Northland College, Ashland Wisconsin

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<p>If any of your kids are interested in a college which stresses environmentalism/conservation and the outdoor life have them check into Northland College in Ashland Wisconsin, <a href=“http://www.northland.edu/Northland/[/url]”>http://www.northland.edu/Northland/&lt;/a&gt;. I was part of the Wisconsin Idea Seminar traveling group of 40 plus new administrators and faculty from UW-Madison who stopped at the college and shared supper and ideas with college faculty and heard a speech from their enormously enthusiastic President.</p>

<p>I’ll not go into detail but it is a very attractive small college, which allocates over 30% of its budget to student aid, is growing, and offers a unique educational program. Check out their website.</p>

<p>There are several things that stand out from the visit:</p>

<li>Students can and do bring their hunting rifles to school. They are kept under lock and key when not being used. </li>
<li>The college has set up a game room where students can dress the animals they have shot.</li>
<li>The nickname of the college is the lumberjacks and (honestly) the lumberjills.</li>
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<p>I can verify that tsdad has neither invented this school, nor dummied up that website <grin></grin></p>

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<p>Thank you reidm.</p>

<p>And BTW, the college president is less then thrilled with the “lumberjack/lumberjills” nicknames, but unlike some college presidents she has no intention of messing with them.</p>

<p>The school has recently added a new softball and baseball facility, however, they rarely get to use them since the are frequently covered by snow.</p>

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<p>Check out this website at Northland. It’s about our visit.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.northland.edu/Northland/News/ideasseminar.htm[/url]”>http://www.northland.edu/Northland/News/ideasseminar.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;