Big Challenges and Big Questions

As an institution dedicated to learning, it is vital that Winona State University have the courage to grapple with the big challenges facing the world today. We are a long way from West Africa, but what can Winona State do to assist with the Ebola crisis? Ferguson,...

Sustainable Futures

Winona State’s campus theme this year is “sustainable futures.” It’s tremendously gratifying to know that during these challenging times our future as a university is sustainable. While many higher education institutions stand on thin ice, WSU stands on terra firma:...

Strategic Planning

Our hopes and dreams are taking shape as we move forward in our strategic planning process. We have distilled the hundreds of ideas to develop six specific planning topics. Student Learning: organizing ideas for offering innovative and high-quality learning Student...

Preventing Gender-Based Violence

Gender-based violence on college campuses has been in the national spotlight in recent months. Student safety has always been a high priority at WSU, and we have already initiated an integrated approach to prevention and intervention. WSU received a three-year,...

Community Initiatives

Our communities in Rochester and Winona are fertile environments for education. We are stronger because we intertwine place and learning. Education Village.  Now that we have received the first funding installment from the State of Minnesota, we have selected the firm...