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  • "Drive, Drive, Drive"

    A member of the Winona State University Track & Field team runs sprint drills around the Winona Community Sports and Recreation Center at Paul Giel Field in Winona, Minn. March 22. Track participants have been enjoying the unseasonably warm weather to begin strategizing for the spring season of meets. (By Kate Carlson)

  • Op-Ed: An Open Letter To WAPS School Board Members

    March 18 looms large in the minds and hearts of many Winonans. Having an association with WAPS for 38 years as a staff member, faculty in the College of St. Teresa's  Education Department, through the Winona Council for Quality and the first Business Education Partnership, and as an informal consultant to WEA, I have grave concerns for public education in Winona.

  • Tea time for music education

    Two Winona Senior High School students perform "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" by Mozart during Orchestra Tea on March 7 in Winona, Minn. The WSHS Orchestra had 36 students present, including 24 violins, 8 violas, four cellos and a bass. (By Danielle Wick)

  • Inside Higher Education

    Inside Higher Ed offers free online news and job information for college and university faculty, adjuncts, graduate students, and administrators, higher education jobs, faculty jobs, college jobs and university jobs

  • Sustainable Schools and Universities?
    What we mean by “sustainability” obviously has much to do with our natural world, but it is far from being only about nature. Many facets of our constructed lives – such as our universities and schools – also give meaning to our visions of a sustainable future. And today our universities and schools are under attack. 
     
  • WSU’s Climate Commitment Committee Presentation

    The Winona State University Athenaeum Series will present “On the Road to Carbon Neutrality: WSU Addresses Climate Change” at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, on the second floor of the Darrell W. Krueger Library.

    In May 2007, WSU President Judith Ramaley joined other college campus leaders in signing the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment.  The university-wide Climate Commitment Committee was formed to incorporate sustainability into the university’s mission and strategic plan.

  • WSU Presents Norwegian Culture/Ibsen Exploritas

    Winona State University's Outreach and Continuing Education Department will present the Exploritas event "Norwegian Culture/Heritage and Theater of Henrik Ibsen" April 15-20 in Lanesboro, Minn.

    This Exploritas program is held in conjunction with the Lanesboro Commonweal Theatre's annual Ibsen Festival, which honors the 19th century playwright. The program features classes taught by actors, technicians and producers. Participants will also attend the play "John Gabriel Borkman," Ibsen's penultimate work.

  • WSU Composite Materials Engineering Department Open House

    Winona State University¹s Composite Materials Engineering (CME) department will hold its annual open house 1:30-3:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, in Stark Hall.

    The open house program includes WSU¹s admission procedure, presentations by CME graduates, a demonstration and a tour.

    Two $100 scholarships towards the purchase of books at the WSU Bookstore will be awarded for fall 2010. Eligible recipients will be registered as engineering majors for fall 2010 at WSU and must be present to qualify.

  • Cardinals record loss against Bethel

     

    The St. Mary’s Cardinals women’s hockey team lost their second intra-conference game Jan. 22, falling 2-1 to Bethel University in a defensive battle.

    The only offense the Cardinals could produce came from Nicole Olson, who scored her 10th goal of the season during a second period power play. Olson, a sophomore forward, was assisted on the play by Dy-anna Stewart.  The junior defenseman now has four assists on the season.

  • Pomp and Circumstance

    Graduate Lauren Nance, 22, anxiously awaits the sight of her family following Winona State University's Fall 2009 Commencement ceremony at Memorial Hall in McCown Gymnasium Dec. 11 in Winona, Minn.

    Some people say college is the best four years of your life. For graduate Lauren Nance, it was three-and-a-half. Nance, 22, completed her nursing degree in three-and-a-half years, much to the delight of her family.

    "I have no idea how I did it," she said. "It just happened."