http://www.northland.eduFounded in 1892, Northland has distanced itself from the traditional collegiate academic routine since 1971, when it took the visionary step of blending an environmental focus with a liberal arts mission.Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=337 Northland College recently signed an agreement with the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest to strengthen ties between the College and the U.S. Forest Service. The Chequamegon-Nicolet Nati...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=337Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=338 Northland College student body elected freshman Liz White as its newest student member on the Board of Trustees. She will begin serving her two-year term in July. White hails from Po...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=338Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=339 Northland College Professor of Music Joel Glickman has been writing and playing music since before Richard Nixon was in office yet he only recently catalogued all...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=339Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=336Northland College has named Teege Mettille as its new director of admissions. Mettille currently serves as associate director of admissions at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. He will begin...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=336Thu, 2 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=335Northland College and local artists Victoria Dawes and Elisabeth Hume will debut their senior art exhibits in May. A public reception will be held on Thursday, May 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Washburn...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=335Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=333For generations, folk artists - known and unknown - have passed on songs about the lives of everyday people. In May, regional folk musicians, including Charlie Parr, Tom Draughon and Jack Klatt &a...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=333Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=334Rivers and streams in Ashland and Bayfield counties are flowing fast and full. The Chequamegon Bay on the south shore of Lake Superior has turned a ruddy brown as sediment rushes into the bay. The Che...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=334Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=332The words of wilderness advocates Aldo Leopold and Sigurd Olson still ring true among those fighting to conserve wild lands from development and other forces. The writings of Leopold and Olson explore...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=332Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=331A national publication for excellence in environmentally focused education named Northland College among top green schools this week. The Princeton Review listed Northland among 322 top environmental ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=331Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=330A photographic art exhibit by award-winning travel photographer, writer and teacher Jeff Rennicke is on display Northland College. The exhibit titled "With New Eyes" provides a fresh...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=330Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=329Northland College is postponing its free electronics recycling event due to inclement weather. The college is partnering with 5R Processors of Ladysmith to host an electronics recycling day, which wil...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=329Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=328People are adjusting to changes in society at a more rapid pace in an age where technological advances can connect people on opposite sides of the globe within seconds. Modern conveniences make it eas...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=328Tue, 9 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=326Northland College, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC) and Ashland High School hosted around 100 middle school students from 10 school districts as part of the second annual Science, Technol...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=326Mon, 8 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=327The Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra will perform the works of classical composers Johann Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn on Saturday, April 13. The concert, part of the Northland College Community...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=327Wed, 3 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=324Northland College marks the beginning of spring with several events highlighting music and the arts in April. An art exhibit, film festival and several concerts will be held on campus. The events, par...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=324Tue, 2 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=323Chequamegon Bay area musicians are encouraged to put pen to paper and bring their best verses to bear in a poetry competition hosted by Northland College. Northland College will hold a lyric writing c...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=323Mon, 1 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=322Northland College is partnering with 5R Processors of Ladysmith to host an electronics recycling day at Northland on Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Offered through the Northland College Co...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=322Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=321Angela Stroud, assistant professor of sociology and social justice at Northland College, is presenting research this week on how concealed handgun licensing may impact social sustainability. Stroud wi...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=321Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=320During April and May, the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute (SOEI) will hold a series of special events at Northland College marking the SOEI's 40th anniversary. The events will focus on three them...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=320Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=318Northland College and the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute (SOEI) will host a special guest speaker from one of the world's most renowned wild animal reserves. Donatus Gadiye is the senior park wa...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=318Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=319The Northland College Women's Golf team will compete in the Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) in the fall of 2013. Northland Director of Athletics Bill Wilson announced the addition of women's golf ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=319Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=317Self-discovery and justice are themes close to the heart of Briana Wallace. That much is evident in the Northland College senior's art display "Faceless," which is set to debut Monda...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=317Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=316The Northland College Native American Student Association will host the 39th Annual Northland College Spring Powwow on Saturday, March 23. Grand entries will begin at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Kendriga...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=316Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=315Northland College and community choirs will host its spring choral concert, "Birds, Bees and B Flats: Nature in Music," on Sunday, March 17. The performance, part of the Northland Co...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=315Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=314The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College will be awarding the Loon Preservation Committee as the recipient of the 2013 Sigurd T. Olson Loon Research Award. The committee submitted...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=314Fri, 8 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=313Many businesses have sought ways to achieve competitive advantages during the "great recession." New research by one of Northland College's business faculty members suggests specific...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=313Thu, 7 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=312Author Andrea Wulf will speak on how the attitudes of America's founding fathers toward nature influenced a budding nation. Wulf will speak at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 15, at the Presbyterian First Con...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=312Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=311Northland College has signed the Lake Superior Good Food Charter and the Superior Compact as it expands efforts to support a vibrant local foods system. The Lake Superior Good Food Charter promotes...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=311Fri, 1 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=310Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original Navajo code talkers from World War II, spoke before a crowd of around 1,000 people at Northland College on Friday, March 1. Nez was among the ori...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=310Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=309A conservation coalition released a plan this week detailing strategic priorities for natural resource management in the Chequamegon Bay region of the Lake Superior Watershed. The Chequamegon Bay Area...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=309Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=308The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute (SOEI) and the Bad River Watershed Association sponsored the second annual Penokee data discussion today at Northland College. Scientists convened to share env...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=308Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=307Northland College is involved is host to several events this week. • Tim Bristol, director for the Alaska office of Trout Unlimited, will offer a public lecture at the Sigurd Olson Environ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=307Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=306Wisconsin legislation to revise mining law and a potential open-pit iron mine in northern Wisconsin have inspired much discussion around the environment, economy, public health and values of state and...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=306Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=305Northland College will host several events as part of celebrations marking Indigenous Cultures Awareness Month in March. The events promote awareness and understanding of indigenous culture through th...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=305Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=304Northland College will host the concert "Stolen Moments" on Saturday, Feb. 23. The recital will showcase Professor of Music Joel Glickman and pianist JoniChapman at 7:30 p.m. in the ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=304Thu, 7 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=303Shannon Franks is a featured speaker in the Alumni Career Speaker series beginning next week at Northland College. Franks is a senior scientist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (N...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=303Wed, 6 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=302Northland College will join with activists around the world to take part in "One Billion Rising." The "One Billion Rising" campaign is part of "V-Day,&...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=302Tue, 5 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=301Northland College will host its annual "Milk And Cookies" concert on Tuesday, Feb. 12. The Northland College Winds will perform selections from kids' favorite films beginning at 7 p....http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=301Mon, 4 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=300Northland College Director of Athletics Bill Wilson announced today that Kim Falkenhagen has been named head volleyball coach of the Northland College LumberJills. "We are very pleased to ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=300Fri, 1 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=299Northland College will host an evening of diversity, discussion and music with the Kansas City music group Scratch Track. The acoustic alternative/blues/hip-hop duo will offer the presentation &qu...