Northland College is ranked in the top tier of the U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 ranking of best national liberal arts colleges, which was released today. National liberal arts colleges are those that emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half their degrees in the arts and sciences. U.S….
…I have actually started playing bassoon again, taking private lessons and finding opportunities to play in public. Even my freshman Intro to Biology class was a horizon-expanding experience for me. Being Northland, the class focused on the big environmental problems of the world, and as I took in all of…
…is anything in nature that will withstand the passing of time, this inland ocean would seem a likely candidate. Peter Annin knows better. The author of The Great Lakes Water Wars, which examines the fight to protect the lakes from an encroaching and increasingly water-starved world, has stood in the…
If you’re planning to visit campus this summer—and we believe you really should—you will want to plan for extra days to check out the region. After all, people travel from around the world to kayak, sail, and hike the Apostle Islands. Here’s our top picks of things to do. 1….
…of national forest, we have Lake Superior, the world’s largest fresh water lake in the world, in our backyard. The global issue of our time is climate change and for many reasons, Lake Superior is the ideal location to study climate change adaptation. Our faculty continues to adapt curriculum to…
Please join the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation for our 2025 Marvin Pertzik World Water Day Program. We will be screening special excerpts from two Lake Superior documentaries exploring the legacy of Lake Superior and its estuaries in a time of significant change, including never before seen footage…
Interested in glow roller skating!? The Office of Residential Life is organizing an evening trip for students to enjoy dinner followed by roller skating at World of Wheels in Superior. Participants will have the option of renting inline or roller skates. All expenses are covered. The group will depart from…
…parks have maintained wolf populations that experience a minimum of human impacts,” he said. “Much of what we know today about wolf-prey interaction and trophic cascades, both major areas of ecology, has come from science in national parks.” Peterson had a primary role in the Isle Royale wolf-moose study for…
…1 out of every 10 Americans. 3. The media coverage of the first Earth Day is unparalleled. The Today Show focused on the environment for the entire week of April 20-24, 1970. ABC televised three prime-time environmental specials, and CBS’ Walter Cronkite broadcast, “Earth Day: A Question of Survival.” Even…
By Veronica Volk, Great Lakes Today Advocates for the Great Lakes are watching the presidential election and hoping the next US president will continue to prioritize restoration across the region. Groups from New York to Michigan to Ontario say there’s still a lot of work to be done, and they…
