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Farm images and embroidery tools

Northland Class Taking Art Project, Film to Minnesota

…—and morphs them into an embroidery canvas. The twelve images of Minnesota farms (including nearby Dancing Bears, Bakers’ Acres, and Dancing the Land) will become textile art through the individual contributions of hundreds of strangers. Collectively, over one month, individuals will embroider prints of the farm images using a needle…

The Penn family

My Northland Women

Three Generations of Penn Women

…went to concerts, was active with the Business Club, Sig Tau Little Sisters, and I was even voted the Oktoberfest Queen when I was a sophomore. I eventually met my LumberJack husband, Jack, and grew my Northland family. Bunny, Jack, and I were all very close. She too was active…

GLWC director Mic Isham on panel discussion at Northland College

Isham heads Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission

…dozen years on the GLIFWC Board of Commissioners and on the Voigt Intertribal Task Force. He coaches basketball, football, and baseball and founded the LCO Boys and Girls Club in 1995—something he considers one of his shining achievements. He’s watched those kids turn into police officers and professionals and continues…

Northland College Students at Apostle Island Ice Caves

Coolest School in the Midwest

Sierra Magazine Recognizes Northland for Sustainability Initiatives

Located at the tip of Wisconsin on the shore of Lake Superior, Northland College is literally one of the coolest schools in the nation. Now Sierra magazine, a publication of the Sierra Club, has named the College in a list of “cool schools,” for its commitment to the environment and…

Northland sign

Moore to Speak at 105th Commencement

…Great Tide Rising has been chosen as a “global read” by the Charter for Compassion Global Book Club. People around the world are invited to read the book—then come together virtually for a conversation on October 22, 2016. Northland College has also chosen Great Tide Rising for a One Campus,…

Northland College alum Kinsey Neal standing in Lake Superior

Be Bold, Be Radical, Be Respectful

Kinsey Neal '18 on Leadership and Pushing for Change

…should absolutely take advantage of that. There are so many different kinds of leadership, and at Northland, there is space for all of them to shine. It’s just as important to help underclassman find their way to the CSE as it is to start a club or join NCSA. You…

Immerse Yourselves

club, try out for a play at the Chequamegon Theatre Association, vote. Remember, too, that you are part of natural as well as human communities. Follow the twists and turns of Bay City Creek through the Ravine, go paddle boarding with a friend at Solstice Outdoors, go climbing at Bob…

Four Northland College students sit in a boat with survey equipment

The Life Aquatic of the Penokee Hills

Students Survey Fish Populations

Northland College senior Megan Mader inches a jon boat into the vegetation near shore at Galilee Lake, a shallow, 212-acre lake with a handful of cabins dotting the shoreline. Mader is conducting research on fish communities to learn more about the lakes of the Penokee Hills, located an hour southeast…

Where Sustainable Community Development Can Take You

Julie Fair & Adrian Diaz '16

…capstone work on the conflict in Northern Ireland. Intern for the Peace Corps on Northland’s campus to promote opportunities to NC students. Interned with Center for Victims of Torture in the Twin Cities and was a research assistant for the Center for Rural Communities. Adrian: Founded the Multicultural Club at…