…of Vermont,” Grand Island on Lake Champlain. For years, she ran the weatherization program for a local community action agency. “I served and still do as not only a staunch crusader for climate policy and action but also ensuring that solutions are crafted in a way that do not negatively…
After college, Audra (Jung) Willing ‘ 05 moved to Seattle to work for the National Outdoor Leadership School as a wilderness field instructor and later as a program supervisor for the mountaineering program. Without Northland, she says she would have likely lived a different life. “I didn’t even know what…
The Bro family at Northland College spans more than a century. The Bros have a rich history of adventure, lifelong friendships, love, connections, philanthropy, service, and finding one’s true calling. It is a story worthy of a book. Their Northland connection begins with Albin Carl Bro, the son of Swedish…
…a number of bike packing trips in the backcountry. This summer, my youngest daughter Astrid, and I will cycle across the country on the TransAmerica trail system. For all these things, it was at Northland where I first began learning the skills sets needed for safely engaging in outdoor adventure….
…why Wisconsin, with its proud conservation tradition, proposes a budget that guts its DNR science programs, eliminates most environmental education positions, freezes land stewardship acquisitions and requires state parks to be self-supporting. In his speech on the eve of that first Earth Day at the University of Wisconsin in Madison,…
…overall, fourteenth among undergraduate colleges, and first in Wisconsin. “Faculty, staff, and students live the College’s environmental mission every day, thinking about how our actions will advance sustainability in all forms—food, water, energy, stewardship, development, diversity, and social justice,” Grinnell said. Sierra annually evaluates schools on a broad range of…
…to make sure our plants find new homes, though we will welcome donations to Helping Paws. Adoption Times 2–3 p.m. Faculty and staff 3–5 p.m. General public Accessing the Greenhouse To access the greenhouse Thursday afternoon, you will need to enter from the outside greenhouse door that we’ll have propped…
This event has been postponed. We intend to reschedule it for September 2024—check back closer to then to find the rescheduled time. Hear Peter Levi, associate director of the Northland College Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, weave together the water quality story of Lake Namekagon, Garden Lake, and…
