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Northland College alums, Mark and Bronte Gross sail on Lake Superior

Smooth Sailing

First Person

…in your eyeballs. The president said he approved me because of my sailing experience and included me on sailing trips with his financial advisor’s customers. I am still a part of that group today. Today, every day, my company, Formacoat LLC., works with sodium hyaluronate as a medical device coating….

Glacier National Park

Keynote Rolf Peterson: Wolves and America's National Parks

…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…

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Buffalo News Editorial: Battle is brewing

…just outside the Great Lakes watershed. A century ago, Waukesha was sprinkled with clear, gurgling, nationally renowned freshwater springs. Today, most of the springs are gone, and Waukesha sits atop a declining, contaminated deep aquifer. It has applied for a Lake Michigan water diversion of up to 10.1 million gallons…

Alec Drakenberg

Meet the Beast: Alec Z. Drachenberg

…he has a similar story as me, having to gain weight as an athlete. Today he is one of the world’s top competitive eaters. It is the “mind over matter” mentality that inspires me so much to eat even when I am not hungry. I myself have shared his videos…

Together Farm

Alumna Combines Arts, Science for Sustainable Farming

In her undergrad days, Stephanie (Krohn) Schneider ‘03 studied natural resources but had little time for “frivolous electives” like Storytelling. Today, she realizes that organic chemistry is doing little to help sell the organically raised and pastured beef, pork, and lamb she and her husband, Andy Schneider, produce on their…

Northland College student taking a water sample.

Great Lakes Today: Advice for Clinton/Trump on the Great Lakes

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…

Graduate riding a bike with no hands

Graduates, especially, be astounded by the wonder all around us

By Mark Peterson, SOEI Executive Director For the Duluth News Tribune Socrates wrote over 2,000 years ago that, “Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” But wonder gets short shrift in our world today, and the sense of wonder dims in many people as they grow older. Thus, to all of…

Young ladies in a canoe on a lake with fall colors behind them.

Youth Outreach Programs

…vendors, Thursday evening reception, and Friday lunch. Register Today: $95 About the Conference Featuring authors, illustrators, and educators, the conference will focus on literature and the natural world. Highlights include: key note presentations by author Emma Bland Smith, winner of the 2017 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award for children’s literature,…

Tulips outside of Ponzio Campus Center

2018 Honors Day Awards Recipients

…Women’s Studies Jane Dahlgren Religious Studies Kathryn Nolan Music Program Talyn McFarlane Writing Claire Rupnow Faculty Merit Awards Outstanding Service Award Brian Tochterman Outstanding Scholarship/Professional Activities Award Erik Olson Outstanding Teaching Award Paula Anich Northland College Student Association Awards Northland College Student Association Staff Award David Mettille, Coordinator of Student…

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SA: Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns?

…by racial fears. They tend to be less educated. For the most part, they don’t appear to be religious—and, suggests one study, faith seems to reduce their attachment to guns. In fact, stockpiling guns seems to be a symptom of a much deeper crisis in meaning and purpose in their…