…watching Reed Timmer on TV made me think this is something that I have wanted to do my entire life,” said Romano. The next day he started researching meteorology programs and found Northland College. The third time was a charm. Northland College fit him well. He developed his own WRNC…
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…
…Kellie Pederson, Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Lake Superior Project Coordinator, National Marine Sanctuary Research in the Chequamegon Bay: • Steve Galarnue, Director of the Great Lakes Department of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources • Jay Glase, National Parks Service • Randy Lehr, Codirector of the Northland College…
The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute announced today that it has hired wolf biologist Adrian Wydeven to head its Timber Wolf Alliance program. “When it comes to understanding wolves, there is no one better qualified than Adrian,” said Mark Peterson, SOEI executive director. Wydeven retired from the Department of…
…Northland College last year to support freshwater research at Northland College and at the former estate of the Burke family, known as Forest Lodge. The Forest Service manages the Forest Lodge property, located on a headwater of the Mississippi River forty miles south of campus, in partnership with Northland College….
…The event was held Saturday, Jan. 30, at Northland College in Ashland. Judges Cynthia Belmont, professor of English at Northland College, Claire Duquette, former editor of the Ashland Daily Press, and Gina Kirsten, composition specialist at Northland College, selected 22 writers and poets to read their submissions in front of…
The dramatic shifts in weather in northern Wisconsin and around Lake Superior have inspired more than one career at Northland College. Wayne Feltz ’91 studied earth science at Northland College then went onto earn an MS in atmospheric science in 1994 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he worked as…
…Malcolm McLean Internship, and annual award given to a Northland College student in honor of the McLean Family. The late Malcolm Mclean was one of Northland’s longest-serving presidents and former CTI executive director. McLean was a strong advocate of CTI’s water program in Nicaragua, and personally led efforts to launch…
Northland College senior Megan Mader inches a jon boat into the vegetation near shore at Galilee Lake, a shallow, 212-acre lake with a handful of cabins dotting the shoreline. Mader is conducting research on fish communities to learn more about the lakes of the Penokee Hills, located an hour southeast…
Northland College is undoubtedly situated in the best place on Earth for student learning. Located in the midst of Lake Superior, the Apostle Islands, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, three tribal communities, a vibrant farming community, Northland researchers and students have access an unparalleled living laboratory. The College continues to take advantage…
