Hiram College PO Box 1808 Hiram, Ohio, 44234 Phone: 330-569-3211 Website: http://www.hiram.edu
Hiram College's Hiawatha Campus "Northwoods" on Michigan's Upper Peninsula
PO Box 123 Wetmore, MI 49895 Phone: 906-387-3795
There are currently six cabins,
each capable of sleeping eight students, and a main three-story lodge with
modern-gas cooking facilities and refrigeration. The lodge and all six cabins
were built using the tall pine trees on site. And best of all, the labor was
furnished entirely by Hiram College faculty and students under the direction of
professor Rae Knight.
Wood-burning stoves supply the heat, if required, for the lodge and
cabins. There is a telephone in the lodge.
You may live primitively by bathing in Cherry Lake,
using the privies, and studying by gaslight. If you take a hot shower in the
lodge or use the flush toilets there, you will need to replenish the
third-floor water tank by hand pumping the outside well. Many professors and
students prefer this more primitive life-style.
For the less adventurous, there is 110 volt AC
electricity in the lodge (not in the cabins) supplied by charged solar-panel
batteries. This electricity is sufficient for lights, fans, charging
digital-camera batteries, and other small appliances. Hair dryers, curling
irons, televisions, and similar high-wattage devices will over tax the system
and are not allowed. After taking a hot shower or using a flush toilet in the
lodge, the solar power is also able to refill the third-floor water tank through
an electric pump on a limited basis.
Study areas, viewing areas, outside deck, modern kitchen, presentation area, library, hot showers - a wonderful experience!
For the 2010 Summer Northwood's Courses Click Here
Call or email Hiram Weekend College to register for summer 2010 Northwood's classes - 330-569-5161