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…
On Earth Day each year, Northland College announces its choices for the best in nature writing for the previous year. Three authors are selected to receive the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA) for adult, young adult, and children’s literature. Established in 1991, SONWA honors the literary legacy of…
…click on the “Go to CASHNet” link which will take you to a page where you can purchase your parking permit. New students will be provided an opportunity to buy a parking permit during Orientation. Parking enforcement begins at midnight on the first day of class in September. Obtain a…
…Institute Saturday, Sept. 26 at 5:30 p.m. Gary and Kay LaPean will receive the Distinguished Service Award, which honors friends, alumni, staff, and faculty for their outstanding professional and exceptional service to Northland College, said Alumni Director Jackie Moore. Gary LaPean is a former College trustee and an active volunteer…
In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly designated March 22 as World Water Day, a day of international observance and opportunity to learn more about water related issues, be inspired to tell others, and take action to make a difference. Each year a theme is chosen; the 2018 theme is…
Northland College announced today for Earth Day their choices for the best in nature writing this past year. Three authors have been selected to receive the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA) for adult, young adult, and children’s literature. Established in 1991, the SONWA honors the literary legacy of…
…the experience that most influenced his post-college career choice was becoming involved with initiatives aimed at providing free food options to homeless people in the Chequamegon Bay area. He now hopes to volunteer his life, utilize his privilege in an environmentally and socially responsible manner, and promote public interest and…
…includes 15 primary buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The estate was conveyed to the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in 1999 through the Trust for Public Lands from the private owner Mary Griggs Burke. Through the conveyance, Mary Griggs Burke wanted Forest Lodge to be preserved as a…
…Hunter College (1993) and doctor of public health at Columbia University (2008). He received the Northland College Alumni Association’s Environmental Achievement Award in 1996. Ambient Group works to make sustainable indoor environments and specialize in indoor air quality, asbestos lab/field services, and water quality. After the attacks of September 11,…
Kathleen Dean Moore, a philosopher, environmental advocate, award-winning essayist and the author of books about our moral relationship to the natural world, will be the featured speaker in a…
