…Sapphire Apiaries, where he applies permaculture principles—self-sufficient, sustainable agricultural practices—to produce honey bee products, mushrooms, and produce. He is currently working to breed disease-resistant honey bees. The professional beekeeping world is small, Wustner says, and most of the beekeeping newcomers are backyard hobbyists. “Beekeeping, like other forms of agriculture, has…
Northland College awarded Campus Minister David Saetre yesterday with the degree, Doctor of Human Letters, honoris causa, “for his abiding concern for others, the search for meaning in an unjust world, and his remarkable grace.” The following is taken from the citation presented to Saetre at awards ceremony. David Saetre,…
…the world, all serving in their own ways, my resolve is strengthened. Our alumni family is investing in generations of change agents, helping them achieve their goals and create a better life for their communities. The value of volunteerism and the vision of our alma mater is not lost on…
Research students of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation were featured in the December 19 episode of AquaKids, which aired on eighty networks around the world. AquaKids is an award-winning nonprofit K-12 program that educates young people about ecology, wildlife, science, and how it all relates. The episode…
…tiniest details of plants and notice subtle changes in the forest ecosystems. Many of these changes were based on the availability of water. Plants, ecology, cells, chemistry, and water are regularly the subject of my current work. Without my biology background, my work would not be what it is today….
…it! I had found it! Sort of. So inspired by those around me, I withdrew from school after a semester and hopped eight hundred miles west to serve with AmeriCorps for the following school year. I wanted to change the world, give back, contribute and make a difference. During my…
…at Northland College, the conference will feature children’s book author Emma Bland Smith, winner of the 2017 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award for children’s literature for her book, Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7, the Most Famous Wolf in the West. Register today. The cost is $95. The…
New-Student Convocation Address 2016 By Alan Brew, associate professor of English It is wonderful to be here with you this afternoon, under a tent, old friends and new, just a short walk from the largest body of fresh water in the world. I’m going to begin today by sharing parts…
…takes her students outside, she gives them a task. She’s sent them on a hunt to find various colors in nature. Recently, she posed the question – Is it winter or is it spring? Today, Smith lets the students come up with their own questions. She gives them an example…
…nature, but more importantly connected to adults that help me figure out the challenge that many children have today when they have decisions that they have to make, the peer pressure, the bullying, all those things. Of course, we all experienced them, but I had people that I could really…
