Welcome Week 2014: Terra Firma

Aug 18, 2014 | Insights, Speeches

1. Poor Yorick! From afar they have seen us – they see our flame through the clear prairie air, our fiery sun rising with the dawn, a lighthouse on this island, seen from every hill and valley, seen from the waters of the river, seen from the snow on the bluffs. How...

Thoughts on Gender Based Violence in Santa Barbara

Jun 2, 2014 | Insights

As members of the greater educational community, we at Winona State University feel the impact of the tragic events that took place on May 23rd at the University of California Santa Barbara. I ask that you please keep the Santa Barbara community in your thoughts and...

Working on a Dream… Spring 2014

May 12, 2014 | Insights

Part One Part Two President Scott Olson returned once again to serve as guest DJ for the Winona State University campus radio station KQAL this spring. President Olson’s set list explores the theme of “Hope and Longing,” and includes a wide range of...

KQAL Set List 4 (Hope and Longing)

Apr 28, 2014 | Insights

1. Old 55 (Tom Waits) 2. Sing! Sing! Sing! (Benny Goodman) 3. I’m a Believer (Monkees) 4. As We Go Along (Monkees) 5. Hurry Up Sundown (Bruce Springsteen) 6. Leaving New York (REM) 7. People Have the Power (Patti Smith) 8. Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell) 9. Heard it...

The Education Village and Rochester

Apr 22, 2014 | Insights

When I was a kid growing up in Minnesota, there were three things most Minnesotans would have said defined our state and made us the best place to live. Most would have said our state’s beauty helped define us: the bluffs, the rivers, the lakes, the forests and so on....