Northland College Top Questions

Northland College has provided me with experiences I thought I would never get the chance to experience. Coming from a suburb south of the Twin Cities, I was surrounded with media and advertisments. Coming up to Northland provided me with a chance to be near the natural world and respect it for what it has to offer. I've been able to reflect of my life, society, and the structure and systems that control our world. I've been able to meet with visonaries and pioneers of different movements that capture my attention, and have been able to jump into the fields and get hands on work in the areas I want to have a career in. The community and college provides me with an mentally asthetic experience and great class discussions and projects. I've been blessed with the opportunity to come to Northland College, and I hope I can get an education that will help my family, my friends, my community, my state, my country, and the overall world.

I have learned more about myself in the past five months than I have in the past eighteen years. Upon entering college, I learned how to doubt myself with more intensity than I ever had before, and this setback seemed ever-looming and wholly immovable at first. Eventually, through my struggle and introspection, I was provided with the solution of accepting myself for what I truly am. As soon as I became confident with my own, I could focus more strongly on furthering my education and the beauty that surrounds me every day when I walk to class. I realized that I have never been more satisfied with my life, my college, and the independence it affords me.

When I graduate from Northland, I want a career in Natural Resources. My goal is to protect our resources and National parks for future generations to enjoy and use Sustainable. I have attended Northland for only a semester and have already gained infinite knowledge and experience to help me reach my goal. One example the Sustainable Community Development class that taught me the history of how humans use to live, and discussed the events that led up to the current various Environmental problems. The un-bias discussions in class helped me see both sides to a problem, understand that everyone has a different perspective. We need to be open minded and make decisions and recognize what we do now, will effect the future. Next year I applied to study abroad in Central America, living in an eco-village. We will learn how poor communities live sustainable and help them build solar panels. This experience will be an eye-opener for me, one that sitting in class can not teach me. I will gain life lessons, skills and a better appreciation to our environment. Northland is about hands on experiences and about being active in local communities. Positive vibrations here!

My experiences at Northland College have shaped me into the person I am today and the person I will be for the rest of my life. Participating in NCAA Division III athletics have taught me invaluable lessons about work ethic, time management, and life choices. This experience has laid down my future and set me on the path to success which I could not have obtained any other way. I have grown so much as a person the past two years and have learned so much that I wanted to find a way to enhance the lives of others in the way that my experiences here at college have enriched mine. This is the reason I have switched to an education major and I am not looking back!

Choosing to go to college was a leap for me considering I was one of the few of my entire family to attend. Ever since I took the leap, I have never regretted it. College has prepared me acedemically through involved lectures, hands-on lab work, and group projects. At Northland specifically, I feel I can take any course and apply it to my life. Even though I am majoring in Biology, courses such as our Native American Studies classes, have exposed me to some of the local culture of Ashland, WI. I value my education at Northland for several reasons. From attending Northland, I have been exposed to new skills such as composting and new talents such as belly dancing. I've also expanded culturally; Northland's student body is very diverse in ideas. It can be an adventure when you simply walk into the cafeteria. There are days when I sit with a group of students I hardly know and by the time I leave, I have a larger social network and gained insight on what they think of various topics. Finally, being at Northland grants me the ability to reach my goal of becoming a zoologist.

I'm learning more about the field I want to go into. I transferred into this school from another school and it has been valuable because my last school sucked.

From my college experience so far, I have learned to become much more independant and responsible. Before college, I thought I was much more of an independant responsible person but by coming to school, I discovered this was not the case. It has been valuable for me to attend here because it gets me into the outdoors and lets me explore the world around and truly learn what is wonderful about the earth we live on and how we all need to gain a sense of independance and learn responsiblity for our own actions.

I have learned so much already in just one semester of college. Like my professors promised, my ideologies and views I held prior to college have been challenged. I am able to understand the world from many aspects. Especially with my school connections program. I have also met so many wonderful, inspirational people, students adn professors alike. Every student of Northland has something unique to contribute and it has been a pleasure to get to know everyone. They teach me as much as my textbooks do.

For just over a year now I have experienced so much and learned more then I thought I would, in just this little amount of time. Looking back at the time I have spent here I see that I have learned a lot about our world we live in and the environment around me, from the time spent learning in the outdoors. Being an education major, from just the few classes that I have taken, I have learned and experienced so much about the younger generation that will help me once it is time for me to start teaching. Being a student athlete I have seen what dedication and hard work can get me. Also, the friends I have made so far and the ones to come will stay with me forever. I know that there will be many more great experience for me to come here at Northland College and I can't wait for them to come.

College has been a major turning point in my life. It is the place where I have learned to think, write, and live critically. I have learned to go beyond what is required and beyond the grade I may earn to what I can learn for everyday life and the improvement of others and myself. It has been very valuable to attend college because it has exposed me to a myriad of different cultures and ideologies, which in turn both challenge and respect my own. I believe it has made me a much stronger person to "get out of my bubble" so to say, and venture into a world where my cherished views are but one among many that struggle to make sense of the world and live in peace and harmony. It has been an enlightening experience and one which has completely transformed the way I view people and life.