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Northland College alumnus Tiffany Kirsten stands with fellow activists along the border of Texas and Mexico

Birds and the Border Wall

…I heard there was a college five hours away that was entirely environmentally focused, I knew I had to go. Northland ended up being the only school I toured and the only school I applied to. I was so in love! My most memorable experience from my time at Northland

Marissa Olsen

Filmmaking to Impassion, Teach

…essential filmmaking skills while also discussing the ways film can influence people and shape their reactions to a particular film. At this year’s ninth annual Big Water Film Festival sneak preview held in Northland College’s Alvord Theatre, several films were previewed, including student shorts. Marissa and classmates presented short student-made…

Couple in front of a Christmas tree

Property Gift to Provide Scholarships

Alumni Carol and Don Buckman donate property for scholarship

…conservation easement on their Gull Lake property. In 2012, the Buckmans, now in their eighties, knew that they could no longer maintain two homes. They contacted Northland College and asked if the College would be interested in the Gull Lake property. “Northland was important to us,” Don and Carol said….

Alumnus Henry Fitzgibbon performs on stage at Northland College

Henry Fitzgibbon ’51 On Broadway

A Life in the Arts

…him to think about applying. None of his family had ever attended college and he hadn’t considered college as part of his future. Until that letter. “So, then and there, I started to put money into my savings account, with going to college the following year, a very strong possibility.”…

Northland College Athletics

New Men’s lacrosse coach to start Aug 1

New York native Justin Ross will begin August 1 as the next head men’s lacrosse coach at Northland College. For the last four years, Ross has coached the Monroe Community College (MCC) men’s lacrosse program, leading his team to a 38-20 record during his tenure, including one regional championship game….

Local Eggs

Moonlight Breakfast

December 9, 2024, 8:30 pm9:30 pm

Please join the campus community for a late-night meal in Baldwin Commons to prepare for finals week! Northland staff and faculty will be serving up some late-night breakfast and coffee to help get you ready for the week ahead. This event is free (no swipes!) to any current Northland student….

Portrait of Northland College student Travis Sherlin

Travis Sherlin: Healthy Addiction for Exploration

…suck the marrow out of life.” Travis would have liked to fit all six EcoLeague schools into his degree plan. He chose three: his home school Northland College; Prescott College in Arizona in 2014; and Dickinson College in Pennsylvania in 2015. “EcoLeague increases your course catalog by five hundred new…

Mary Trettin and Mike Miller, Northland College

President Miller Announces Retirement

Northland College President Michael A. Miller, 62, announced he will retire when his contract expires next year. His retirement will be effective June 30, 2018 “Serving as Northland’s 13th president for the past seven years has been an honor and goes down as my final and greatest professional accomplishment,” he…

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

their communities and help them reach their full potential. Ortman has made a life of educating and empowering young women. She majored in English and education and minored in history and German at Northland College. “It was at Northland that I not only learned an enormous amount academically, but I…