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=299Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=298In the Dexter Library at Northland College, a bramble of branches hangs suspended over a large, backlit drawing encased in a glass frame circled by stones. The drawing depicts images of aloon, deer, t...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=298Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=297Northland College will host the 7th Annual Wisconsin Local Food Summit next week Feb.1-2. The focus of the 2013 summit is "Common Ground: Everyone Eats!" The Wisconsin Local Food Net...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=297Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=296Northland College Director of Athletics Bill Wilson announced today that Jennifer Taft has been named the new LumberJacks and LumberJills Cross Country Coach. "We are very pleased to have ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=296Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=295Lee Merrill loves "the surface of things" without regard to the unknown mysteries that may underlie them. The Washburn poet who hails from the Deep South seeks to capture that essenc...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=295Mon, 7 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=294Students are settling back into their school routines after the holiday break, but it won't be business as usual for some Northland College students. Students from the Teacher Education Program at Nor...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=294Thu, 3 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=293Northland College President Dr. Michael A. Miller will present at a prestigious national higher education conference this week. The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) invited Miller to present on b...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=293Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=292Anne and Craig Wickman have a passion for wildlife. With the help of the Chequamegon Bay Area Partnership(CBAP), the Bayfield County couple put their passion to use with a special "pond proje...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=292Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=291Chantal Norrgard, assistant professor of Native American Studies at Northland College, will present her research on Ojibwe treaty rights before the 127th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Asso...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=291Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=290Northland College will host the 7th Annual Wisconsin Local Food Summit on Feb. 1-2. The focus of the 2013 summit is "Common Ground: Everyone Eats!" The Wisconsin Local Food Network (...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=290Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=289Northland College President Michael A. Miller raises a glass of champagne to toast December graduates during an event at his home on Tuesday, Dec. 11. Graduating students were then invited to share th...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=289Mon, 3 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=288Northland College students are putting their best brush forward in the annual student art exhibition and holiday art bazaar. A public reception for student artists will be held on Friday, Dec. 7 from ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=288Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=287The American Chemical Society (ACS) awarded a $50,000 grant to Northland College in support of Dr. Nick Robertson's plastics recycling research. Robertson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Northlan...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=287Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=286Northland College heralds in the holiday season with four concerts during the month of December. Seasonal performances from the Northland College Winds, Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra, Northland Colle...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=286Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=285LoonWatch, a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College, is accepting proposals for the 2013 Sigurd T. Olson Loon Research Award. The award is named for biologist Sigurd ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=285Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=284As Thanksgiving approaches, staff working for the Native American and Indigenous Culture Center (NAICC) at Northland College are grateful to see the center expanding opportunities and outreach to nati...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=284Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=283Author Philip Connors has been chosen as the 2012 winner of the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA). Connors will discuss his award-winning book "Fire Season: Field Notes From a Wild...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=283Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=282Northland College will host three concerts during the week of Oct. 28 - Nov. 3 that show the role music serves in society and people's lives. The Northland College Winds, Chequamegon Symphony Orchestr...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=282Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=281Scott Shrode has been named the new Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Northland College. Shrode most recently served as Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Church Relations at...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=281Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=280Adrian Wydeven, carnivore specialist in wildlife management for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, will discuss wolf management, ecology and history in an upcoming presentation at Northlan...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=280Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=278Dr. Tom Heberlein, an environmental sociologist, will discuss the results of his studies on attitudes towards wolves in the Midwest and Sweden at Northland College next week. The presentation, dubbed ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=278Fri, 5 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=279Northland College is witnessing an enrollment rebound this fall as it welcomes the largest number of first-time incoming students to campus since 2007. Northland's fall 2012 enrollment of first-time f...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=279Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=277A new art exhibit at Northland College puts area fine art printmakers in the spotlight. The display, dubbed "Printmakers North," will debut with an opening reception for the artists ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=277Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=276The state of public discourse may leave much to be desired in some local, state and federal governments. The desire for civil discourse is the topic of a presentation to be held at Northland College n...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=276Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=275Northland College Director of Athletics Bill Wilson announced today that the college will add men's and women's golf to its athletics program offerings in Fall 2013. "This is a very exciti...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=275Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=274Dr. Nick Robertson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Northland College, has received additional grant funding to support research on polymer-based biorenewable plastics. The Research Corporation fo...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=274Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=273Experts in birding, botany, mammals and more will lead community members in collecting a barrage of information on the region's diverse ecosystem this weekend, Sept. 21-22, during the Chequamegon Bay ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=273Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=272Marengo River Valley landowner Elmer Lippo wanted ponds on his 80-acre parcel because his nephew wanted ponds-for deer. Lippo also wanted ponds--for ducks, mostly--and to do the right thing because ra...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=272Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=271The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation recently awarded $10,000 to the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute (SOEI) at Northland College for the Chequamegon Bay Area Partnership (CBAP). The mone...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=271Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=270Patricia and Kent Shifferd, former Northland College professors, will speak on ways to pave the road to peace and more sustainable societies at Northland College. The two will speak beginning at 7 p.m...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=270Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=269U.S. News & World Report recognized Northland College within the top tier schools on their list of the "Best National Liberal Arts Colleges." The list comprises 251 liberal a...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=269Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=268A Northland College student has reported to campus staff that a fellow student sexually assaulted her over the weekend. The alleged assault is believed to have taken place late Friday evening. Northla...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=268Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=267When students grab a bite to eat in the Northland College cafeteria this fall, they'll likely be consuming more local foods. The increase in food that doesn't have to travel far to get to the dinner t...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=267Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=266LoonWatch, a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College, is partnering with the Clean Sweep program to "Get the Lead Out" of northern Wisconsin lakes. T...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=266Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=265Incoming students are getting to know Northland College, the great outdoors and the Chequamegon Bay area community during the 2012 Outdoor Orientation Program. The program, designed and led by student...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=265Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=264Members of the Chequamegon Bay Area Partnership (CBAP) guided Mary Willet, a staffer from the office of U.S. Representative Sean Duffy (R-Weston), on a tour of projects funded by the Great Lakes Resto...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=264Thu, 9 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=262Northland College recently finished construction of a new compost building on campus. The facility will be a focal piece of the college's commitment to sustainable operations by reducing waste on camp...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=262Thu, 2 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=261Members of the Chequamegon Bay Area Partnership (CBAP) have been working to ensure hopes for improved water quality in the Lake Superior Watershed don't go down the drain - literally. A drain funnelin...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=261Wed, 1 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=260Northland College Network Administrator Todd Pydo (left) assists Steve Bauder, Northwest Technical Manager with the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, as Bauder installs an emergency backup t...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=260Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=259The Northland College radio station, 97.7 WRNC-LPFM, is temporarily off the air. The noncommercial educational station typically broadcasts at 100 watts to the Ashland area. A lightning storm on Su...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=259Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=258Ashland County had just finished installing two aging culverts constructed with Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funding when heavy rains hit in May. The new culverts weathered the storm then...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=258Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=257Teammate Judy Larson pulls the pin for Marlene Parkhurst as she putts on Hole 9 of the Apostle Highlands Golf Course on Thursday, July 12, during the 2012 Northland College Scholarship Golf Classic. T...