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Wisconsin’s Disappearing Forest

Prof Sarah Johnson researches the botanical realities of deer browse

…buried meristems, just as mowed grass in a lawn does. Forests are essentially a four-layer cake of ground flora, shrubs and saplings, subcanopy (younger trees), and canopy. And yet in this random but fairly typical northern forest, we’re missing diversity in the ground flora, shrubs, saplings, and subcanopy – three…

Northland College student Isa Meyer works with a display in the Native American Museum

Native American Studies

…the social, economic and environmental situations related to the everyday lives of Native communities today. Graduates will be well prepared for work in tribal government and related businesses, careers in living history centers and museums, outdoor recreation and interpretation programs, social-service agencies, and advanced academic work in native culture studies….

Mathematical Sciences

Inherent in music and art, philosophy and logic, and the social and natural sciences, mathematics is at the core of a liberal arts education. At Northland, you will explore the relationships between mathematics and these other disciplines, while also working collaboratively with the mathematics faculty to develop comprehensive skills in…

Gender and Women’s Studies

This is your chance to explore the significance of gender—as well as other categories of identity—in social structures around the world. Gender and women’s studies at Northland is distinguished by its interdisciplinary nature. You will be taking courses in biology, philosophy, history, religion, sociology, sustainable community development, and outdoor education—all…

Where Sustainable Community Development Can Take You

Julie Fair & Adrian Diaz '16

Hometown: Maple Grove, Minnesota (Julia) and Waukegan, Illinois (Adrian) Current location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Major/Emphasis: Sustainable Community Development and Sociology ’16 (both of them) Experience/Internships while at Northland College: Both: Wendy and Malcolm McLean Intern at Compatible Technology International Julia: HECUA participant (NC’s first for many years) to Northern Ireland. Completed…

Northland College starry night

Paleoclimatology Lecture with Cait Livsey

March 29, 2023, 7:00 pm8:30 pm

Join the Skywatchers Club for a paleoclimate lecture given by Cait Livsey! If you’re interested in a career in paleoclimatology, or are just curious about it, you’ll want to be there. This event is open to current Northland College students, faculty, and staff….

American Kestrels in Northern Wisconsin

January 30, 7:00 pm8:00 pm

American kestrels are amazing critters with wings. In this public lecture, Associate Professor of Natural Resources Erik Olson will introduce local efforts to conserve and monitor kestrels. He will also explore how his recent research findings have shed new light on this falcon that he has been fascinated by since…

Northland College student working as meteorologist.

National Weather Service Skywarn Spotter Class

April 19, 2023, 6:30 pm8:30 pm

Join the Skywatchers Club to learn more about what happens in the clouds above us! This two-hour lecture given by the National Weather Service will teach people about severe weather and the disasters that come with them. After this lecture, you will be a certified Storm Spotter! Anyone is free…

George Washington of Virginia presides over the Federal Convention of 1787 as delegates sign the U.S. Constitution at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. A number of the delegates, like Washington, either served in the Continental Congress or fought the British during the American Revolution.

Constitution Day Talk

September 18, 2023, 1:00 pm2:20 pm

As part of the class HIS 325: Nature and Nation, Professor Erica Hannickel will give a lecture on the early national naturalist William Bartram, his connections to the founding fathers, and how some of his observations of the Creek and Cherokee people and their government styles in the southeastern United…

Water Summit

…a frank and robust conversation about the program’s future. The White Paper The result is a White Paper, designed to provide the presidential transition teams context and analysis about the future of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. PDF of White Paper is available here. Resources Participant Biographies Great Lakes Restoration…