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Outer Island Sunset, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  From a Ryan Brady Photo

Northland Outdoor Education Graduates in the Work Force

Tina Allahverdian     '00
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Program Director
Hunt Hill Audubon Center 		Northland Outdoor Education students on Fall Block, work with public school children visiting the Audubon Center of the North Woods
Allison Smith     '00
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Master of Arts in Education Degree Candidate
University of Alaska		 Lindsay Struve     '01
Outdoor Education/Recreation Management
Recreation Coordinator
The University of Michigan
http://www.recsports.umich.edu/about/
Deb Collison     '01
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
New Horizons (Community support for people with
chronic mental illness and developmental disabilities)
Ashland, WI
http://www.new-horizons.org/		 Jesse Beightol     '99
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Eagle Rock School,
Estes Park, CO
http://www.eaglerockschool.org/
Northland College Outdoor Education students work on a group initiative problem on the low challenge course Shirley Swenson     '98
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Counselor with the Ashland Day Treatment Center
Ashland, WI
Amanda Sigrist     '02
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Alternative Education Teacher
Mellen School District
Mellen, WI		 Jason Bisonette    '02
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Wilderness Endeavors, Thistledew Camp
http://www.thistledewcamp.com/
Cortni Sedgwick     '02
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
St. Croix Camp for Girls
http://www.wilder.org/programs/CombatingViolence/
StCroixCamps.html		 Joleen Ross     '01
 Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Wilder Foundation
St. Paul, MN
http://www.wilder.org/index.html
Angelica Hemmer     '02
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Challenge Center,
Superior, WI

 

 

 

 

 A Northland College Winter Block student works with a sit-skier at the Breckenridge Outdoor Learning Center, Breckenridge, Colorado
Tim McGough     '02
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center
http://www.boec.org/		 Brian Barch     '99
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Naturalist/Educator
International Crane Foundation
Sarah Gillespie     '01
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Senior Activity Instructor
Pioneer Centre
Cleobury Mortimer, Worcestershire
England
http://www.actioncentres.co.uk/Pages/pioneer_act.html 		Amanda Cantal     '00
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Wilderness Instructor
Wilderness Endeavors, Camp Thistledew 
Northland College Adventure Education student, Brian Bears, uses a large flip-chart during his on-trail teaching segment Matt Brownlee     '99
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Wilderness Instructor
Wilderness Endeavors,  Thistledew Camp
Kristin Wengrow     '96
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
and Psychology with Teacher's Certification in Alternative Education Public School Teacher, Ashland High School
Off-Campus school for severely emotionally disturbed students, Ashland, WI		 Jody Blankenship Miles and Bill Miles     '98 
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Co-Founders/Executive Directors
Earth's Classroom 
Recipients of the Young Alumni Achievement Award   '01
Kevin Bergstrom     '99
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Instructor
National Outdoor Leadership School
Graduate Student
Master of Science Degree Program in Experiential and Outdoor Education, Minnesota Sate University-
Mankato, MN

 

 Cynthia DeGesero     '98
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Project Coordinator 
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum-Survivors Registry
Brian Iselin     '03
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Instructor
The Alldredge Academy		 Outdoor Education students practice setting up a "Z-Drag" rescue system during a swift-water canoeing class
Joseph Ventimiglia     '98
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Founder and Owner
Education Through Adventure		 Jon Flynn     '95
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Public School Teacher, Ashland High School
Off-Campus school for severely emotionally disturbed
students, Ashland, WI
Travis Fountaine     '95
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Summer Camp Director
Y.M.C.A. Camp Miller 		August Ellshoff Galloway     '93
Outdoor Education (Core) and Biology
Instructor
Voyageur Outward Bound
Participants in the Northland College Winter Block program practice "tethered skiing" with a young skier at the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center, Breckenridge, Colorado Kealy Gavin     '99
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design and
Native American Studies
Alternative Education Instructor 
Ashland Middle School, Ashland, WI
Jason Hicks     '99
Outdoor Education/Natural History and Biology
Biological Technician
United States Geological Survey 		Melinda Hill     '99
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Troop Leader/Caretaker
Northern Pine Girl Scouts
Michael Hocevar     '93
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Weekend Supervisor
Northwest Passage II 		Martha Hotchkiss     '90
Outdoor Education/Native American Studies
Learning Coordinator
Valley Community School
Jason Jech     '92
Outdoor Education/Recreation & Leisure Services
Director
Red Wing Environmental Learning Center,
Red Wing, MN 		Northland Outdoor Education students practice a litter lower rescue on a high angle rock pitch
William Chapman     '95
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Instructor/Counselor
Battle Creek Outdoor Education Center 		Gene Cook     '98
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Adventure Counselor
St. Croix Camps
(Youth at risk)
Andrew Kennaly     '91
Outdoor Education/Recreation & Leisure Services
Solo Pastor
First Presbyterian Church of Whitefish		 Shawna Smith Kennaly     '91
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Ski Instructor
Big Mountain Ski Club
Northland Outdoor Education Graduate, and Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center employee, Eric Kuffner, demonstrates assisted sit-skiing

