…her huskies. She needed help training and caring for the dogs. The students needed and wanted to learn about animals and outdoor recreation. Hudacheck contacted Stacy Craig, coordinator of applied learning, to discuss how to involve Northland students with her racing kennel. Craig piloted an internship in the fall and…
Citizen Science Northland College student Michaela Fisher led a monarch-tagging program this summer at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center (NGLVC). “The events featured plenty of opportunities for visitors to learn about ways they can help monarch populations,” Fisher said. During two Saturday afternoons in August and September, visitors used…
Northland College students Logan Lowery and Katie Nolan completed a four-part program with the Wisconsin Conservation Leadership Corp a program developed by the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation to develop future leaders in conservation. The program culminated with them proposing their resolution to support pollinator-friendly solar electricity awareness and production at the…
…been added as additional dorm room decor. However, not everything found inside mainstream retail stores and online dorm boutiques can speak for all. Lily Sevilla, a sustainable community development and sociology major with an environmental science minor at Wisconsin’s Northland College, has stylishly shown that vintage purchases can be cool…
…transportation to and from the mainland, job and education opportunities, law enforcement, and healthcare. . . . Brandon Hofstedt, the faculty director of the Center for Rural Communities at Northland College said, “the research side of what we’re doing is in it’s infancy, and we’re really trying to collect information…
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…
…Lakes Restoration Initiative, as well as creating a more stable, minimum level of funding. More than $2 billion has been spent cleaning up toxic hotspots along the Great Lakes over the last six years. A white paper produced by Northland College states stakeholders believe it needs a long-term funding commitment….
The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute will host its second annual Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference November 9-10. The Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference is a symposium for educators, including public librarians, teachers, child care providers, parents, and college students enrolled in fields related to education. Held…
On October 21, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act. Sigurd Olson, who attended Northland College from 1916-18, had a lifelong relationship with the Boundary Waters, celebrating his honeymoon there in 1921, guiding numerous trips on its waters, living and raising his family…
