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Northland College teaching students talk with Washburn fifth graders

For Lucas, Elementary Ed Provides Pathway to Greater Good

Harrison Lucas '17

…that he’s done in his life and try to carry that on. Q. How was it coming to Northland College? A. I transferred here from St. John’s University in Minnesota. When I first got to Northland it was different to say the least. I was coming from a larger school,…

Northland College Professor Erik Olson standing on a fallen white pine tree.

Second Life of a White Pine

Maxwell Property Provides Off-Campus Learning Opportunities

…located ten miles south of campus, as a hands-on field laboratory. These 140 acres were donated to Northland College in 1983 by the family of Mabel Cora Maxwell, to commemorate her life and her generosity towards the Northland community. As Martin and students travel deeper into the forest, young stands…

Northland College director of dining services

Connecting Through Food

Amanda Tutor '01

Amanda Tutor ‘01, director of Chartwells, the dining service provider at Northland College, never intended on making food her career, but then her first student job at Northland was working in the food service office. She liked it so much, she worked there all four years and then stayed. “I…

Three book covers

Review: A Boy and a Jaguar

…the caged animal is piercing. Alan and the jaguar find a human to animal bond and give a picture to us of how finding similar circumstances in nature can heal. It is a lovely expression of a debilitating speech impediment turned into a passion that helps save creatures without a…

Northland student holds biological specimen

World Solutions Via Evolutionary Biology

Jessica Mohlman Accepts Dream Job

…dreamt of traveling the world and helping save the planet.” Jessica began turning the dream into reality with internships with the Round River Conservation Studies Namibia program and The Field Museum in Chicago. “My time in Africa was the most emotionally, physically, and educationally challenging time in my life and

wolf art

Wolf Conservation in America’s National Parks

…rapidly increasing and he recommended either hunting or introducing predators like wolves to reduce moose and save the island’s vegetation. Murie went on to conduct seminal research on wolves and their prey in Mount McKinley National Park from 1939 to 1941. There he concluded that wolves played an essential role…