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Student Life, that's the living and learning that takes place outside of the classroom and it's a big part of your college experience. It includes where you live, how you make connections, and that hard-to-define essence, or culture that separates Northland from other colleges. Northland College has its own ambience. We chalk it up to the presence of Lake Superior and northern forests, the friendly attitude of your professors and peers, and the companionship you feel when people call you by name. The Northland "style" takes on the spirit and character of each one of us, which strengthens our community. It takes a whole community to graduate a student. You might be thinking, "What kind of student chooses Northland?" Well, all kinds. We have athletes and academics and activists (sometimes in the same person). Explore all the dimensions of what it means to be a Northland student by browsing through our guides and services.

Michele Meyer
Dean of Student Life

Event Calendar
April 2013
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'Facing Climate Catastrophe with Hope: Rediscovering the Olson Way' - SOEI 40th Anniversary Event
Apr 4, 2013
7:00 pm @ Alvord Theathre - Ponzio Campus Center

'Facing Climate Catastrophe with Hope: Rediscovering the Olson Way' - SOEI 40th Anniversary Event

Apr 4, 2013

Location Information
7:00 pm @ Alvord Theathre - Ponzio Campus Center

April 4, 7 - 9 p.m. | Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater

7 p.m. - Welcome from Mark Peterson, Executive Director, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute

7:15-8:15 p.m. - "Facing Climate Catastrophe with Hope: Rediscovering the Olson Way" by David Backes, Professor of Mass Communications at UW-Milwaukee and author of A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson

8:15-8:30 p.m. - Break with refreshments

8:30-9 p.m. - Filmmaker Peter Olsen will share clips and stories from his newest documentary project, "The Singing Wilderness; The Life of Sigurd F. Olson

April 5, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater

Wilderness Expeditions - Trip Reports from around North America
*8-8:50 a.m. - "Pam's Journey to the Arctic Ocean and Beyond" by John Olson- John has been an active lifetime paddler and wildlife biologist for 37 years with the WI DNR .
*9-9:50 a.m. - "One Man, One Canoe, Two Countries" by Dave R. Doering- Dave is an independent film maker, owner of "Sun Ridge Moving Pictures" and Bayfield Public School Teacher.
*10-10:50 a.m. - "Baffin Island 2007: Exploring The Frontlines of Climate Change" by Elizabeth K. Andre- Elizabeth is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Education and Outdoor Education at Northland College.
*11-11:50 a.m. - "Ideas of the North" by Conor Mihell- Conor is an editor-at-large with Canoe and Kayak magazine and an award-winning environmental and adventure travel journalist based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
12-12:50 p.m. - Lunch on your own
1-1:50 p.m. - "Traversing the Brooks Range by Canoe: Haul Road to the Chukchi Sea" by Geoffrey Smith-Geoffrey is an Aquatic Ecologist for Voyageurs National Park and has worked for the National Park Service for over 30 years.
2-2:50 p.m. - "Pikes Portage: East onto the Barrens from Great Slave Lake with lessons from Sigurd Olson" by Bob Henderson- Bob is the author of Every Trail has a Story: Heritage Travel in Canada and the long time editor of Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education. He has taught outdoor education at McMaster University and now Brock University for over 30 years.
*3-3:25 p.m. - "The Voyageur's Highway: A Journey in Five Parts" by Ted Gostomski. Ted is a biologist, writer and hivernant whose internal compass points North.
3:30-3:55 p.m. - "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: America's Last Wilderness" by Laurel Ipsen. Laurel is a freshman at Northland College studying Outdoor Education. She hails from Duluth, MN.
4-4:25 p.m. - "Life is Better There" by Will "John Wayne" Krift. Will grew up hiking trails north of The Smoky Mountains National Park and is a student at Northland College. He spent 4 months last summer hiking the Appalachian Trail.
All events have been coordinated and supported by the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute and the A.D. & Mary Elizabeth Andersen Hulings Distinguished Chair in the Humanities.

