…to determine historical phosphorus loading in the St. Louis River Estuary. After meeting her graduate school cohorts, Alexson realized just how unique the applied research program is at Northland College. “There are few programs that engage students so early in their academic career. Many students don’t undergo similar self-directed experiences…
…the promotion process practiced by many research facilities across the nation. “Each time we promote them we give them more responsibility, we pay them more, we have an increased expectation of them taking on more leadership and really trying to get them to the point where they are just another…
…equipment. They just tilt their heads back, purse their lips, and let out a nice, long howl. This is the gist of a technique called “elicited howling”—biologist-speak for “making noises at wolves so that they’ll howl back at you.” For decades, elicited howling has been an indispensable part of the…
…a positive future for water and people in south-central Wisconsin. “We are leaving the century of oil and entering the century of water, which means water will become the most important natural resource in the world by 2100. Communication—especially writing—can play a key role in helping people understand just how…
…The program director, climbing wall director, and a friend either attended or recently graduated from Northland. They pushed the environmental mission and small feel Northland provided and encouraged me to apply and visit that summer. With their encouragement, a couple of us on staff who were just beginning the college…
…and by the time spring migration was underway, these juveniles migrated like the adults. But just not back to Wisconsin. Instead, the three satellite-tagged loons who survived their first winter, migrated northward in the spring of 2015 up the Atlantic Coast and summered in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off…
…Gourmet,” a rap version of Othello and all the comedies combined into one crazy tale of shipwrecks, mistaken identities and star-crossed love. And that’s just the start. The three actors, Avery, Taylor Jensen and Tristan Brown, bring a great sense of timing, wit and energy – lots of energy –…
…then heads back north of Wausau then moves westward toward the western border of Wisconsin. Ullman says he hopes this is just the beginning of a longer relationship, connecting students to the Ice Age Trail project. Photos were taken by Cameron Gillie (thepinholething.com), courtesy of the Ice Age Trail Alliance….
…for anyone to tap into the lakes. Still, when the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact was approved in 2008, the signatories left the door open, just a crack, for communities on the outside edge of the Great Lakes watershed to at least ask. Now, Waukesha is asking….
…Northland College in the fall. My intuition was right on point, but it has taken many years to fully realize how influential NC truly was. Not just with the many strong and deep connections I had made with people, or the intriguing coursework, or the many wilderness adventures, but the…