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=257Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=256Funded in part by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge worked this week on the second phase of a $44,000 restoration p...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=256Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=255Artist Ruth Lull sees the forest for the trees in her new exhibit "Retrospective" at Northland College. Lull, associate professor of art at Northland, showcases artwork inspired by t...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=255Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=254Teacher Rick Erickson lay on a bed of nails while student Oakley Doering uses a sledgehammer to break a cinder block on his chest on Wednesday, June 27. Erickson lay on a plank of nails and held one o...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=254Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=253One week after heavy rains hit the region, plumes of red clay are still visible in the Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior as seen in this aerial photograph taken Tuesday. The Chequamegon Bay Area Partne...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=253Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=251Michele Meyer has been appointed the new Vice President of Student Affairs and Institutional Sustainability at Northland College. Meyer previously served as Dean of Student Life for Northland. She wil...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=251Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=252The Chequamegon Bay Area Partnership is continuing work to clean up area beaches and protect public health through funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The Sigurd Olson Environmental I...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=252Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=250Northland College President Michael A. Miller has signed the United Nations Declaration on the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative in partnership with higher education leaders from across the g...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=250Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=249Fans of pie and conversation can have their fill of both at the next Pie and Politics gathering under the Big Top tent in Bayfield. Ben Hewitt, Vermont author and farmer, will deliver the keynote a...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=249Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=248Mark Peterson has been appointed executive director of Northland College's Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute (SOEI). Peterson most recently served as the vice president of the National Audubon Soci...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=248Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=247Piper Michael G. Pry leads the Northland College Commencement Procession from the Craig A. Ponzio Campus Center to the Kendrigan Gymnasium on Saturday, May 26, 2012. ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=247Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=246Stu Engen, newly-hired mens basketball coach at Northland, is leaving the college to pursue an athletic director position at a technical college in North Dakota. Engen joined Northland on April 23 aft...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=246Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=245Four residence halls at Northland College are undergoing improvements this summer. Northland College is investing $1 million to renovate four dorms on campus to enhance the living experience for stude...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=245Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=244Solange Guillaume, a Twin Cities pianist, lectured before students during a music class taught by Northland Music Instructor Joshua Clausen on Thursday, May 17. Guillaume visited Northland this week t...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=244Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=243More than 80 graduates will take part in Northland College's 101st Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 26. The event will be held outside the Kendrigan Gymnasium on the Northland College campus beg...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=243Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=242Northland College will unveil a forestry program this fall for students interested in pursuing a Natural Resources major. In the past, students have been able to choose between programs that focus on ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=242Wed, 2 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=241Folk music from the past and present will collide during the 45th Annual Ashland Folk Festival in May. Folk Fest will be held on the weekend of May 11-13 at Northland College. The event, another offer...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=241Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=240Northland College senior Emily Schlager will debut her exhibit entitled "Play With Your Food" in an art reception on May 4. The reception will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Mary Van Ever...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=240Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=239The Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP will feature local musician James Corbett on the next installment of "Studio Sessions" on Friday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. Corbett will...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=239Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=238Chief Arvol Looking Horse, chief and spiritual leader for the three nations of the Sioux tribe, will speak at Northland College on Monday, April 30. Chief Looking Horse will discuss his journeys and t...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=238Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=237Northland College Director of Athletics Bill Wilson has announced the hiring of Stu Engen as men's head basketball coach for the Northland LumberJacks. Engen will begin coaching at Northland College t...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=237Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=236Sigurd F. Olson once dubbed loon calls "the symbol of the lake country." In the coming weeks, birding enthusiasts will take to Wisconsin's northern lakes to observe the behavior and ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=236Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=235The Southern Graphics Council International Conference left a valuable imprint on printmaking art students at Northland College this spring. Northland students Mary Schaubschlager, Madeline Weibel and...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=235Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=234The Northland College Board of Trustees has appointed Bill Van Sant and David Bretting as the newest members of the board. Bretting and Van Sant will begin serving on the board in July. "T...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=234Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=232James Feldman, Ph.D., will explore the connection between humans and nature in the next Hulings lecture at Northland College on Monday, April 16. He will offer his presentation "Rewilding the...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=232Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=233Students taking art classes at Northland College organized a campus event on Wednesday, April 11, to raise awareness of genocide as they participate in the national One Million Bones project. Students...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=233Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=231The Northland College Winds and Northland College Jazz Band will present their spring concerts on Monday, April 16, and Tuesday, April 17, in the Alvord Theatre at Northland College. The Northland Col...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=231Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=230The Northland College radio station, 97.7 WRNC-LP, will feature local musician and Washburn native Marlin Ledin on the next segment of "Studio Sessions" on Friday, April 13, at 7:30 ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=230Mon, 9 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=229Northland College will host a film screening of the documentary "The People's Crisis: A Documentary About the Real Crisis in North Korea" on Thursday, April 12. The film will be show...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=229Thu, 5 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=228The Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra will perform an evening of Beethoven's music on Saturday, April 14. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Presbyterian-Congregational Church in Ashland. The e...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=228Wed, 4 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=226Lake Superior Elementary students in grades K-5 got their gloved-hands dirty at Northland College on Tuesday, April 3, including second grader Aryan Gary. Grade school students helped clean up the rav...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=226Wed, 4 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=227Northland College today awarded an honorary degree to Robert Olson, son of Sigurd F. Olson, at an Honors Day ceremony at Northland. Olson received the degree as a result of his contributions to public...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=227Tue, 3 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=225Pizza and public radio lovers can satisfy their appetites for both in an upcoming fundraiser for Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP. Northland radio will hold a pizza fundraiser on Monday, A...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=225Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=222Mary Schaubschlager, Northland College senior and local artist, will hold a public reception for her exhibit "Many Moving Parts" on Friday, April 13. The reception will be held at 5 ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=222Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=223Author and journalist William Powers will speak at Northland College about living "off the grid" in a 12 square foot cabin on Tuesday, April 3. The event will be held at 7 p.m. in th...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=223Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=224Northland College alumnus James Pete has been appointed the new director of the Native American Indigenous Cultures Center at Northland College. Pete has served as an adjunct faculty member for local ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=224Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=221Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP features two talented young women performing on the local music scene this Friday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. Local musicians Danielle Nepstad and Yazmin Bower...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=221Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=220Northwest Wisconsin educators convened today to launch a new consortium of regional educators called Northwest Wisconsin Educators for Regional Development or NorthWERD. Nine institutions in northwest...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=220Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=217Three finalists have been invited to campus by Northland College Director of Athletics Bill Wilson to interview for the position of Northland men's basketball head coach. The candidates include Bruce ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=217Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=219Northland College is partnering with the Superior Choice Credit Union in Ashland and 5R Processors of Ladysmith to host an electronics recycling day at Northland on Saturday, March 31, from 10 a.m. to...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=219Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=218Northland College today detailed its progress in three important areas of focus that enhance its financial, social, cultural and academic opportunities while also extending the College's long-standing...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=218Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=216Northland College and the Ashland Fire Department joined together to bring life-saving equipment to campus. Northland secured six automated external defibrillators (AEDs) with the assistance of the As...