The first-ever team of Northland College eco-reps are on the job. They’ll be planning events, and boosting positivity, building community, and promoting individual sustainability. “We want to shift the environmental focus from depressing to fun and empowering,” said senior Ellie Zimmer, who studies biology. Their first event of the semester…
…him they have no voice. He promised himself as a child “if I can ever find my voice, I will be their voice and keep them from harm.” Rabinowitz’s love of animals drive his choice to become a zoologist. During his graduate studies he is given the chance to study…
…. truths that can encompass all.” Today, in the throes of our own Digital Revolution, the essential value of wild nature, and the wonder it inspires, continues to be affirmed. Richard Louv has demonstrated the sobering consequences of childhoods deficient in nature. Recent studies in the neurosciences have shown that…
…finds for her artwork in nature. She illustrated Bissonette’s North Woods Girl, and received a SONWA honorable mention for My Wilderness: An Alaskan Adventure. “That connection between nature and literature imparts to kids the role nature plays in our lives,” says McGehee. “The more you see, the more you understand….
…to place through education and the arts, and foster policy dialogues that provide leadership on the environmental issues of our times. As a preeminent environmental liberal arts college, Northland is well positioned to shepherd hands-on outdoor studies, research, and workshops here. Jason Maloney, the team leader overseeing the Forest Service’s…
…from an individual’s family and community; • a journey that often requires the individual to cross water or other thresholds; • trials and challenges that might be physical, emotional, or intellectual in nature; • and, when the individual is successful in meeting these trials, a return and reintegration with the…
…is discovering those “ordinary miracles” that surround us each day and cause us to be amazed. Class of 2017, your studies likely provided you opportunities to wonder in the classroom or outdoors. Think back. When was a moment you caught yourself silently exclaiming, “Wow!” That was wonder. Scientist Rachael Carson…
…into the chemistry lab bewildered. Four years later, they have all accepted offers to pursue graduate studies in chemistry. Jaynes and Klein will attend Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Corcoran will attend the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. And Hudson is headed to Colorado State University. “I’m losing a…
This guide offers an overview and links to some of the most important policies and rules related to student-athletes. However, it does not replace or supersede the official Northland College Handbook—which provides the complete text of all College policies—or actual UMAC, NCHA, WIAC and NCAA rules and regulations. This handbook…
