Even after an “adorable” dog ran from Deering Meadow into her campus tour, Weinberg junior Vivica E. Lewis said she knew the show had to go on. Lewis is one of more than 100 other tour guides who work through rain, shine or surprise dog visits to show visitors around campus and help them learn.
For the first time in nearly 400 years, a birch bark canoe was reintroduced to the Chicago-area shore of Lake Michigan (Mishigami). Only six Ojibwe birch bark canoe builders still exist in the Great Lakes region, according to artist Wayne Valliere (Mino-Giizhig), a Lac Du Flambeau Ojibwe. The launch site on Northwestern’s campus is home.