design, photography, social media, and project management. “I loved having the chance to work with, collaborate and get direction…

Students sit outside with plates of food.

Confluence: One Last Chance to Dance


…seniors, their family members, fellow students, and the rest of campus and the larger community to come together in a semi-formal way one final time before summer,” said Alex Patterson, who is a key organizer of the event. Patterson is a business management major and has been part of the…