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Alec Drakenberg

Meet the Beast: Alec Z. Drachenberg

…A. “The Internet,” is the answer I have given innumerable times when the other students ask me how I even heard of Northland College. They wonder how a California dude heard of a tiny six-hundred-student college in Ashland, Wisconsin. I didn’t. I researched it on the Internet. During the summer…

Northland College students do radio interview in early 1960s with photographer and curator John Szarkowski

Changing the Way We See

Ashland native John Szarkowski showed America a new way to look at photographs.

…Looking at Photographs. In 1990, Szarkowski returned to Northland College to receive a doctor of humane letters. Szarkowski died July 7, 2007. He was 81 years old. PHOTO: Northland College students interview John Szarkowski (holding cigarette), for the Northland College radio program at the Ashland WATW radio station. Left to…

Northern lights

About Northland

Northland College is a private liberal arts college with a progressive focus on the environment and sustainability….

Teachers received education award

Teaching Alums Receive Educator Awards

Two former Northland College graduates who teach in the Lake Superior region have been named as recipients of the first annual statewide educator awards. Nicole Boettcher, who graduated from Northland College in 2010 and now teaches at Washburn Middle School, received the Early Career Educator Award, an award presented to…

Solar panels at ELLC residence hall

Planning for Carbon Neutrality by 2030

…the country taking bold steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at their institutions,” said Northland College Regional Sustainability Coordinator Nathan Engstrom. Northland College expects to have the energy study completed by fall. “The Geneva Climate Change Convention is a recognition that the world must transform itself in dramatic ways to…

Alumni standing at bowling alley

MACNC Noise: Of Jacks and Quacks

…MACNC) latest event in an occasional series of gatherings over the past few decades. And the first foray into the world of “kegling.” Look it up; those who studied bowling at Northland already know. Teams were loosely composed of Northlanders whose graduating classes spanned the administrations of Northland presidents from…

SONWA Winners 2017

Honeybees and a trailblazing scientist top the 2017 SONWA book awards

…who attended Northland College and is the namesake of the College’s environmental institute, by recognizing and encouraging contemporary writers who seek to carry on his tradition of nature writing. In addition to identifying winners in each category, the SONWA reading committees select a book for honorable mention and a selection…

Katie Musick at the mountains

Reflections of a College Hopper

…post-nominal title is still a combination of a BA and BS, that stack is four hats high: a large state school in a mountainous college town, a mid-sized private school in a large metropolis, online courses taken in the comfort of my own home, and Northland College on the shore…

Forest Lodge Boathouse

Student projects save USFS $100,000, receive recognition

…had way back in 1999,” he said. Maloney pointed to the College’s unique credo when describing this natural partnership; the school challenges students, faculty, and staff to lead on a high path to a better future. Northland College President Michael A. Miller also noted the special nature of the partnership….

Graduates skating to commencement

Princeton Review Names Northland Top Green College


Northland College is one of the 361 environmentally responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review. The education services company known for its test prep and tutoring services, books, and college rankings features Northland College in the 2016 edition of The Princeton Review Guide to 361 Green Colleges. “Northland College isn’t…