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=216Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=215Northland College is partnering with the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland to host Anishinaabe water walker Josephine Mandamin on Monday, March 26, at 7 p.m. Mandamin will speak at the vi...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=215Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=213The Northland College Choirs will present their spring concert on Thursday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alvord Theatre. The Northland College Choirs will perform with community women's choir the Acc...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=213Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=214The Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP will broadcast a radio special featuring stories from Ashland Middle School students on Thursday, March 22, at 5 p.m. Ashland Middle School collaborate...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=214Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=212Anita Burke, founder of The Catalyst Institute and former Shell Oil advisor, will speak about sustainability at Northland College on Tuesday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m. in the Sentry Room of the Sigurd Ol...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=212Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=211The Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP will feature local musician and Bayfield resident Bruce Burnside on the next installment of "Studio Sessions" on Friday, March 16, at...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=211Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=210Laura Corcoran, a visiting printmaker from the Twin Cities area, offered a demonstration of printmaking techniques to Northland College art students at the Mary Van Evera Visual Arts Center on Monday....http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=210Fri, 9 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=209Northland College junior Amber Mullen has won a first-place award for radio news coverage of local reaction to the Penn State sex abuse scandal from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System. Mullen rep...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=209Thu, 8 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=208The Northland College radio station, 97.7 WRNC-LP, will feature local musician and Washburn resident Bentley Brehm on the next segment of "Studio Sessions" on Friday, March 9, at 7:3...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=208Fri, 2 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=207Northland College will host several events as part of celebrations marking Indigenous Cultures Awareness Month in March. The events promote awareness and understanding of Native American culture throu...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=207Thu, 1 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=206Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP features local musicians Eric and Adam Doane of Hoff Stevens on the next installment of "Studio Sessions" on Friday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=206Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=205Cheryl Contant has been appointed Dean of Faculty and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Northland College. Contant, who has been working in System Academic Administration at the University of Minn...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=205Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=204Northland College Director of Athletics Bill Wilson announces the launch of the Varsity Club, a new athletics organization seeking members to provide support to the college's athletics programs. The V...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=204Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=203Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP examines sustainable agriculture and local food systems in the Chequamegon Bay area for February's installment of Ecotopia. Ecotopia is a monthly radio pro...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=203Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=201Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP features local musician and Bayfield resident Dan Clark on the next installment of "Studio Sessions" on Friday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. WRN...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=201Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=202Northland College Athletic Director Bill Wilson announced today that head men's basketball coach Rob Robinson is stepping down effective immediately. Coach Robinson began his coaching career at Nor...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=202Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=200Northland College is hosting several events the week of Feb. 26 to examine issues facing freshwater as part of its William P. Van Evera Endowed Lectureship series. The events will begin on Tuesday, Fe...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=200Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=199Dr. Nick Robertson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Northland College, has received a second year of funding to support research on polymer-based biorenewable plastics. The University of Minnesota...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=199Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=198Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP will unveil a new show featuring local musicians on Friday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m. WRNC Music Director and Northland student Jeremiah Cornehl hosts the radi...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=198Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=197Love is in the air and fun is all around for kids attending the Northland College Winds concert "Cartoons, Clowns and Merry-go-rounds" at 7 p.m. on Valentine's Day in the Alvord Thea...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=197Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=196ZuZu African Acrobats will visit Northland College on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 3 p.m. in the Kendrigan Gym as part of celebrating African American history and heritage during the month of February. The fiv...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=196Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=195Northland College is currently seeking re-accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission, a non-governmental regional accrediting agency. The commission will evaluate a self-study prepared by North...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=195Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=194More than 50 area residents turned out to hear presentations from state and local officials on the regulatory, scientific and cultural issues surrounding a proposed iron mine in northwestern Wisconsin...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=194Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=193Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP examines the relationship between mining and the environment in January's installment of Ecotopia. Ecotopia is a monthly radio program produced by WRNC tha...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=193Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=192Tim Osmar and Monica Zappa, competitive dog mushers, will visit Northland College to speak about the impact of an open pit mining proposal in Bristol Bay, Alaska, on Thursday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. in th...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=192Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=191Residents of northern Wisconsin will have the opportunity to learn about the proposed Penokee Hills and Gogebic Range iron ore mine from a variety of perspectives during Mining and the Environment Wee...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=191Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=190Is there an app for that? You bet. Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP can now be streamed from a variety of smart phones, including the iPhone, Droid and Blackberry. WRNC listeners and iPhon...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=190Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=189The next featured speaker in the Hulings Lecture series at Northland College takes on a topic near and dear to a school with a unique environmental mission. Dr. James Farrell looks at how college and ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=189Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=188Northland College recently named Robert Jackson to serve as the college's Vice President of Finance and Administration. Jackson has been serving as the college's Interim Vice President of Finance and ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=188Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=187Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC will air a series of radio specials on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve to celebrate the holiday season. On Christmas Eve, WRNC kicks off th...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=187Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=186Northland College is recognizing a Phillips, Wis., couple for their generous support of students, most recently through the creation of a new four-year scholarship. Debra and Robert Cervenka have been...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=186Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=184Solar panels, wind turbines and sustainable agriculture are a few examples of sustainability initiatives driven by the unique environmental mission of Northland College. Now the college is building o...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=184Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=185Northland alumna Michelle Chase has been appointed to be the college's Director of Alumni Relations. Chase will help foster relationships between the College and alumni, as well as the Northland Colle...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=185Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=183Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC examines how politics and policy play a role in water diversions from the Great Lakes with environmental journalist Peter Annin on the next episode of Ecotopi...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=183Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=182Northland College Assistant Director of Athletics and Head Women's Basketball Coach Bill Wilson has been named by President Michael A. Miller to be the college's Director of Athletics. Wilson succeed...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=182Wed, 7 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=181Hip-hop and spoken word artist Guante will speak about the influence of protest music on society this Friday, Dec. 9, at 4 p.m. in the Sentry Room of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northl...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=181Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=180The Northland College Winds will present an evening of songs and hymns for the Christmas season on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alvord Theatre at Northland College. The event, another offerin...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=180Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=179The Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra will hold its second concert of the season, "Music on the Water," on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alvord Theatre at Northland College. Th...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=179Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=178Northland College will feature the best talents of student and Chequamegon Bay area artists with two back-to-back events this holiday season. A reception will be held for a student art show on Thursda...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=178Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=177The Northland College Jazz Band will perform the informal, cabaret-style concert "Hot Tunes for a Chilly Night" on Friday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alvord Theatre at Northland Col...