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Northland College alums Derek Ogle and Tam Hofman

Alumni Association Recognizes Hofman and Ogle

The Northland College Alumni Association honored Tam Hofman ‘80 and Derek Ogle ’89 at the alumni dinner during its annual Fall Festival September 28-29. Hofman is a park ranger with the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, where she has been recognized for her interpretive work, receiving the National Park Service Freeman…

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Timber Wolf Alliance Teacher Resources

…Michigan’s Upper Peninsula through public education, citizen science, and volunteer activities. The mission ofTimber Wolf Alliance is to use science-based information to promote an ecologically-functional wolf population within areas of suitable habitat, and promote human coexistence with emphasis on Michigan and Wisconsin. The Timber Wolf Alliance is committed to investigating…

Northland College alum Roxanne Johnson at work at Blue Green Alliance

Uniting Labor and Environment

Roxanne Johnson '03 on the BlueGreen Alliance

…the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs. How did you get involved with BlueGreen Alliance? Johnson: There was a research position available for a wind energy project after I completed my graduate program and I was intrigued by the labor/enviro connection because both my dad and grandpa were…

Northland College alum Carl Sacks looks at GIS with students

Mapping for a Better World

Created "The Black Snake in Sioux Country" Map

…topo maps. They’re part of the Public Lands Survey System, which was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785. Usually, there’s nothing on the ground where those lines are on the map. But those lines empowered white settlers to turn land that Indigenous people didn’t think of as ownable into…

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Writers to Share Their Encounters on Stage

With Northland Students, Staff, Faculty, and Alumni

Our lives are made up of encounters. Most are the everyday, unremarkable interactions making up a life. Other encounters are momentous, life-changing. Regional writers will share encounters large and small in the ninth annual Writers Read, this year’s theme being Encounters. At 7 p.m Friday, January 25 in the Alvord…