 

 Erik Kuffner     '98
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Instructor
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center
Douglas Lakin     '95
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Environmental Educator
The Chewonki Foundation		 Timothy Shaw     '98
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Ski School Director
Whitecap Mountains
Dustin Long     '96
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Public School Teacher
Rockford, IL		 Jeannie Schall Long     '95
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Public School Teacher
Rockford, IL
Mary Manning     '92
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Adventure Instructor
St. Croix Camps

 

 

 

 

 Two Winter Block students peek over the edge of the sleeping loft in Breckenridge, Colorado
William Mackin     '94
Outdoor Education/Recreation & Leisure Services
Employment Specialist/Job Developer
New Horizons North		 Melanie Reding McCullough     '98
Outdoor Education/Native American Studies
Lead Naturalist
Wargo Nature Center
Kathy McCully     '95
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Instructor
Voyaguer Outward Bound School		 Melinda Mickelsen     '96
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design-Dual Degree Program, Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Frazier Rehabilitation Center
Northlanders sit in front of Sigurd F. Olson's writing shack at Listening Point Steven Metzner     '96
Outdoor Education/Recreation Management
Forestry Technician
U.S.D.A.-Forest Service

 

 

 

 
Kimberly Morrison     '96
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Case Manager
Handishop Industries, Inc.		 Jacob Nacht     '98
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Trip Leader
Deer Hill Expeditions
Michael Nesbitt     '98
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Outdoor Educator
Adventures Cross Country		 Jennifer Ojala     '96
Outdoor Education/Recreation & Leisure Services
Outdoor Education Coordinator
Y.M.C.A. Camp Carter
Krista Pierson     '98
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Naturalist
Cable Natural History Museum

 

 

 

 

 A Northland student ties down a canoe on the canoe trailer
Sonia Smith Pitzi     '92
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
Education Liaison Director
Homeless Student Initiative Program		 Jennifer Power     '94
Outdoor Education/Natural History
School Outreach Logistics Manager
Science Museum of Minnesota
 

Photo of a smiling Michael Riegelman

Michael Riegelman

 

 

 Michael Riegelman     '99
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Director, NYC Arabic Language & Culture Club
Personal e-mail: riegelman@un.org
 

Michael Kim 'Jamal' Riegelman
Director, NYC Arabic Language & Culture Club
http://arabic.meetup.com/45/about

Cell Phone (347) 523.3937
e-mail: NYCArabicLanguageClub@gmail.com
Bio: http://wafin.com/articles.phtml?arttype=mom&mid=67

Counselor, al'WaHa Arabic Village:
http://clvweb.cord.edu/prweb/arabic/default.asp 
Kimberly Prager     '98
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Group Program Coordinator
Vertical Endeavors Indoor Rock Climbing Gym

 

 

 

 Lea Ann Shearer
Therapeutic and Universal Design
Founder/Owner of Paws for Freedom

 
Two Outdoor Education students stand waist-deep in multicolored Bracken Ferns while running a fall Orienteering course Michelle Melanson Dunham     '96
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal
Design
Graduate Student
Western Washington University

 

 

 

 
Thomas Rottler     '96
Outdoor Education/Natural History
Outreach Director
Adventure Pursuits		 Erin Shafto     '98
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Statistician, Peer Counselor, Client Advocate
Wild Iris Women's Services
Michael Shaw     '96
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Instructor
National Outdoor Leadership School Through summer
2003, now a member of the faculty at the Albuquerque Academy
http://www.aa.edu/ 		David Backler     '93
Outdoor Education/Adventure Education
Winter Program Coordinator
Voyageur Outward Bound
Angela Hicks Bishop     '93
Outdoor Education/Recreation and Leisure Services
Independent Living Specialist
Mid-State Independent Living Center 		Marcy Pilsner Doud     '94
Outdoor Education/Therapeutic and Universal Design
and Psychology (Masters Degree in Special Education
with Minnesota State Teacher's Licensure)
Special Populations Teacher
South St. Paul Elementary (Lincoln Center), St. Paul, MN