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=177Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=176Peter Annin, author of the "Great Lakes Water Wars" and veteran environmental journalist, will speak on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Alvord Theatre at Northland College. Annin ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=176Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=174LoonWatch, a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College, is accepting proposals for the 2012 Sigurd T. Olson Loon Research Award. The award is named for biologist Sigurd ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=174Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=175The American Composers Forum in St. Paul, Minn., recently awarded Joshua Clausen, Northland College Music Instructor, a $5,000 grant through the Jerome Fund for New Music. Clausen is one of four selec...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=175Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=173 Examples of Northland College's long-standing environmental mission can been seen all around the campus. The Dexter Library, for example, earned prestigious LEED Gold Certification, several solar co...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=173Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=172Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC examines how climate change may affect Northwoods forests, as well as ongoing efforts to protect freshwater on the next Ecotopia. Ecotopia is a monthly radio ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=172Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=171A Council on Indigenous Relations comprised of campus and community members convened for the first time on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Northland College. The meeting was part of an effort to form partnersh...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=171Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=169"The Untroubled Mind," a Northland College art exhibit, is inspired by a collection of lecture notesfrom American artist Agnes Martin. The display will feature student artwork that r...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=169Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=170The Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra will present "Haydn and Mozart: The Late Great Symphonies" on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Alvord Theatre at Northland College. The event,...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=170Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=168 Northland College staff, students, alumni, higher education colleagues from around the region and Ashland area residents attended the Inauguration of 13th Northland College President Michael A. Mill...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=168Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=167Two short films about the connection between hip-hop and immigrant communities will be screened Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute on the Northland College campu...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=167Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=166The public is encouraged to attend the inauguration of Michael A. Miller, 13th President of Northland College, on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Kendrigan Gymnasium on the Northla...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=166Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=165The Northland College Winds, in conjunction with the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, will present a concert of contemporary wind band music inspired by nature and the environment on Tuesday, Oct...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=165Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=164Northland College is one of 15 colleges highlighted by Smart Money, a Wall Street Journal magazine, for offering discounted tuition or other savings for financially strapped students. Through Northlan...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=164Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=163Northland College joined with 32 other leading higher educational institutions today to launch the Billion Dollar Green Challenge. The goal is to invest a cumulative total of one billion dollars in se...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=163Fri, 7 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=162Northland College radio station WRNC will begin airing a new monthly environmental program developed in collaboration with Northland College and the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center. The program wi...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=162Thu, 6 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=161Dr. Samuel Cocks, UW-La Crosse Assistant Professor of Philosophy, will speak about the study of meaningful experience with the natural world at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute on Thursday, Oc...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=161Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=160WRNC will broadcast interviews conducted with candidates running for mayor of Ashland on Monday, Oct. 3. Candidates Rollie Peterson, Wendy Kloiber, Dave Sorenson, Charles Ortman and Ashland Mayor Bill...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=160Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=158Planning is underway for the Inauguration of the 13th Northland College President Michael A. Miller. An Inaugural Lecture is among the events that have been scheduled as part of President Miller's Ina...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=158Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=159Five Northland College students will display their print artwork in the Print This! exhibit at the Mary Van Evera Visual Arts Center beginning Thursday, Sept. 29. A reception will be held from 4 to 6 ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=159Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=157Mike Link and Kate Crowley will share stories and research about their expedition walking around Lake Superior on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m., in the Alvord Theatre at Northland College. The event i...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=157Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=156Author John Vaillant has been chosen as the 2011 winner of the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award. Vaillant will discuss his award-winning book The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival at t...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=156Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=155In a prominent new survey, Northland College, Ashland, Wis., has been named one of the nation's best liberal arts colleges. The latest analysis by US News and World Report again lists Northland in th...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=155Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=154Individuals looking for volunteer opportunities can meet with community organizations at the 4th annual Northland Volunteer Fair, to be held from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Ponzio C...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=154Fri, 9 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=152Northland College radio station 97.7 WRNC-LP will broadcast a special program on Monday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The program chronicles memories...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=152Fri, 9 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=153Northland College faculty, staff and returning students welcomed the Class of 2015 today during its annual Welcome Convocation Ceremony. The incoming class includes 152 freshmen and 48 transfer studen...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=153Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=151Residents of the Chequamegon Bay area are welcome to participate in wellness workshops provided at Northland College. The school's Center for Wellness and Lifelong Learning offers co-curricular worksh...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=151Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=150Northland College is one of two schools in the nation to receive the highest score for sustainable education and research, according to data from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=150Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=148 Two new grants totaling close to one-half million dollars were awarded to Northland College by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for local and regional efforts to protect watersheds and...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=148Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=147 The Otto Bremer Foundation recently approved a $161,383 grant to Northland College for the development of partnerships and community programs with local and regional Native peoples through the estab...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=147Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=145Incoming students will get their first taste of life at Northland College when freshmen arrive for the school's Outdoor Orientation Program. The initiative, designed and led by students, aims to acqu...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=145Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=144Northland College has hired writer and radio news reporter Danielle Kaeding to manage its low-power community radio station, 97.7 WRNC FM. Formerly a reporter for the Ashland Daily Press and Wisconsin...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=144Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=142 Noted conservationist and environmental advocate Thomas D. Martin has been named Chair of the Northland College Board of Trustees. Martin, well known for his decades of conservation leadership, incl...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=142Wed, 6 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=140 Northland College donors are supporting students and special projects at the highest level in several years, raising more than $6.8 million in gifts during President Michael A. Miller’s fi...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=140Wed, 6 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=141 Northland College will host the 6th Annual Northland College Scholarship Golf Classic on Thursday, July 14. The event, to be held at the Chequamegon Bay Golf Club in Ashland, is an important annual ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=141Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=139 The public is invited to participate in the 16th annual World Peace and Prayer Day at Northland College on Tuesday, June 21, from 10-11:30 a.m. on the Northland College soccer field. Speakers at the...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=139Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=135 More than 130 graduates will be eligible to receive their diplomas at Northland College’s 100th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 28. The event will be held in the Kendrigan Gymnasium...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=135Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=134 The Northland College Board of Trustees recently recognized the achievements and contributions of two faculty members. Don Albrecht was promoted and awarded the title of Associate Professor of Art, ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=134Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=137 This summer, paddling enthusiasts and fans of Sigurd F. Olson will have a new destination to visit. “Wildness in the Soul: Sigurd Olson and the Canoe,” opens May 28 at the Wiscon...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=137Wed, 4 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=136 Ashland’s shorefront was once the hub of economic activity in the region, but much has changed since the days when timber, ore, and other resources were processed or shipped. Today, there...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=136Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=138 On Friday, April 8 Northland College President Michael A. Miller was joined by friends and family of Francis and Helen Hicks to formally establish the Francis and Helen Hicks Family Endowment Fund. ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=138Fri, 8 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=133More than 60 Northland College student artists will exhibit their artwork on April 14-21, 2011, at the Mary Van Evera Visual Art Center. Students will present work from a variety of media including ph...