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Retired Professor Receives Award
Winona State University Professor Emerita Susan Rickey Hatfield received the Department of the Navy’s Superior Public Service Award May 21 at Marine Corps Base Quantico. The award recognizes Hatfield’s performance while serving as a member of The Marine Corps...

Dixieland Jazz Workshop
Winona State University will host the Annual Dixieland Jazz Workshop June 24-27, co-sponsored by the Upper Mississippi Jazz Society. Registration is available online, and students may choose to attend a two-day or four-day workshop. The four-day workshop runs from...

Lego Mindstorms Summer Camp
Winona State University will host Lego Mindstorms Summer Camp June 8-12 at Tau Center on WSU’s West Campus. Lego Mindstorms provides students entering grades 4-8 the chance to design, assemble and program robots with Lego NXT technology. The camp offers a morning...

HOPE Academy at WSU Creates Opportunities
Winona State University will host HOPE Academy June 17-27 on the WSU campus. HOPE Academy, which stands for Harnessing Opportunities for Post-Secondary Education, is a 10-day summer residential program for students in grades 9-12. The academy provides underrepresented...

WSU Recognized for Being Environmentally Responsible
Winona State University has been recognized as one of the country’s most environmentally responsible colleges in the 2015 edition of “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 353 Green Colleges.” WSU is committed to building and supporting a sustainable society and...

WSU Announces 2015-16 Common Book
The Winona State University Common Book Project will feature “American Born Chinese” by Gene Luen Yang. Yang’s 2006 graphic novel combines three unrelated stories. The stories eventually combine as the characters work together to resolve issues caused by identity...

College for Kids
Winona State University will host College for Kids July 6-10 and July 13-17. College for Kids offers students who have finished grades 3-8 the chance to participate in “college courses” that are specifically designed to challenge young students and help them gain an...
WSU-Rochester Students Top Fundraising Relay For Life Team
Winona State University-Rochester’s junior nursing class participated in the Relay For Life of University of Minnesota Rochester on Friday, April 17th, at Soldiers Field Track. The Relay For Life event has currently raised $3,318 for the American Cancer Society. The...

WSU Seeks Input On Master Plan
Winona State University will host a community meeting from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 18, in the Student Activities Center, lower level Kryzsko Commons. (View campus map.) The meeting will open with an introduction by WSU President Scott R. Olson. WSU representatives...

Construction Begins on Pedestrian Tunnels
Construction is set to begin Monday, May 11, on Winona State University’s new Pedestrian Tunnels. The tunnels project will create two pedestrian railway underpasses, one at Winona Street between the New Residence Halls and one at Johnson Street near the entrance to...