Wolff's daughter, Gretchen, is a full time partner, designing and manufacturing dolls for the world market. Craig Prudhomme '80 will be the recipient of this year's Environmental Achievement Award for his outstanding professional and personal achievements. Prudhomme's commitment to the environment and Northland College has been unwavering since graduating cum laude in 1980 with a B.A. in biology. For the past 20 years Prudhomme has been connecting Northland College students to their natural surroundings as both a naturalist and instructor at the Audubon Center of the North Woods in Minnesota, the field campus for Northland College's outdoor education program. Students enrolled in Northland's outdoor education degree elect to attend semester-long residency programs at the Center to gain field experience to supplement their classroom education.
Students learn to use their natural surroundings to make educated decisions.
Today Prudhomme is the Center's Associate Director for Programs and he continues to educate Northland College students. Prudhomme is former President of the White Pine Audubon Society, past member of the Sandstone Community Education Board, Vice President of the Grindstone Lake Association, and Vice President of the Dell Grove Planning Commission. Northland College alumnus Robert Byers has earned a spot in the Athletic Hall of Fame for his outstanding lifelong accomplishments in athletics. Byers graduated from Northland in 1962 with a B.A. in education. Byers has devoted much of his life to education and athletics.