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=133Tue, 5 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=131 The Beehive Collective will visit Northland College April 11 - 12 for a series of public presentations and workshops related to mining and collaborative art-making. The Machias, Maine-based Beehive ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=131Tue, 5 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=132 Polar explorer and world-renown expedition guide Eric Larsen will speak at Northland College on Saturday, April 16 at 2:30 p.m., as part of the College’s Spring Visit Day. The event, to be...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=132Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=129 Northland College has named Katie Stumpf to a tenure track faculty appointment as an assistant professor of Biology and Natural Resources beginning Fall 2011. “I have wanted to teac...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=129Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=130 Northland College has named Northland alumna Sarah Johnson to a tenure track faculty appointment as an assistant professor of Biology and Natural Resources beginning Fall 2011. “Nor...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=130Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=126 Northland College has named Chantal Norrgard to a tenure track faculty appointment as an assistant professor of Native American Studies beginning Fall 2011. “I grew up only about an...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=126Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=127 Environmental philosopher and author Derrick Jensen will speak at United Presbyterian Congregational Church, located at 214 Vaughn Avenue in Ashland, on Monday, April 4 from 7-9 p.m. The event, spon...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=127Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=125 Extreme storm chaser, Discovery Channel personality and meteorologist Reed Timmer will visit Northland College on Saturday, March 26 to discuss his work on severe weather forecasting, safety and sur...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=125Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=124In a series of interviews conducted in January and February, more than 90 Northland College faculty and staff were surveyed concerning campus morale. The conversations also provided opportunities to d...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=124Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=123If you believe the conventional wisdom, students who enroll in a public college or university pay less than their counterparts at a private school. But in a reversal of that expectation, Northland Co...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=123Tue, 8 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=128 Northland College has named Tim Doyle to a tenure track faculty appointment as an assistant professor of Philosophy beginning Fall 2011. He transitions to the new appointment from his current role a...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=128Thu, 3 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=122 Northland College will host a screening of “Green Fire,” a new documentary exploring Aldo Leopold’s life in the context of American conservation and environmental histo...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=122Wed, 2 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=121 Northland College has named Luke Van Roekel to a tenure track faculty appointment as an assistant professor of Atmospheric Science beginning Fall 2011. “I've always been drawn to sm...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=121Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=118A memorial service for Ashland area friends of 2010 graduate Bjorn Norgaard will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, February 28, at Ashland's Good Shepard Lutheran Church. In addition, a funeral service wi...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=118Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=119 Dr. Michèle Geslin Small, professor of English and modern languages at Northland College, will present her final lecture as the A.D. and Mary Elizabeth Andersen Hulings Distinguished Chai...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=119Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=120 Northland College and Wilderness Inquiry are celebrating a new cooperative alliance that strengthens the outlook of environmental education. The agreement, signed at Wilderness Inquiry’s M...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=120Wed, 9 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=117 Students attending Northland College have a new way to pay for their education. The College recently joined more than 250 independent colleges around the country in partnering with SAGE Scholars Tui...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=117Tue, 1 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=115 The Northland College Winds invite children of all ages and their families to “Moving Along with the Music!” on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 7:00 p.m in the Alvord Theater. The annual chil...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=115Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=116 The public is invited to a special screening of the Academy Award-winning documentary “The Cove” with Associate Producer Charles Hambleton on Thursday, Jan. 27 at noon. The event...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=116Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=114 Paul Strong, forest supervisor for the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, will lead a discussion of issues surrounding water quality, climate change and forest health on Wednesday, Jan. 12. The ev...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=114Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=112 ASHLAND, Wis. - Northland College's curriculum and environmental commitment has once again earned national attention, this time by inclusion on a new list of green higher education leaders.&nbsp...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=112Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=110Editor, author, and professor Michael P. Nelson will give a public presentation at Northland College on Friday, November 19. The presentation, titled “Why It’s Wrong to Wreck the W...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=110Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=111Northland College alumna Andrea Cremer is the author of a young-adult fantasy novel that will be included on the New York Times Bestseller List. Her new book, Nightshade, traces the life of Calla, a d...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=111Fri, 5 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=113 ASHLAND, Wis. - High school students who write about history may find their future a little brighter with a $5,000 scholarship to Northland College. The scholarship is the newest enhancement in a jo...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=113Tue, 2 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=109Author and 2010 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA) winner Lyanda Luynn Haupt will give a public reading and presentation at Northland College on Thursday, Nov. 11. This free event will be he...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=109Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=108Northland College President Michael A. Miller and City of Ashland Mayor Bill Whalen today commemorated Arbor Day with a ceremonial tree planting along Ellis Avenue on the Northland Campus. Both the Co...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=108Fri, 8 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=107ASHLAND, Wis. - Northland College has received a third Environmental Protection Agency grant to fund restoration and outreach initiatives for the Lake Superior Binational Forum. The grant, made possib...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=107Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=103Northland College, acting on behalf of the Chequamegon Bay Area Partnership (CBAP), has been awarded a $251,414 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant to fund habitat restoration in the region. T...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=103Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=104Author and environmental historian Dr. Nancy Langston will speak in Ashland, Wis. on Thursday, October 7 and Friday, October 8 as part of the Van Evera Lecture series, a program of Northland College. ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=104Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=105Two Northland College faculty members have released “Near the Torii Gate: A Zen Journey in Photographs and Poetry.” The book, available in both hard and soft cover, is a collaborat...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=105Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=106LoonWatch, a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College, is accepting proposals for the 2011 Sigurd T. Olson Loon Research Award. The award is named for biologist Sigurd ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=106Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=102As part of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters’ Academy Evenings series of public discussions, author and anthropologist Larry Nesper will speak on Fulfilling the Promise of ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=102Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=101The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute (SOEI) at Northland College, working on behalf of the Chequamegon Bay Area Partnership (CBAP), has been awarded a $192,000 grant to conduct sanitary surveys on...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=101Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=100Northland College invites members of the Chequamegon Bay community to a panel presentation on the First Amendment on Thursday, Sept. 16. The presentation is in recognition of Constitution and Citizens...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=100Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=98Following an extensive and competitive national search, Rick J. Smith, an admissions professional with over 25 years of experience in higher education, today has accepted the position of Vice Presiden...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=98Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=99US News and World Report placed Northland College in the elite top tier of its 2011 Best National Liberal Arts Colleges list. The list, published annually since 1983, ranks colleges based on undergrad...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=99Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=97For the second time this month, Northland College has been recognized by a national publication for excellence in environmentally focused education. Both Sierra magazine and the Princeton Review recen...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=97Tue, 3 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=96ASHLAND, Wis. - Northland College, Ashland, WI, has received the highest score possible in a new survey of environmentally friendly colleges. The Princeton Review gathered information from 703 colleg...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=96Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=94The Dexter Library at Northland College has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The building, first op...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=94Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=93The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to waive civil penalties assessed to Northland College following a voluntary audit of the institution’s compliance with federal environme...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=93Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=92More than 130 graduates will receive their diplomas at Northland College’s 99th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 29. The event will be held in the Kendrigan Gymnasium on the Northland ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=92Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=91Friends of the Fields, a recently formed group consisting of Northland College and Ashland High School coaching staff, community members and Northland alumni, has announced the purchase of a new field...