Elizabeth Alexson’s self-directed student research positions with the Northland College Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation fast-tracked her from graduating Northland College in 2013 to graduate studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD), where she is currently pursuing her master’s degree in water resources science. While at Northland,…
…– and even a backwards Hamlet. Director Laura Loucks, a Northland College junior majoring in sustainable community development says the drama club had been inactive for some time, but was reinstated last year and now has a core group of committed students. Loucks said in a college community where science…
Northland College announced today for Earth Day their choices for the best in nature writing this past year. Three authors have been selected to receive the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA) for adult, young adult, and children’s literature. Established in 1991, the SONWA honors the literary legacy of…
More time in the classroom The Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education recently awarded Northland College a Model of Excellence Award for its clinical residency program. Director of Teacher Education Annette Nelson accepted the award last month at the national conference held in Atlanta, Georgia. She presented…
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…
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…
…trip on the Montreal River in eastern Wisconsin,” senior Bronte Goodspeed told the magazine. “I texted my professor about it beforehand and she asked if she could come.” Last year, College Magazine named Northland College one of the Top 10 Colleges for Outdoor Enthusiasts. 2016 Outdoor Orientation Lake Superior trip…
A love for learning and Lake Superior is what lured graduating senior Megan McPeak to Northland College—and may someday bring her back. “I knew this was my time to be here—in my favorite place in the world—and to really focus on learning,” McPeak explained. Focused indeed. She double-majored in math…
…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…
…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….
