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Northland College alum Gabriela Boscio Santos canvassing for climate resiliency

Fighting for Climate Justice

Gabriela Boscio Santos '09

…a step further, enriching the lives of people who live there. Boscio Santos, who has been at this job for a year and a half, coordinates with Boston’s most vulnerable citizens—immigrants, low-income individuals, and people of color. “They are at the bottom of the list of people who get served,”…

Earth Day badge over night sky

Happy Birthday, Earth Day!

…was chosen as the event name. Not everyone cheered. The right-wing John Birch Society and anti-communists worked to undermine the event that they saw as an attempt to honor Communist leader Vladimir Lenin’s 100th birthday on the same date. “Subversive elements plan to make American children live in an environment…

Timber Wolf Alliance Coordinator Jordyn O'Gara

O’Gara ’18 Named Timber Wolf Alliance Coordinator

Wolf Awareness Week Events October 23, 25, 26

…what you can do to help wolves stay protected, and helping humans learn to live alongside them. Schedule of Events All events start at 7 p.m. at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Tuesday, October 23 Film: Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest Thursday, October 25 Panel Discussion: Wolf Management and…

Northland College Food Systems Manager Todd Rothe

Todd Rothe ’10 Says Farmers Need a Plan

…were for real. How do you manage and prioritize the gardens, the farmers, the high tunnel, food processing, the entrepreneurs using the kitchen, the development of an academic program, and the compost? The compost alone is a full-time puzzle. Lists. I love lists and live by them. If you visit…

Northland College Students at Apostle Island Ice Caves

Coolest School in the Midwest

Sierra Magazine Recognizes Northland for Sustainability Initiatives

…overall, fourteenth among undergraduate colleges, and first in Wisconsin. “Faculty, staff, and students live the College’s environmental mission every day, thinking about how our actions will advance sustainability in all forms—food, water, energy, stewardship, development, diversity, and social justice,” Grinnell said. Sierra annually evaluates schools on a broad range of…

Northland College students do radio interview in early 1960s with photographer and curator John Szarkowski

Changing the Way We See

Ashland native John Szarkowski showed America a new way to look at photographs.

…1954, he received his first Guggenheim Fellowship—to photograph what remained of the architecture of Louis Sullivan. This allowed him to live and work in Chicago, where he wrote The Idea of Louis Sullivan. Next in 1957 came his book, The Face of Minnesota, a pictorial representation of Minnesota’s one hundred…

WritersRead artwork

Writers to Share Their Encounters on Stage

With Northland Students, Staff, Faculty, and Alumni

Our lives are made up of encounters. Most are the everyday, unremarkable interactions making up a life. Other encounters are momentous, life-changing. Regional writers will share encounters large and small in the ninth annual Writers Read, this year’s theme being Encounters. At 7 p.m Friday, January 25 in the Alvord…

Northland alum Jim Quinn drives school bus for kids during the pandemic.

For the Kids

Jim Quinn '73 delivered homework and meals through the pandemic.