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=91Tue, 4 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=89 Every May, birding enthusiasts across the region celebrate one of Northern Wisconsin’s most iconic species, the Common Loon. Held annually during the first full week in May, Loon Appreciat...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=89Tue, 4 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=90Northland College has been recognized as one of the country’s most environmentally responsible colleges by The Princeton Review. The nationally known education services company selected Nort...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=90Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=86Interim President Jim Peterson has named a committee to facilitate the successful transition to the presidency of Michael A. Miller who begins his duties in July 2010. The committee, chaired by Marc ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=86Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=87As part of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters' Academy Evenings series of public discussions on issues that impact our state, distinguished crane conservationist George Archibald will...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=87Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=88The Northland College Art Department will host the spring Student Art Exhibition at the Mary Van Evera Visual Arts Center. The exhibition runs Friday, April 16 through Friday, April 23 and is free and...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=88Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=85The Northland College Board of Trustees has named Michael A. Miller, Dean of the College of Education at Minnesota State University, Mankato, as the next president of the college. The selection was an...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=85Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=84The Northland Chamber Singers and the Northland College Winds will perform their "Finale Double Bill"; concert on Tuesday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Northland College Alvord Theat...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=84Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=82The Northland College Dimensions program, in partnership with the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) is offering two sustainable building courses in May. Both workshops take place on Northlan...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=82Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=83Northland College has launched a new mobile version of its award-winning website. The mobile site, which can be accessed by navigating to www.northland.edu from any web-enabled mobile device such as a...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=83Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=78The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute of Northland College today announced that it has received a $3,000 grant from the Plum Creek Foundation to help fund technology upgrades for the Chequamegon Ba...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=78Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=81 ASHLAND,Wis. – Northland College has announced a new partnership with The ECHO, a northern Wisconsin-based newspaper, to sponsor a writing competition open to all Wisconsin high school stu...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=81Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=77Northland College, in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin (UW) Colleges, has announced an articulation agreement that will strengthen education opportunities for college students statewide. T...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=77Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=79Orders are now being accepted for the One-Arm Freedom, a revolutionary adaptive paddle that enables individuals with hand or arm impairments to paddle canoes with precision and without additional assi...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=79Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=76Printing Plus/Screen Line in Ashland, has begun selling a line of Northland College branded clothing, including t-shirts, polo shirts and caps. The clothing is available through their website, www.pri...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=76Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=80 Four finalists have been invited to campus by the 12-person Northland College Presidential Search Committee. The candidates were selected from a national pool of nearly 200 applicants. The finalists...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=80Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=75Noel-Leigh Cockney, a sophomore at Northland College, is heading to Vancouver, British Columbia for the Winter Olympics and he's going to do more than just watch. Cockney, an Inuit native of Canada, w...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=75Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=72The Arbor Day Foundation has honored Northland College as a Tree Campus USA college for its dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship. This is the second consecutive year ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=72Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=71Dr. Michèle Geslin Small, professor of English and Modern Languages at Northland College, will present her final lecture as the A.D. and Mary Elizabeth Andersen Hulings Distinguished Chair ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=71Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=74Northland College invites the public to attend the rededication of the Kendrigan Gym on Friday, Jan. 8 at approximately 7 p.m. Following the completion of women’s basketball home-opener, the...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=74Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=69Jean McIver Ollis, wife of former Northland College Trustee Marion C. McIver, has gifted the couple’s lake home to the College. Proceeds from the sale of the home will support a new scholars...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=69Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=68Eric C. Steinhart will be presenting a lecture titled "The Chameleon of Trawniki: How a Red Army Office Became a Holocaust Perpetrator and an American Citizen," on November 2, at 7:0...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=68Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=66 Author and sustainable farming advocate Michael Ableman will speak in Ashland on Thursday, November 12th 2009 at 7:00 p.m. as part of Northland College’s Van Evera Lecture Series. He will ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=66Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=64 Commonly known as the G.I. Bill, the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 has long provided the men and women of the United States armed forces with a variety of benefits, including finan...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=64Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=65 The Northland College Winds will perform “Music’s Connections,” a concert of British and American music, on Tuesday, October 27. The event will be held in the Alvord Th...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=65Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=62 The Chequamegon Bay Area Partnership (CBAP) is hosting a public meeting on Tuesday, October 27 at 4:00 p.m. at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, 29270 County Highway G, Ashland, WI. The meeti...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=62Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=63 The dedication ceremony for the Pam Troxell Memorial Sculpture took place on October 10, outside of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute. The dedication included stories of Troxell’s l...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=63Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=61 Open World leaders from Russia arrive in Wisconsin Saturday, October 10th for a week long program to promote mutual understanding between American and Russian civic leaders.  Northland Coll...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=61Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=60 On October 16 and 17, Ashland will host some of the region’s most influential thinkers on the role of nature in public education. Co-sponsored by Northland College and the Green Charter Sc...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=60Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=70 On October 16 and 17, Ashland will host some of the region’s most influential thinkers on the role of nature in public education. Co-sponsored by Northland College and the Green C...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=70Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=67The Chequamegon Bay Area Partnership, an organization of twelve local government, educational, conservation, and restoration groups, is preparing to apply for a large Great Lakes Restoration Initiativ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=67Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=59 Northland College has been listed first in the United States on Treehugger.com’s “10 Best College Environmental Programs in the US.”  Some other colleges on th...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=59Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=58 Northland’s fall 2009 semester classes officially begin at 5:00 pm, Tuesday, September 9.  New students began arriving on campus in mid-August, however, to participate in Outdoor ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=58Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=57 A Renewable Electricity certificate has been added to Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College's fall 2009 schedule. This certificate is available at WITC's Ashland campus, and provides an individual ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=57Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=55 The Northland College IT department plans to move all student email accounts to Microsoft Live@EDU before the beginning of the 2009-2010 academic year. The shift will provide students with more serv...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=55Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=56 Andrew East and Josh Smith, both seniors at Northland College in Ashland, Wisc. majoring in natural resources, are working as Sigurd Olson Loon Research Fellows in the Trout Lake watershed during th...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=56Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=54 A completely redesigned academic program at Northland College in Ashland, Wis. will better prepare students for the growing “green jobs” sector of the economy. Set to launch in t...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=54Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=53 The redesigned Northland College web site, www.northland.edu, has been honored with a Silver Medal by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). CASE is an international organizati...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=53Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=51 Rajat Panwar, Ph.D., has been named as the Chapple Family Chair in Business Ethics and Social Responsibility at Northland College. The duties of the Chapple Chair are to provide practical solutions ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=51Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=52 The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College is proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award. “American Buffalo” by Stephen Rin...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=52Thu, 4 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=50 Northland College and other members of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) will be participating in Wisconsin’s Private College Week, June 13-18. Eac...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=50Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=49 On June 6 the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute on the Northland College campus will host the Northern Native Plants Project’s annual native plant sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale, n...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=49Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=48 The Northland College Student Association (NCSA) has created a new student position, Director of Sustainability, to facilitate sustainability initiatives at Northland. The Director of Sustainability...