by Samantha Stetzer | Dec 5, 2016 | Academic News, Achievements, Events, Featured Post, Student News, Top Stories, Twitter, WSU News
When she was 13 years old, Lanesta White’s father died. Her mother was an alcoholic, so that left White and her brother mostly on their own. White ended up dropping out of high school in the 9th grade, had her first child at 16 and was pregnant with her second by the...
by Samantha Stetzer | Dec 2, 2016 | Academic News, Achievements, Events, Student News, Top Stories, Twitter, WSU News
More than 450 students will participate in the Winona State University Fall 2016 Commencement ceremonies Friday, Dec. 9, in McCown Gymnasium in Memorial Hall on the Winona campus. The morning ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. and include the College of Business,...
by Samantha Stetzer | Nov 29, 2016 | Academic News, Achievements, Top Stories, Twitter, WSU News
Winona State University’s new Success Coach Program, formed in partnership with the offices of Inclusion and Diversity and Student Life and Development, focuses on the success of traditionally underserved students, first-generation students, and those specifically...
by Alex Carter | Nov 16, 2016 | Achievements, Twitter, WSU News
Winona State University has been named a Military Friendly School for 2016, according to Victory Media’s 2016 guide to Military Friendly schools. According to the guide, Winona State actively recruits and supports members of the military and is among the more...
by Samantha Stetzer | Nov 8, 2016 | Achievements, Campus News, Featured Post, Twitter, WSU News
Winona State University Biology Professor Neal Mundahl, in collaboration with the Landscape Arboretum at WSU, was selected to receive a grant from the Legislative Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) in May 2016. The $99,000, three-year grant is from the...
by Samantha Stetzer | Nov 1, 2016 | Achievements, Featured Post, Top Stories, Twitter, WSU News
In 2009, Winona State University alumna Kim Schultz traveled to the Middle East to meet with Iraqi refugees, in the hopes of bringing their stories to America. Instead Schultz brought back a story of her own, after falling in love in Syria with an Iraqi refugee named...
