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Centralizing On-Campus Living Community
For the first time in more than 30 years, when Winona State University’s fall semester kicks off in August, there will be no residential students on the university’s West Campus. Creating a cohesive residence life community has been a goal for Winona...
High School Students Explore Interest in Healthcare with Scrubs Camp
With a stethoscope in hand, sophomore high school student Sidona Mehari knelt down and placed the end of the stethoscope on 5 year-old Logan Holtzclaw’s chest and listened. A few moments later, Mehari switched out the stethoscope for a blood pressure reader and...
Cultural Intelligence Training for Law Enforcement
Minnesota Law Enforcement Officers interested in being trained on cultural intelligence will have an opportunity to dig into understanding race relations and their impact on policing during a July 7 training through Winona State University. Hosted by WSU’s Criminal...
$12M Energy Project Steps WSU Closer to Net Zero
By Fall of next year, the largest solar panel energy system on any Minnesota State campus will be right here at Winona State University. That’s just one part of the $12 million campus-wide Leading Energy Savings and Sustainability (LESS) project that WSU is moving...
Premiere Digital Art Conference & Exhibit at WSU
IDMAA Exhibit Submission by Karin Denson titled "California Brown Pelican" Next week the Winona community will get the opportunity to explore art from renowned and up-and-coming digital artists from around the world. That’s because Winona State University is hosting...
Advancing Healthcare Leaders with Big Data Focus
Big data has become a big part of the healthcare industry. Up until now, it hasn’t been a big part of traditional master’s degree programs in Healthcare Administration. Winona State University is changing that. WSU recently created the Health/Healthcare Leadership...
Mental Wellness Leader Using Skills Statewide
A well-known advocate and leader for mental wellness at Winona State University is leading an initiative statewide that will impact mental health support systems for students in nearly 40 colleges and universities. A bit more than a month in, she’s already made...
Semi-Truck of Mattresses Diverted from Landfill
Instead of being dumped in a landfill, on Saturday a semi-trailer full of box springs and mattresses headed out of Winona and toward a recycling center where they’ll be made into a plethora of different items. That’s because on Saturday the Winona...
Amanda Brouwer Awarded Professor of the Year
Nothing gives Associate Professor of Psychology Amanda Brouwer more excitement than when a student connects what they learned in psychology class to their own behaviors or personal life experience. "What's important to me is that it goes beyond the experience of the...
Race Matters Study Group Shares Experience
For the last seven months, two groups of Winona State University community members from across campus and job levels have met together every other week to have in-depth conversations about racism and how it plays out structurally on a national, state, and local...
