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Northland student holds biological specimen

World Solutions Via Evolutionary Biology

Jessica Mohlman Accepts Dream Job

…Women in Science Undergraduate Research interns working on the Southern Mexican Economic Botany project, a project identifying historical plants in the Oaxaca Valley in Mexico. “The fact that for the past two summers I spent every day within the establishment that inspired me when I was a child was at…

Alumnus Henry Fitzgibbon performs on stage at Northland College

Henry Fitzgibbon ’51 On Broadway

A Life in the Arts

With one trio, two duets, two solos and pages of dialogue, the Captain in Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore is considered one of the largest roles ever written for an actor. And one Saturday afternoon in 1954, twenty-something Henry Fitzgibbon ’51, found out with no time to prepare, that he…

Three pairs of shoes

Circumnavigating Lake Superior—On Foot

…Superior. Monday, August 15, Evan Flom ’14, Allissa Stutte ’13, and Andy Butter ’14 returned from the east, running along the Lake Superior shoreline for their final running miles. The three friends circumnavigated the lake jogging 1,352.31 miles on foot in eighty-six days—an average of fifteen miles per day.  …

Ethiopian girl stretches before running (Girls Gotta Run Foundation)

If You Give a Girl a Pair of Sneakers . . . .

Dr. Patricia E. Ortman '71 Creates Girls Gotta Run Foundation

…and worldwide efforts to educate and empower girls and women, like the Girls Gotta Run program for girls in Ethiopia that I and my husband co-founded are more important than ever. And the backlash to the backlash, as evidenced by the national and international women’s marches that took place the…

Dan Romano

Alumnus Dan Romano: Weatherman

…watching Reed Timmer on TV made me think this is something that I have wanted to do my entire life,” said Romano. The next day he started researching meteorology programs and found Northland College. The third time was a charm. Northland College fit him well. He developed his own WRNC…

Peter Annin on beach

Will Waukesha's water needs open Great Lakes floodgates?

…scarcely notice the 10 million gallons per day the city hopes to draw. Waukesha, a Milwaukee suburb, got the OK from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources after five years of review. The plan, however, must still get the backing of Great Lakes governors, including Gov. Mark Dayton. That could…

Northland student stands in Lake Superior

Kert's Most Awesome Weekend Adventures

…friends and solo. With spring officially here, we thought now would be a good time to ask him to tell us more. He agreed to share his seven favorites. 1. Whitewater Paddling on the Boise Brule River The Boise Brule River—located about forty minutes from campus—is nationally known as a…

Northland College alumnus Matt Claybaugh directs Merimed in Hawaii

Ocean Wilderness Model Transforms Lives

…therapy for the last twenty-four years, and now adults through a mariner training program. “Living on islands, the ocean is ever-present—we do have woods and wild places—but none of them compare to the ocean’s challenges and gifts in my mind,” he said. Claybaugh was born in Wisconsin but moved to…

Student in front of computers in graphic design lab.

Graphic Design Emphasis

…he intends to take as many graphic design classes as he can. “Graphic design is used in everyday life — we see it every single day in the products that we use and the signs that we see,” Cline said. “I am an art major and business management minor —…

Pebble beach

Opponents file legal challenge to Racine’s bid to use water from Lake Michigan for Foxconn

Environmental groups filed a formal challenge on Friday with the Department of Natural Resources over the agency’s decision to allow the City of Racine to divert millions of gallons a day from Lake Michigan for technology giant Foxconn Technology Group and other users. The move once again thrusts southeastern Wisconsin…