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Northland College is a private, non-profit liberal arts college with a progressive focus on the environment and sustainability, located in Ashland, Wisconsin. Per the U.S. Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) and other federal regulations, Northland College discloses information about the College ranging from athletic, academic, financial aid, security, graduation rates,…

Northland College Diversity Coordinator Ruth deJesus teaches a session outdoors.

Diversity Every Day, All Day

Q&A with Ruth deJesus

Ruth de Jesus was hired last year as the first diversity and inclusion coordinator at Northland College. De Jesus has spent her adult life working with nonprofits, earned her master of divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and has served students of color and advancing equity in higher education. Buckles: What’s…

Northland College alum Audra (Jung) Willing installing solar panels on top of a roof.

Climbing roofs? No problem.

Audra (Jung) Willing '05 uses outdoor ed skills for solar design

After college, Audra (Jung) Willing ‘ 05 moved to Seattle to work for the National Outdoor Leadership School as a wilderness field instructor and later as a program supervisor for the mountaineering program. Without Northland, she says she would have likely lived a different life. “I didn’t even know what…

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Campus Safety works to promote and provide a safe living, learning, and working environment for the Northland community. Campus safety is provided by Securitas and is located on the second floor of Mead Hall. Services include: Provides 24 hour walking escort service Provides campus-wide security services Responds to all on-campus…

Straw bans? Composting buckets?

Wisconsin Campuses Adopt Dramatic 'Green' Changes

…enormous campus composter, which turns it into nutrient-rich fertilizer. Jenise Swartley, a Northland College senior from suburban Philadelphia who is majoring in Sustainable Community Development, one of the college’s top majors. She started a Food Recovery Network program to reduce food waste by sharing extra food not consumed with the…

Professor Joel Glickman conducts an orchestra.

Forty Years Conducting

…large ensembles. Glickman’s colorful addition to Northland’s music program has developed collaboration between students, faculty and alumni. Glickman directs three large ensembles including Jazz band, Chequamegon Symphony, and Northland Winds. These ensembles incorporate college students, Northland alumni and community members. “A combination of community and friends, the ensembles create bonding…

Group shot with Northland College President Michael Miller signing document alongside U.S. Forest Service

Historic Signing

U.S. Forest Service and Northland College sign historic property lease at Forest Lodge. The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and Northland College signed a historic property lease Monday allowing Northland College to operate and maintain Forest Lodge. Forest Lodge, located eight miles east of Cable, Wisconsin, is a unique 872-acre estate that…

Portrait of John Allen

Allen Named Philanthropist of the Year

…10 years as chair — credits Northland with helping launch his successful business career. “Unlike larger major universities, professors at Northland never quit on you—this is the foundation that allowed me to be successful in law school and which helps me in every transaction.” Allen has supported substantial College initiatives,…

Northland College student Hattie Hoffman plays guitar

In Pursuit of Biology, Music, & Environmental Justice

…parts of the Northland community. “Northland gives you everything you need to succeed in anything you want to do, and is one of the most supportive communities I have ever been in,” she said. Looking toward her future at Northland and onward, Hattie hopes to keep the future an open…