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Aerial view of winter ski trails on Northland College campus.

Winter Forest Play

January 17, 10:00 am12:00 pm

Forest Play is an outdoor, nature-based program for 3–5 year olds. We are excited to continue this adventure with youth at the SOEI for our winter and spring programs. Winter sessions are every Friday beginning January 17 and ending February 28, 2025. Forest Play provides your child with the opportunity…

Graphic with musical notes

One Pulse Concert from the University of Minnesota Morris

March 9, 4:00 pm5:00 pm

The “One Pulse!” program is a continuous performance of a mix of styles and genres that includes various combinations of performers from choral and instrumental music to solo pieces in a collaborative spirit that expresses the campus community at the University of Minnesota Morris. There is also a semi-staged element…

Teachers received education award

Teaching Alums Receive Educator Awards

…the state of Wisconsin. Both were given their awards at the Wisconsin Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (WACTE) meeting in Madison last month. The WACTE along with the Northland College Educator Preparation Program determined the winners. The WACTE is a professional organization composed of the Wisconsin institutions that prepare…

Northland College student in garden

Nonprofit Partner for Student Internship

…and sustainability. McLean, who is Northland’s second longest-serving president, is credited with leading efforts to create and develop the environmental studies program, the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, and the Native American studies program, as well as bringing about a recommitment to the student work program. “We are pleased to be…

wolf laying down

Timber Wolf Alliance Returns

After a seven-year tenure at the North Lakeland Discovery Center in Manitowish Waters, Wis., the Timber Wolf Alliance is in the process of returning north to Northland College. “We birthed this program and handed it off during a period when we couldn’t sustain it, but now it makes sense to…

Aerial view of winter ski trails on Northland College campus.

Winter Forest Play

January 17February 28

Forest Play is an outdoor, nature-based program for 3–5 year olds. We are excited to continue this adventure with youth at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute for our winter and spring programs. Winter sessions are every Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. beginning January 17 and ending February 28,…

Northland College teaching student in classroom

Greening the Face of Public Education

profile: Katrina Nichols Graduated: 2015 Major: elementary education Minor: science teaching and environmental education Hometown: Shakopee, Minnesota Katrina Nichols says she will always remember her defining collegiate moment—the Everybody Party, held at the start of her freshman year. “It was warm and comfortable and I was barefoot and so alive,”…

Northland hockey player hitting the puck.

Northland adds women's Division III hockey

…said Gregory, who along with his players, volunteers with the youth hockey program. “Having both men’s and women’s NCAA Division III ice hockey programs will allow the college to offer an even more comprehensive and equitable intercollegiate athletic program,” said Northland College President Michael A. Miller. “They also increase our…

Northland Collge graduate Anthony Procik

Social Change and Nonprofit Work

…strong local communities. He’s currently pursuing an AmeriCorp VISTA program, applying to several youth transitional housing programs around the country in hopes of supporting homeless youth in both major metropolitan areas and rural communities. Anthony’s mom, Sue, said that her son isn’t the type of person who stops and knows…

Where Sustainable Community Development Can Take You

Julie Fair & Adrian Diaz '16

…you doing now? A. I’m beginning my second year of graduate school in the Master of Development Practice program with a minor in Human Rights. I just returned from two months in Punta Gorda Belize working with Maya Leaders Alliance and Toledo Alcaldes Association to begin developing a Maya economy…