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College News: Graduations, scholarships and dean's lists
NTC scholarships The Northwood Technical College Foundation announced the fall 2024 semester scholarship awards to 220 students totaling $103,370 with an average award of $470 on May 15. Three area students were awarded scholarships to attend Northwood Technical College campuses in Ashland and Rice Lake. Pria Popowski, of Fifield, received the Tashina Guthrie Memorial Scholarship to study early childhood education at the NTC Rice Lake campus. ...
Northland College real-time Lake Namekagon buoy website goes live
Real-time data from the Lake Namekagon chain of lakes went live this week with the launch of a new Northland College website. The website, hosted by the college’s Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation, gathers information hourly, such as temperature, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll a, and broadcasts the data online. “We are listening to the lake to learn the story it has to tell,” said Dr. Peter Levi, the...
Northland College announces plans to lay off 9 faculty members while remaining open
Northland College announced it will be laying off nine faculty members as part of a plan to keep its door open after school leaders said that financial struggles were threatening its future. The Ashland college said the cuts were difficult, but were necessary as part of a restructuring of the school’s curriculum and operations. “Northland […] The post Northland College announces plans to lay off 9 faculty members while remaining open appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Several Northland College faculty laid off
Assistant professor Joshua Montgomery figured he would be one of the faculty members cut when Northland announced reductions to its curriculum and staff, part of a bid to keep the school open. It was still tough to accept. “I had promised my family our peripatetic lifestyle was coming to an end. We anticipated at Northland- in Ashland- that we had found a place to settle and integrate into the community....
Northland students call for change at the top
Fletcher Thomas started crying when he heard the news earlier this month that Northland College was going to remain open. The graduating senior who studied outdoor education didn’t know why he was crying. Thomas was relieved Northland will to operate, but was frustrated at the same time. On May 1, Northland announced it will cut its course options down from 29 majors to eight, and in doing so eliminate some...
A new life for Ondossagon School
Built in 1917, the Ondossagon School in Barksdale has a long and rich history in the region. The school, located off Highway 13 on East Ondossagon Road in Barksdale, had a strong reputation making a difference in the lives of thousands of area residents. It closed in 1990 with students divided between Drummond, Ashland and Washburn School Districts. Since those glory days, the facility has remained standing, but fallen into...
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