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Wustner Brings Beekeeping to Larger Audience

Jacob Wustner ’08, who majored in environmental studies at Northland, is taking his natural, organic beekeeping skills to a larger audience, teaching a popular online beekeeping course through Organic Life Guru. In Bee Keeping 101: Organic, Natural, Traditional, Wustner instructs on topics ranging from honey bee biology to caring for…

Design board of Northland College graphic design student Victoria Schell

Summer of Coffee Love

…from a professional while creating work for Big Water,” Schell said. “The freedom I had to create new media for the company and skills I learned through it will stay with me.” Big Water Coffee Roasters is a locally owned business that has grown a successful storefront as well as…

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Q&A with Helen Pent Jenkins, class of 2008

…The NCSA president is charged with a variety of administrative and political tasks that I really enjoyed. It was my first taste of politics and even today, I’m vice president of the Missoula City Planning Board, a professional board that works on urban design issues in the city. I’ve considered…

Liz White in cap and gown

Liz White: Student Commencement Address

…on behalf of, to seek justice and to work in service to others,” said the Indelible Mark Award committee. Liz is planning to move to Madison, Wisconsin, after graduation and will be looking for professional development opportunities related to public service. Liz may consider graduate school in the future, but…

Alumnus Henry Fitzgibbon performs on stage at Northland College

Henry Fitzgibbon ’51 On Broadway

A Life in the Arts

…New York, he earned a spot in a professional Gilbert and Sullivan repertory company, called the Masque and Lyre Light Opera Company, presenting all of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas in sequence—a different one every week. Renamed American Savoyards in 1952, the company traveled from Florida to Maine, performed in…

Mary Trettin and Mike Miller, Northland College

President Miller Announces Retirement

Northland College President Michael A. Miller, 62, announced he will retire when his contract expires next year. His retirement will be effective June 30, 2018 “Serving as Northland’s 13th president for the past seven years has been an honor and goes down as my final and greatest professional accomplishment,” he…

Northland student playing lacrosse

Lacrosse 101

…the grit and toughness. Big hits and solid defensive plays from goalies or defensemen are the things that turn my eye. Q. Do you have favorite teams? A. The Toronto Rock of the NLL. They are a professional box lacrosse team located in Toronto. When I was growing up it…

Northland College graduate Olivia Anderson runs tests at the Burke Center lab

Summer Ideal Time for Gaining Professional Experience

Olivia Anderson, 2018 Graduate

Major: sustainable community development with physical planning and development emphasis, and natural resources with ecological restoration emphasis Hometown: Saint Paul, Minnesota Future Plans: sustainable design Q. What are you up to post-graduation? A. Short-term, this summer and at least into the fall I will be working for the Mary Griggs…

4th grade teacher alumna

Professional Preparation of Early Childhood Teachers

Northland College received an innovative teaching and learning grant in September for $24,849 from the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association. This is the second grant from this organization. Last year, Northland College received an articulation grant for $25,000. Wisconsin institutions have been working to streamline how early childhood education credits transfer…

Alpha sigma women of 1968

Standing on the Right Side of History

…for what we believed in,” Witthuhn said. “Jan’s response showed an understanding and maturity level beyond her years,” Fisher said. “Jan took the bull by the horns in telling this national organization where to take their rule and where to put it—in the most professional, and courteous manner.” The moment…