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Education Major Danon Briggs

Education

…in Middle/Secondary Education in math, science, and social studies. We give you the tools to establish a trusting environment and to foster the group dynamics essential to run a successful classroom. Our education courses provide you with the tools to teach content and the skills to help shape the character…

Northland student portaging canoe

Outdoor Education

Backpacker Magazine ranks Northland second in a list of the nation’s best colleges for hikers and other outdoor enthusiasts. The reasons? Our proximity to trails, rivers, forests, Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands, our outdoor rec opportunities, student clubs, Outdoor Orientation, outdoor education major, and our passionate professors. In short,…

Northland College teaching students talk with Washburn fifth graders

Environmental Education

The field and practice of environmental education refers to both formal and non-formal efforts to teach about how natural environments function, how human behaviors shape and influence those natural functions, and how we can change our behaviors in order to sustain a healthy environment for the future of all living…

Environmental Education Minor Information Session

March 13, 4:00 pm5:00 pm

Hoping to use your your knowledge of environmental science to teach others? Want to add a dose of ecological expertise to your education, outdoor education, or social science degree? Or maybe your humanities major has opened a passion for engaging others in the natural world? Environmental education is relevant to…

Northland College teaching student in classroom

Greening the Face of Public Education

profile: Katrina Nichols Graduated: 2015 Major: elementary education Minor: science teaching and environmental education Hometown: Shakopee, Minnesota Katrina Nichols says she will always remember her defining collegiate moment—the Everybody Party, held at the start of her freshman year. “It was warm and comfortable and I was barefoot and so alive,”…

Forest Lodge Educational Campus Takes Shape

…Register of Historic Places. Burke, a long time friend of Northland College, intended the conveyance to allow her family’s conservation legacy at Forest Lodge to serve as inspiration as well as to provide this outstanding location as a premier center for environmental education and leadership. On January 9, 2017, Northland…

Northland student playing lacrosse.

Tribal Education for Educators, Mentors, Counselors

The Northland College Indigenous Cultures Center (ICC) will host two sessions on tribal education Thursday March 17 at 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-3 p.m. in the Alvord Theatre. Starting at 10 a.m., “Northern Games, Northern Music,” will focus on how the Ojibwe developed and continue the art of music with…

Students stand with award

Northland College education program recognized

For the second time in three years, the Northland College Educator Preparation Program has been recognized by the Association of Independent Liberal Arts College for Teacher Education as a Model of Excellence in Partnerships. Annette Nelson, associate professor and education department chair, accepted the award in March at the AILACTE…

Study Abroad

Off-campus Study

…your travel course deposit. 2020 May Term Travel Courses Climbing Instructor Development (OED 414 01) $1,225 Lake Superior Circumnavigation (IDS 180 01) $1,350 Paddling Instructor Development (OED 409 01) $400 Teaching in Environmental Education (EDU 250 01) $500 Urban Outdoor Education (OED 385 01) $400 Wildlife Handling & Immobilization (NRS…