…cooperative. Van Beest chose Northland College sight unseen because she received a postcard in the mail with a red canoe. The first thing she did when she arrived was to join the Chequamegon Food Co-op, located in downtown Ashland. She majored in English literature and unofficially minored in small business…
Calling themselves the Paddlin Madelines, high school camp friends Mitzi Peine ‘14 and Emma Burgeson made up the first all-women canoe team in 2014 to attempt the Yukon 1000, the world’s longest paddling race on the Yukon River in Alaska. Five hundred miles in, they made the decision to withdraw…
In ninth grade, we were assigned a career research project. I picked wildlife biologist. When Northland College sent a brochure with students paddling a wild river, I was hooked. At Northland, I found great friends and mentors. Dr. Lee Stadnyk guided my path through environmental studies. Spring courses paddled the…
