Northland College student Liz Downey biked 1,287 miles through wind, rain, sleet and snow around Lake Superior in May—and earned six credits for her efforts, a fitting finale to her college career. Downey first circled Lake Superior in a van with sixteen classmates during May term her freshman and sophomore…
Northland College staff and students traveled to LaCrosse, Wisconsin to participate in the 2018 MOSES Organic Farming Conference, the largest event in the U.S. about organic and sustainable farming. The 28-year-old conference draws over 3,500 people from around the nation and across the globe, bringing together all kinds of people…
…few community actors who are joining us for this show,” Simon said. “We are excited to have them to represent the Ashland community as the students represent Northland College.” The play is free and open to the public. If students are interested in joining 4th Wall, or in potentially helping…
Mary L. Trettin of Ashland has been elected co-chair of the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Presidential Spouses and Partners Task Force. Trettin is married to Northland College President Michael A. Miller. Trettin will serve a one-year term from January 2017 to January 2018. CIC is the only national higher…
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…
…students working with Nick Robertson, assistant professor of chemistry from Northland College in Ashland, and Michael Carney, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, developed a method for turning used plastic into useful molecules for high-value products. Their work appears in the March issue of the prestigious journal Chemical…
The Urban History Association awarded Josiah Rector, Hulings Assistant Professor of US and Environmental History and Culture, the Michael Katz Award for Best Dissertation in Urban History. Rector, who began at Northland College this fall, wrote his dissertation “Accumulating Risk: Environmental Justice and the History of Capitalism in Detroit, 1880-2015,”…
