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$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...
Honoring Outstanding Graduates
Winona State University congratulates its students who have been recognized as outstanding graduates in their program for the Spring 2021 class. These outstanding seniors were nominated by their respective departments as academic, professional, and social leaders in...
Honoring Graduates Virtually & In-Person Friday
Winona State University is pleased to announce it will honor nearly 1200 spring graduates this Friday both virtually and in person. Graduates, family, friends, and the Winona community are invited to watch the 6 p.m. Virtual Commencement Celebration during a...
First Ring of New Tradition Echoes Through Campus
On a drizzly Spring morning in the middle of campus, Winona State University Director of Archives Russ Dennison stood near a 275lb cast iron bell secured on a wooden platform. Holding a faded 1969 purple cap, known as a beanie, Dennison told a small group that new...
