Cost vs. Price of Higher Education

Sep 5, 2013 | Insights

The affordability of higher education is central to our planning efforts. Often there is confusion between the cost of a university education and its price. The “cost” is the expense we must pay to provide students with courses and a suitable learning environment....

Let’s Celebrate the WSU Foundation

Sep 5, 2013 | Insights

Q: What is purple and dances the night away? A: A very special Gala to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Winona State University Foundation. Since the Foundation’s humble beginning in 1963, members of the Foundation Board have shared a “special conviction that...

Top Ten Things I Learned This Summer

Sep 5, 2013 | Insights

1 – If you drive the river road, be sure to top off your windshield washer fluid first. 2 – William Shakespeare was writing for our times. 3 – Ditto Ludwig van Beethoven. 4 – In Shakespeare’s play “Henry the Fifth,” King Henry inspires his...

Welcome Week 2013: Lux Aeterna

Aug 19, 2013 | Insights, Speeches

1. Prometheus The flame has burned for 154 years and the flame burns still. A few weeks ago my wife Kelley and our daughter Katie and I were in New York to see the premiere of a play written by my friend Andy, whom you might have met at the inauguration. Katie wanted...

Another great year is set to begin

Aug 12, 2013 | Insights

Another great year is set to begin at Winona State University. The 2013 Welcome Week program will kick off Monday, Aug. 19, with our annual Faculty and Staff Welcome. Please join me as we welcome new members to our community of learners and look forward to all that...