…Miller. “It also allows us to fill the growing demand for advanced study in fields like outdoor education, freshwater science, climate change, and environmental communication.” The College is exploring different frameworks from micro-master certificate programs to a fifth year master’s model. A consultant will be working with faculty over the…
…leaders and volunteers that are putting on events and initiatives throughout the academic year. The program, in essence, will fill a gap that is not addressed by Environmental Council or Conserve-athon, hopefully improving the three tiers of sustainability for the entire campus community. The best part about ReFund: The exceptional…
…“President Bush signed the Great Lakes Compact in 2008 to protect this internationally significant resource as we enter a period of increasing global water tension,” Annin said. “The book is designed to help policymakers, advocates, industry, and the public understand one of the most complex and emotional environmental issues involving…
…environmental laws in the Kingdom. Her research addresses the genetic and demographic factors needed to plan appropriate recovery actions for small populations. In graduate school, she managed to get the endangered shorebird, the piping plover, listed as endangered in Canada and led recovery teams for the piping plover for over…
Jacob Wustner ’08, who majored in environmental studies at Northland, is taking his natural, organic beekeeping skills to a larger audience, teaching a popular online beekeeping course through Organic Life Guru. In Bee Keeping 101: Organic, Natural, Traditional, Wustner instructs on topics ranging from honey bee biology to caring for…
A recent study published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessments finds turtles are getting doses of heavy metals such as lead and copper. Matt Cooper is one of the co-authors of this study. He’s a research scientist at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin. Cooper joined us on Stateside to talk about…
…got interested in weather when she was in elementary school. A storm system went through southwestern Wisconsin, producing tornados. She remained glued to the TV, watching the local meteorologists report on the storm. When the tornado sirens went off, she wanted to rush outside, rather than go to the basement….
…been added as additional dorm room decor. However, not everything found inside mainstream retail stores and online dorm boutiques can speak for all. Lily Sevilla, a sustainable community development and sociology major with an environmental science minor at Wisconsin’s Northland College, has stylishly shown that vintage purchases can be cool…
Northland College has become the first educational institution in Wisconsin to be certified as an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, designed to marshal the strengths of educational campuses for the benefit of pollinators. “Northland College has a strong environmental ethic and mission that we’re advancing and honing every…
Representatives of industry, American Indian tribes, government and environmental groups took part in a water summit in northern Wisconsin over the weekend to discuss the future of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative under a new White House administration. Congress has invested around $2 billion in projects to clean up the…
