Northland College Women’s Soccer Makes History Senior Maddie Wieland did not intend to play soccer when she came to Northland College. She had played her first two years at Buffalo Grove High School in a suburb north of Chicago but thought she had left soccer behind. But then she checked…
Northland College has announced the winning 2017 books for the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA). The SONWA committee awarded Where Honeybees Thrive: Stories from the Field by author Heather Swan the top prize in nature writing. “Swan takes an innovative look at the wonders of honeybees and…
…when I discovered Northland, it felt like a perfect fit. The most memorable thing about Northland is more about how I discovered Northland. I first heard of NC before my high school junior year. I was participating in a summer naturalist program and one of the teachers was a NC…
As the U.N. Convention on Climate Change prepares to meet in Geneva, Switzerland, February 8-13, Northland College in Ashland is working on its own initiatives for reducing carbon emissions. Northland announced last fall the selection of Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) to conduct a comprehensive campus-wide energy study with the goal…
Northland College President Michael Miller, left, Assistant Professor of Outdoor Education Evan Coulson, middle, and Supervisor of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Paul Strong accept the Accessibility Accomplishment Award at a ceremony at Forest Lodge. In an unprecedented move, the USDA Forest Service for the second year in a row awarded…
Northland College is one of the 361 environmentally responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review. The education services company known for its test prep and tutoring services, books, and college rankings features Northland College in the 2016 edition of The Princeton Review Guide to 361 Green Colleges. “Northland College isn’t…
Two former Northland College graduates who teach in the Lake Superior region have been named as recipients of the first annual statewide educator awards. Nicole Boettcher, who graduated from Northland College in 2010 and now teaches at Washburn Middle School, received the Early Career Educator Award, an award presented to…
…similar Northland was to Conserve, and that’s what lead me to apply. Q. What’s next for you? A. This summer I am working for the City of Ashland as their first sustainability intern in the Planning and Development department. I will also be continuing my work at the Center for…
…time with AmeriCorps I found the perfect blend of passion and community—a culture I knew could exist in education, and a culture that I eventually found at Northland. After completing my year of service, I hopped seven hundred miles north to Northland College. Northland was truly a unique experience, and…
