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Wheeler Hall 2016

Stolid Wheeler Hall

…continues. “I can’t think of anything that hasn’t been in there!” said Ori-Anne Pagel, a 1969 graduate and Northland’s passionate archivist. “It’s just the cornerstone.” Linda Mack, former architecture critic for the Star Tribune, writes about architecture and design for regional and national publications including Architecture Minnesota and Artful Living….

Northland College water researcher Matt Cooper presents at White House

Cooper Presents at Obama White House on Coastal Wetlands

Matt Cooper, research scientist at the Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, presented his research on the Great Lakes coastal wetlands on November 17 at the White House. His research and presentation are part of the Resilient Lands and Waters Initiative. The roundtable coincided with the release of a national report…

Pine marten

Carnivore Project Reveals Return of the Marten on Apostle Islands

An Apostle Islands collaborative carnivore diversity and abundance project between the National Park Service, Northland College, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison led to an unexpected surprise: the discovery of American marten on Stockton Island. The American marten is on Wisconsin’s endangered species list and not been sighted in the islands

Northland students stand with award

Ed Prep Program Receives National Recognition

More time in the classroom The Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education recently awarded Northland College a Model of Excellence Award for its clinical residency program. Director of Teacher Education Annette Nelson accepted the award last month at the national conference held in Atlanta, Georgia. She presented…

Student at white board giving presentation

Students provide real life solutions to Forest Service

…for the Forest Service, listened to the presentations and then said they would be taking the recommendations to the leadership of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in March. “These are real life solutions for the Forest Service and couldn’t come at a better time,” Maloney told students. Several of the recommended…

Northland College students help build a section of the Ice Age Trail.

Students, Faculty Add Muscle to Ice Age Trail

…near Firth Lake in Chippewa County. The Trail is a thousand-mile footpath—with two hundred miles more to go—that highlights the unique landscape, sculpted by glaciers more than 12,000 years ago. Managed by a partnership among the National Park Service, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the Ice Age Trail…

Northland College alum Jon McLaughlin whitewater rafting for Team USA

Whitewater Rafting for the USA

John McLaughlin '01

Jon McLaughlin ‘01 joined the USA Men’s Whitewater Raft Team-Masters Division in July 2017 and in October placed eighth in the 2017 IRF World Whitewater Rafting Championships in Japan. The team is currently training for the US National Championships that will be held on the Gauley and new rivers in…

President Miller helping at STAR camp

Community Outreach

…groups. If you are interested in these or other outreach activities, click on contact us below. tabling at tribal educational fairs and regional powwows traditional arts workshops youth mentorship/college exposure activities introduction to Ojibwe culture/cultural sensitivity workshops organizing ACT31 trainings Tribal Elder Appreciate Day events multi-generational trauma educational workshops  …

Northland College student installing hoop house

Food Is Everything

Danny Simpson '18, Assistant Manager of the Hulings Rice Food Center

…Simpson manages the day-to-day operation of the gardens and the Larson Food Lab and led the initiative to make Northland College an official refuge for pollinators. He was recently elected to the new Ashland/Bayfield County chapter of the Farmer’s Union alongside fellow alums Todd Rothe ’10 and Evan Flom ‘14….

Photo from Standing Rock

Advocacy and Public Discourse

…thinking required to create the pathways of healing and enlightened stewardship necessary for our security and survival. As an institution of higher education, Northland College actively engages in both examination and discourse regarding the contentious and difficult issues of our society today, tomorrow, and in the past. We encourage our…