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=48Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=46A noted educational leader and former president of Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn., today accepted the position of interim president of Northland College, Ashland, Wis. The Trustees of Nor...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=46Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=47 There was no shortage of sun on the roof of the Dexter Library Thursday as 13 Northland College students enrolled in Sustainable Living: Photovoltaics hoisted the first of 38 solar panels into place...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=47Tue, 5 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=45At the May meeting of the Northland College Board of Trustees, President Karen I. Halbersleben announced that she would not accept the contract extension recently offered by the Board.  Halbe...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=45Mon, 4 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=43 Every spring, people throughout North America honor one of our most charismatic wild birds during Loon Appreciation Week. Held the first full week in May, this celebration of the Common Loon is mark...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=43Mon, 4 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=44 With today’s landscape rife with opportunities to foster sustainable practices, many schools, businesses and even municipalities across the Midwest are leading the way. Each week a new sch...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=44Fri, 1 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=42 In a recent referendum, the student body at Northland College voted to double the fees they pay into the Renewable Energy Fund (REF) each semester. Each Northland student had previously paid $20 per...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=42Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=40 Award winning author and journalist Jerry Dennis will be leading a three-day writing workshop, titled "Untangling Lines: The Art of Writing with Jerry Dennis," at the newly renovat...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=40Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=41 The Northland College Ed-venture Program will be organizing two workshops for those interested in understanding the various aspects of photovoltaic (PV) arrays and how to assess the appropriateness ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=41Thu, 2 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=39 For most college students final projects involve a little research and a few long nights in the library, but for Cori Stanek, a senior at Northland College, things were a little bit more involved. F...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=39Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=38 The Northland College Student Art Show will be on display in the Mary Van Evera Visual Art Center (MVEVAC) from Friday, April 3 until Monday, April 13 and is open to the public free of charge. Over ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=38Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=36 In response to a growing demand for college graduates with expertise in environmentally-related fields, Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, has completely redesigned its academic program. With ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=36Fri, 6 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=34 The 2009 Empty Bowl Dinner, sponsored by the Northland College Ceramics Program and organized by the Moonbeam Consortium and Art League, will be hosted at St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Saturday, M...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=34Fri, 6 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=35 Vocal musicians from Northland College will perform "Music for a Sacred Space," a concert of religious music, on Friday, March 13. The event will be held at Our Lady of the Lake Ca...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=35Wed, 4 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=33The Northland College LumberJills Basketball team is the winner of the 2008-09 UMAC Women's Basketball Postseason Championship. The victory came March 1 in a 57–45 victory over Northwestern ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=33Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=32 The Northland College LumberJills will play in the UMAC Women's Basketball Postseason Tournament championship game at Kendrigan Gymnasium on the campus of Northland College at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=32Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=37 The Arbor Day Foundation has honored Northland College as a Tree Campus USA college for its dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship. Northland College is the first col...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=37Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=31 WRNC 97.7 FM, the Northland College community supported radio station, has become a Pacifica Network affiliate station, joining nearly 150 other independent radio stations around the nation and worl...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=31Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=30 Michèle Geslin Small, professor of English and modern languages at Northland College, will present a Hulings Lecture at 7 p.m., Thursday, February 19. The lecture, titled "Al-And...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=30Mon, 9 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=29 The Izaak Walton League of America has given the Great Lakes Committee Award to Phyllis Green, Superintendent of Isle Royale National Park, to recognize her work in establishing a “no ball...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=29Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=28 Northland College is taking another step to reduce its environmental impact by no longer offering trays in its cafeteria. In the fall semester, the College began Tray-less Tuesdays, an initiative th...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=28Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=27 During the fall semester, students enrolled in Environmental Studies 379 at Northland College did a lot more than sit behind a desk. The class, a mixed group of junior and senior students, worked wi...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=27Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=26 Northland College recently donated more than 200 gallons of latex paint to the Bay Area Paint Exchange. The paint, leftover from a variety of campus renovation and remodeling projects, is relatively...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=26Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=25H Windows of Ashland, Wis., recently provided Northland College with new energy efficient windows for the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at cost. The company donated the windows, charging only e...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=25Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=21 Wisconsin’s private colleges are stepping forward with a green initiative that has won the support of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Reso...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=21Thu, 6 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=20 Environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben will speak in Ashland on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 as part of Northland College's Van Evera Lecture Series. He will give a free public presentation a...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=20Mon, 3 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=18 International artist, teacher and lecturer Rolf Westphal is currently serving as an artist-in-residence at Northland College and will lead a group of students in an art performance on Thursday, Nove...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=18Mon, 3 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=19The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has named Northland College as one of the winners of its annual Campus Sustainability Leadership Award. The awards rec...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=19Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=8LoonWatch, a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College, is accepting proposals for the 2009 Sigurd T. Olson Loon Research Award. The award is named for biologist Sigurd ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=8Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=4Award-winning author to visit Northland Author and Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA) winner Karsten Heuer, will give a public reading and presentation at Northland College on Thursday, Octo...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=4Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=5The Music Department at Northland College has received a donation of more than 8,000 albums previously owned by 1979 alumnus Robert Travaglini. The collection features 3,768 compact discs and 4,669 vi...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=5Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=6 Former U.S. Forest Service chief and professor of global conservation at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Michael Dombeck will discuss the Lake Baikal region of Siberia-its land, waters, pe...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=6Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=7The Eco-Visionary Program (EVP) at Northland College has launched a new Web site for people interested in the environment. Visitors to the site can learn ways to be more eco-friendly, post stories abo...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=7Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=9The LoonWatch program at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute is seeking entries for the 11th annual Loon Appreciation Week poster contest. The contest is open to original photography of any loon ...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=9Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=10All visitors to campus please note there is currently one lane open on Highway 2 for westbound traffic, while all eastbound traffic is detoured south onto Beaser Avenue, and then east again onto 6th S...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=10Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=11The Timber Wolf Alliance (TWA), formerly a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, is moving to the North Lakeland Discovery Center in Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin. The North Lakeland Dis...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=11Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=12It's time to empty out your junk drawers and bring your dead batteries, spent ink cartridges, used cell phones and unwanted clothing to Northland College. Northland and Chartwells, the food se...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=12Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=13Northland College and College of DuPage (C.O.D.) in Glen Ellyn, Ill., have entered into an articulation agreement that will allow students to more easily transfer credits between the two institutions....http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=13Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=14By Jana Hollingsworth, Duluth News TribunePublished Sunday, May 18, 2008 (used with permission of Duluth News Tribune)ASHLAND - Step into almost any room at Northland College, and its mission as an en...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=14Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=15Jorge Conesa-Sevilla, associate professor of psychology at Northland College, recently received $1,000 from the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin C.D. Besadny Conservation Grant Program for hi...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=15Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=23Chartwells, a division of Compass Group North America and the food service provider at Northland College, has implemented a new policy that will significantly improve the welfare of hundreds of thousa...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=23Tue, 6 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=22Northland College has announced the use of a new environmentally-friendly cleaning program for all campus buildings. The new line of products and accessories is called Healthy High Performance Cleanin...http://www.northland.edu/news-current-news.htm.htm?id=22