…years of statehood. In 1958, he returned to Ashland, where he taught American Literature at Northland College, filling in for English Professor Lydia Peterson, says Northland College historian Don Chase ‘62, who sat in on that class as a student. In 1962, when Szarkowski was offered the position of director…
…the site of a long stretch of singing sand, Assistant Professor of Biology and Natural Resources Sarah Johnson (NC class of 2002) and three students measure elevation, dune health, and juniper statistics like width, height, sex, and mortality. The National Park Service has contracted with Northland College to monitor dune…
…Boundary Waters. A friend encouraged me to take Drawing 101. That class changed my life. Paul Hubinsky, head of the art department, became a mentor and friend. I took an art minor, an untraditional but profoundly fulfilling choice. After graduation, I worked for several federal agencies, finished grad school, and…
…that I felt wanted me there. At Northland, I realized that I was able to combine my passion for the environment with my interest in higher level mathematics and sciences when taking an Environmental Monitoring class, which introduced me to the field of remote sensing and GIS. This allowed me…
…impacts of industrial food production, and came to see wild foods as a sustainable alternative to big agriculture,” he said. Lloyd names people who influenced his wild food passion. The first: Jim Meeker, a professor of natural resources, now deceased. “I took every class Jim had to offer and admired…
…What classes did you take? I took five classes during my semester there: Spoken Japanese, Reading/Writing in Japanese, Japanese Buddhist Art History, Ethics: East and West, and Japanese Buddhism (Zen, Shingonshu, Jodo-shu, Jodo-shinshu, Nichiren-shu, etc.) What were your days like? I lived in a seminar house, where international students lived…
…As a teenager I tell people that in my ninth grade class the majority of the girls became mothers in the ninth grade. And I’m certain that because I was fishing, I was not kissing [chuckles]. I look back over that period of time again when I was connected to…
By Linda J. Mack, trustee Wheeler Hall’s solid—even stolid—exterior speaks to its status as the oldest building on campus, Northland’s “Old Main.” But when I stepped inside, I found a fresh feel and unexpected layout with a central atrium on each floor acting as welcome social space for classrooms and…
