What is Title IX? Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal law that provides that: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or…
This GivingTuesday, Northland College invites you to join our campaign, Rooted in Resilience—Let’s Keep Growing! After a challenging year, we’ve shown that our strength as a community knows no bounds. Together, we’ve ensured that Northland continues to be a beacon of environmental education and stewardship, deeply connected to the natural…
Xcel Energy is expanding solar options in Wisconsin through their Solar Connect Community project. They already have more than forty community “solar gardens” nationwide, making Xcel’s community solar garden program the largest in the nation. The company has built or is building three “solar gardens” in Eau Claire, La Crosse,…
…and find GPS points,” said Pichler. “It was a pretty nice office.” At each point, Pichler would set up an acoustic bat detector for seven-to-ten days. These devices record only when triggered by the ultrasonic frequencies of bat calls. These sound files are then entered into a computer program that…
The Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation convened a Water Summit on Oct. 1, 2016 dedicated to “The Future of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.” Experts from New York to Minnesota gathered on Madeline Island in Lake Superior to examine past successes and challenges of GLRI, and to have…
…Atlas & Gazetteer, planning what new parts of the Chequamegon Bay area and the north shore of Lake Superior he would explore next. He worked on campus for Outdoor Pursuits, a program that hosted recreational trips for students during the school year, and talked his boss Greg Weiss into ordering…
After Hurricane Katrina, the medical director of the Alabama Outward Bound School approached Jason Luthy ’06, who was working at the school, about developing a wilderness medicine training program to prepare coastal communities in how to respond during natural disasters, when emergency medical personnel are delayed. The two started Longleaf…
