By Sean Devlin ’15 Northland College student Kaitlyn Windschitl was accepted into the McNair Scholar’s Program in November to fund her research project on the burbot (Lota lota), sometimes referred to a seelpout, lawyers, or even the poor man’s lobster. In May 2016 she will become the first member of…
Ida Meyer of cabbie’s Tap generous to the end By Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A former bar owner’s $200,000 gift to Northland College was secured one ten-cent beer at a time by students who met, mingled, and mated at the watering hole. “I might as well give it back…
Student Commencement Speaker Stephanie Muise Interviews 2015 Keynote Speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer Stephanie: When did you begin to have your interest in science? Botany? Robin: I think that I was born a botanist that the plants must have tapped me on the shoulder at an early age, because I cannot…
1. Anti-communist crusaders and the John Birch Society called foul on the proposed date for Earth Day—April 22, 1970—because, they discovered, it coincided with the 100th anniversary of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin’s birthday. As a result, some conservative public officials refused to sanction April 22 events. In truth, the…
Two centuries of urbanization and industrialization around the Great Lakes have often hinged on tension among those who’ve desired their extraordinary supplies of fresh water. The lakes and the surrounding watershed contain nearly one-fifth of the surface freshwater on earth, and currently about 40 million people in the United States…
Northland College researchers want to prepare Chequamegon Bay for the worst. In order to do so, first they need to better understand how the bay works. Four researchers will present their most recent findings to the community Tuesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. at the Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental…
The federal government has named Northland College in Ashland, Wis. as a partner in activating the next generation of conservation stewards. The new 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC), a national effort to place thousands of young people and veterans in conservation work, selected Northland College in December as one…
Jessica Dexter is a staff attorney focused on clean water litigation and policy issues at the Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest and has opened a new office for Environmental Law and Policy Center in Duluth, Minn. She is 2000 graduate of Northland College, where she studied environmental…
