Northland College sophomores Hal Welch and Patrick Shea departed Friday, April 28 on a 34-day, 1,800-mile bike trip from Ashland to New Orleans. As part of their May term semester, they will be biking along the Mississippi incorporating observations, interviews, and photographs of the people who live along the route….
…true facility with written language. I fully realized the corner I had turned when Andrea Wulf, author of Founding Gardeners, visited Northland last year. We were chatting with some students and she said, “A day spent writing is always a good day.” As much as I love teaching, I couldn’t…
Some 109 middle school students from northern Wisconsin school attended a STEM Career Day at Northland College and Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Monday, April 3. Six sessions were held regarding geology, renewable energy, bats, forestry, plastics, and in the session pictured above, Northland College Assistant Professor of Biology Alissa Hulstrand…
…from other parts of the Midwest where water flows toward the Mississippi River. Only nobody noticed until now. Pleasant Prairie, a fast-developing community just north of the Illinois border, started with a daily limit of 3.2 million gallons when regional leaders approved the Great Lakes Water Compact in 2008. Two…
…developed and facilitated a three-day residential outdoor education program onsite at Forest Lodge. This collaborative effort is noteworthy as the first time young people have been hosted on the property to connect to the resource, reflect on the conservation legacy on site, and learn about nature through personal experience. With…
…our alumni. However, every day we must remind ourselves of the power that has been given to us through receiving a high quality liberal arts and sciences education, and never forget to pay it forward and pave the way for others. Max Metz graduated from Northland in 2010 with a…
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…days it has been exceptionally mellow. I’m on the lake’s northeast shore exploring Ontario’s 725-square-mile Pukaskwa National Park, hiking empty backcountry trails, eating smoked trout on sand beaches backed by wave-sculpted granite, and camping at Hattie Cove Campground. Tonight’s electrical storm came out of nowhere. To read entire article at…
…Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation were featured in the December 19 episode of AquaKids, which aired on eighty networks around the world. AquaKids is an award-winning nonprofit K-12 program that educates young people about ecology, wildlife, science, and how it all relates. The episode can now be viewed here online….