Contact Information

Jean Ayers
SOEI
715-682-1264
jayers@northland.edu

'The Singing Wilderness: The Life of Sigurd Olson' - SOEI 40th Anniversary Event
Apr 4, 2013
8:30 pm @ Alvord Theathre - Ponzio Campus Center

'The Singing Wilderness: The Life of Sigurd Olson' - SOEI 40th Anniversary Event

Apr 4, 2013

Location Information
8:30 pm @ Alvord Theathre - Ponzio Campus Center

April 4, 7 - 9 p.m. | Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater

7 p.m. - Welcome from Mark Peterson, Executive Director, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute

8:15-8:30 p.m. - Break with refreshments

8:30-9 p.m. - Filmmaker Peter Olsen will share clips and stories from his newest documentary project, "The Singing Wilderness; The Life of Sigurd F. Olson

April 5, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater

Contact Information

Jean Ayers
715-682-1264
jayers@northland.edu

Contact Information

Jean Ayers
SOEI
715-682-1264
jayers@northland.edu

Honors Day
Apr 4, 2013
Northland College

Intramurals: Basketball
Mar 19, 2013, Mar 21, 2013, Mar 26, 2013, Mar 28, 2013, Apr 2, 2013, Apr 4, 2013, Apr 9, 2013, Apr 11, 2013
Kendrigan Gym

Intramurals: Water Polo
Jan 17, 2013, Jan 24, 2013, Jan 31, 2013, Feb 7, 2013, Feb 14, 2013, Feb 21, 2013, Feb 28, 2013, Mar 7, 2013, Mar 14, 2013, Mar 21, 2013, Mar 28, 2013, Apr 4, 2013, Apr 11, 2013, Apr 18, 2013, Apr 25, 2013
NC Kendrigan Pool

Weather Club
Oct 5, 2010, Oct 12, 2010, Oct 19, 2010, Oct 26, 2010, Nov 2, 2010, Nov 9, 2010, Nov 16, 2010, Nov 23, 2010, Nov 30, 2010, Dec 7, 2010, Dec 14, 2010, Jan 11, 2011, Jan 18, 2011, Jan 25, 2011, Feb 1, 2011, Feb 8, 2011, Feb 15, 2011, Feb 22, 2011, Mar 1, 2011, Mar 8, 2011, Mar 15, 2011, Mar 22, 2011, Mar 29, 2011, Apr 5, 2011, Apr 12, 2011, Apr 19, 2011, Apr 26, 2011, May 3, 2011, May 10, 2011, May 17, 2011, May 24, 2011, May 31, 2011, Sep 15, 2011, Sep 22, 2011, Sep 29, 2011, Oct 6, 2011, Oct 13, 2011, Oct 20, 2011, Oct 27, 2011, Nov 3, 2011, Nov 10, 2011, Nov 17, 2011, Dec 1, 2011, Dec 8, 2011, Dec 15, 2011, Jan 12, 2012, Jan 19, 2012, Jan 26, 2012, Feb 2, 2012, Feb 9, 2012, Feb 16, 2012, Feb 23, 2012, Mar 1, 2012, Mar 8, 2012, Mar 15, 2012, Mar 22, 2012, Mar 29, 2012, Apr 5, 2012, Apr 12, 2012, Apr 19, 2012, Apr 26, 2012, Oct 19, 2012, Oct 26, 2012, Nov 16, 2012, Nov 30, 2012, Dec 6, 2012, Jan 24, 2013, Jan 31, 2013, Feb 7, 2013, Feb 14, 2013, Feb 21, 2013, Feb 28, 2013, Mar 7, 2013, Mar 14, 2013, Mar 21, 2013, Mar 28, 2013, Apr 4, 2013, Apr 11, 2013, Apr 18, 2013, Apr 25, 2013
9 p.m. @ CSE 251

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