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Big Band Ball

December 6, 2024, 6:00 pm9:00 pm

Come for dinner and dancing! The Ashland High School Jazz Band and the Northland College Communi-versity Jazz Band will play jazz standards and big band tunes. You can also participate in a silent raffle and help raise funds for the Ashland High School Music Department. It’s sure to be a…

City of Ashland Presents: Save Northland Party and Fundraiser

March 22, 2024, 4:00 pm10:00 pm

…run dry—whichever comes first. Let’s make memories and support Northland College! Admission Admission is just a $5 suggested donation at the door. Northland College staff, students, and faculty get in free! Proceeds go to Northland College. Live Music We’ll be showcasing a stellar lineup of bands, including the soulful sounds…

The Northland College Symphonic Band performs in the Alvord Theatre

Northland Mid-winter Music

February 25, 7:00 pm8:30 pm

Enjoy a night of music provided by the Northland College Symphonic Band, the Northland Community Choir, and Northland College Choir members who have put together several entertaining pieces, including Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, made famous by the Andrews Sisters, and Robert Washburn’s Kilimanjaro: An African Portrait. This event is free…

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49th Annual Folk Fest

Sustainability, Community, and Music The annual Folk Festival was originally organized by John Everatt, Tom Perry, Chuck Perry, and Pop Wagner (above) in 1968. They were students at Northland College at the time and little did they know that the event would continue for so long. Now organized by the…

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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…

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DNT: Wild discovery: American marten found again in the Apostle Islands

Northland College Prof Erik Olson a Key Researcher

American martens have been discovered on Manitou and Stockton islands in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore for the first time in more than 40 years, park officials say. An American marten was verified on Manitou Island in 2014 when a visitor took a photo of it running between his legs….

Professor Erica Hannickel sits at counter with glass of wine.

How Wine Shaped a Nation

Q&A WITH PROFESSOR ERICA HANNICKEL

…way to open a book about wine, my deeper questions were really about what has animated American wine culture since the 19th century. And I was surprised to find that it had so much to do with another deep natural-cum-cultural topic: Americans’ long love affair with “manifest destiny.” Q. Remind…

Northland College senior at powwow

Powwow to Spotlight Proclamation, New Dances

…day instead as an opportunity to celebrate Indigenous diversity and resiliency,” said Northland College Indigenous Cultures Center (ICC) Director Katrina Werchouski. The proclamation is just the beginning. The ICC, Native American Student Association (NASA), and other powwow organizers have added several new features this year designed to educate attendees about…

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TWA Responds to State Bill 602/AB712

Dear Sponsors of SB602/AB712, Members of the Committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry, and Members of the Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, As you know, SB602/AB712 proposes to discontinue funding for wolf management and to make it illegal for state law enforcement officers to enforce laws related…

President Miller helping at STAR camp

Community Outreach

From on-campus youth classes to cultural workshops to tribal educational fairs, the ICC staff provide community outreach throughout the region. We serve as a resource to students and indigenous groups. If you are interested in these or other outreach activities, click on contact us below. tabling at tribal educational fairs…