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Student vs. Staff and Faculty Basketball Game

March 15, 12:00 pm4:00 pm

…game—it’s a community event for everyone to enjoy! Whether you’re a student, faculty member, or staff member, this is your chance to showcase your skills or just have some fun on the court. The game will be packed with plenty of excitement, high-flying action, and, of course, good-natured trash talk….

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2024 Annual Northland College Golf Classic

July 25, 2024

…Classic Help us ensure this year’s Golf Classic is a success! Businesses and individuals can choose from several different sponsorship levels. Sponsor the Golf Classic When Thursday, July 25, 2024 8:30 a.m. Registration Opens 10 a.m. Shotgun Start Where Chequamegon Bay Golf Club 3000 Golf Course Road Ashland, WI 54806…

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Fruit Tree Pruning 101 with Claire Hintz

March 16, 10:00 am4:00 pm

…pruning, and then students will learn to prune on some of the hundreds of fruit trees at her farm. Pre-registration is required, and a course fee of $15 can be paid at the beginning of the class. Participants should dress warmly and wear boots. Class size is limited, so register…

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Back from the Brink of Extinction

Mexican Wolf Reintroduction and Recovery

…months following release. Many released wolves died or were removed for behavioral reasons; in fact, only about thirty percent of Mexican wolves from captivity have successfully produced pups in the wild. Also, the Mexican wolf reintroduction area was not in a large national park or wilderness system, but rather on…

Northland College alum Kayte Meola in warrior pose on mountain top.

Empowering Women in Developing Countries

Shout Louder, Try Harder, Never Give Up

Kayte Meola ‘90 is a sociologist, researcher, and educator focused on gender, agriculture, and natural resource management in international development. At Northland, she studied outdoor education with a focus on naturalist studies, then worked as a forest ranger, raft guide, wilderness and international community service trip leader, and environmental educator….

Northland College alum Audra (Jung) Willing installing solar panels on top of a roof.

Climbing roofs? No problem.

Audra (Jung) Willing '05 uses outdoor ed skills for solar design

After college, Audra (Jung) Willing ‘ 05 moved to Seattle to work for the National Outdoor Leadership School as a wilderness field instructor and later as a program supervisor for the mountaineering program. Without Northland, she says she would have likely lived a different life. “I didn’t even know what…

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Alumnus Karl ’04 oversees outdoor therapeutic program

Healing Through a Lense

…had taught me many things,” Karl said, “but chief among them was the realization that transformative wilderness experiences are something that should be accessible to everyone—not just those with the personal skills or resources to do so.” Millions of people have seen the kids’ photographs on display in galleries, stadiums,…