In a July 27, 2016, talk hosted by the Lafayette County 4-H club, recorded for Wisconsin Public Television’s University Place, Tom Fitz, associate professor of geology, delved into how the Penokees—“some of the oldest rocks in Wisconsin”—took shape. He explored the processes that formed the complex layers of rock making…
Gun sales usually spike following mass shootings like the one in an Orlando, Florida, nightclub last weekend. A northern Wisconsin professor warns arming ourselves might not be the answer, but some gun rights advocates say people should be able to defend themselves. Angela Stroud, assistant professor of sociology and social…
…7 p.m. Wisconsin conservationist Aldo Leopold recognized that America’s national parks were too small to maintain self-sustaining populations of wolves, a concept underscored by the impending extinction of the protected wolf population in Isle Royale National Park, Peterson said. “The singular contribution of national parks has been in science, where…
By Marie Orttenburger, Great Lakes Echo November’s presidential election is a harbinger of big change for federal programs like the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a multi-milliondollar program that addresses a multitude of Great Lakes problems. Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, convened an expert panel recently to discuss the future of…
…time. The Delta Zetas were hosting a statewide gathering and invited the new Northland College Iota Chi chapter. And, so, all the women—included Fisher and another African American student, Alberta “Bert” Kennedy ’72, piled into three cars and drove to St. Norbert College near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Fisher most remembers…
By Danielle Kaeding, WPR News Colleges and community groups in Northwestern Wisconsin are exploring new ways to create a more-sustainable economy and build the region’s wealth. About 14 percent of residents in Ashland and Bayfield counties are living in poverty, according to most recent figures from the U.S. Census Bureau….
HAYWARD, Wis.— In an effort to train more Native American teachers in northwestern Wisconsin, the Northland College Educator Preparation Program has partnered with Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCOOCC) to offer a four-year degree completion program. “The need for Native American teachers in the classroom is talked about in…
President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan will be in Wisconsin this Thursday for the groundbreaking of the $10 billion Foxconn plant. The Taiwanese electronics company has promised thousands of jobs in Racine County and in return has been offered $4.5 billion in tax incentives. The plant will also require…
