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Campus Life

joneillWelcome to the good life. You’re not only in the process of picking a college, you’re choosing a community too. Where you end up will impact how you spend your free time, who your friends will be, and how you view the world after college….

Northland College professor Brian Tochterman's book, The Dying City

The Cultural Origins of the Urban Crisis

An Interview with Brian L. Tochterman

Today on Gotham, editor Nick Juravich interviews Brian L. Tochterman about his new book, The Dying City: Postwar New York and the Ideology of Fear, about the competing narratives that shaped the city after World War II, in the age of mass suburbanization and deindustrialization. For readers who haven’t encountered…

Collage of historical photos of the Bro Family at Northland College

The Bro Family

A Century at Northland College 

…in social justice and in the world,” said Kim Bro, who lives near Washburn, Wisconsin. Kim did not attend college at Northland but he received a call in 1973 from his Aunt Harriet Harmon Dexter, who worked at the College for more than forty years. She told him about an…

Native American Museum

The Native American Museum was established with the goal of expressing the history, language, arts, and culture of the Ojibwe people and indigenous people from around the world for the educational benefit of community members and visitors to the Chequamegon Bay area, Located on the first floor of Mead Hall,…

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Learn About Wolves

This section is a great place to begin learning all about wolves. Information in this section will start with the basics of wolves around the world and carry you through more advanced publications.

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Happy Birthday, Earth Day!

…act. What Nelson called “the biggest town meeting in the nation’s history” also turned many participants into dedicated volunteers and activists. I’m one example. Today marks the 45th anniversary of Earth Day. It has spread to nearly 200 countries and is being called the world’s largest secular day of celebration….

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Counseling Services

We work to create a learning environment where you will feel safe, respected, and valued. Our goal is to encourage you to develop a well-rounded and balanced life including care for self, others, and the world. As the mental health resource for Northland College, this office provides free, comprehensive services…

Northland College alum Alex Alvarez

Climate Change and the Risk for Mass Violence

Alex Alvarez '85 leads the Genocide Resource Project

…had used. Northland also first raised my awareness about the natural world and environment that has always stayed with me. Since Northland, I have had a deeper appreciation of and sensitivity to environmental issues, ecology, and climate. Usually, that was largely part of my personal life, but not the professional….

Northland College students do radio interview in early 1960s with photographer and curator John Szarkowski

Changing the Way We See

Ashland native John Szarkowski showed America a new way to look at photographs.

…has become our thinking about photography,” wrote US News & World Report in 1990: And it all started here. In Ashland.   Szarkowski was born Thaddeus John Szarkowski on Dec. 18, 1925, in Ashland, Wisconsin. Growing up, he biked all of Ashland County, fished the local streams, built balsa wood…