…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…
…and pointed her finger right at Northland College. Then, she convinced her best friend Beverly Harris ’72 to join her. Together, in the fall of 1968, the two African-American women and their mothers rode the bus thirty-three hours from New York City to remote Ashland, Wisconsin. They arrived at midnight…
…A. I came to grapes through an interest in 19th-century gardening and agriculture in general. These topics spoke so interestingly about country-to-city transitions for Americans, as well as what they were thinking about in regards to nature and culture. I soon found that the environmental impact of vineyards hasn’t been…
The majority of households in northern Wisconsin get their food from a diversity of sources and purchase food directly from farmers, according to the most recent Northland College Public Opinion Poll. “The results show a northern culture of supporting local farms, sharing, producing, and gathering food—and an overwhelming 89.6 percent…
Kathleen Dean Moore, one of the most provocative voices in environmental writing, will be the featured speaker at Northland College’s 105th Commencement Ceremony. She will also receive an honorary degree as a Doctor of Humane Letters. “Moore’s work brings together the art of the essay, the wisdom of the natural…
