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WSU Institutes Self-Imposed Campus Quarantine
Winona State University announced it is enacting a 14-day campus quarantine beginning Nov. 16. The quarantine will limit all non-essential activities on campus for the next two weeks in a concerted effort to deter the spread of COVID-19 over the Thanksgiving holiday...

WSU Appoints Vice President Jon D. Olson
Winona State University announces the appointment of Jon D. Olson to the position of Vice President for Advancement and Executive Director of the WSU Foundation. "Mr. Olson brings with him 15 years of experience in higher education and a strong track record of...

WSU Professor Awarded NSF Grant to Support Statistics and Data Science Education
Dr. April Kerby, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Winona State University, has been named as a co-principal investigator on a $600,000, three-year National Science Foundation grant supporting the Motivational Attitudes in Statistics and...

Winona State University to Offer Digital Marketing Science (DMS) Certificate
Winona State University Adult and Continuing Education (WSU ACE) is delivering on its commitment to help area professionals compete and thrive in today’s increasingly connected and digital world. To help bridge the digital skills gap, WSU ACE is launching an online...

WSU Professor Selected as American Academy of Nursing Fellow
Sonja Meiers, PhD, APRN, CNS, PHN, AGCNS-BC, Professor and Chair of the Department of Graduate Nursing at Winona State University, has been selected to join the American Academy of Nursing’s 2020 Class of Fellows. Meiers will be inducted into this distinguished group...
Winona State Professor Awarded NASA Funding
Dr. Jennifer Anderson, a Winona State professor and planetary geologist conducting research in impact cratering at NASA Johnson Space Center, helped receive a 1.1 million dollar grant as a Co-Investigator on a proposal to NASA’s Solar Systems Workings program. The...

WSU Makes Course Adjustments Post-Thanksgiving Break
Winona State University will move the majority of courses online after Thanksgiving Break, Nov. 26-29. The campus, residence halls, and on-campus facilities and services remain open to students and employees. "As part of our ongoing efforts to protect the health and...
The Power of Networking and Hands-on Experience
Winona State University junior Sulaiman Bada, who is completing majors in both Computer Science and Data Science, is getting hands-on work experience across multiple tech-related opportunities – and getting noticed for it. Born in Nigeria and raised in Brooklyn...

WSU Response to MDH Release of Backlogged COVID-19 Cases
The Minnesota Department of Health today announced 100 newly reported COVID-19 cases in Winona County, many of which are from a backlog of testing. “The vast majority of the numbers reported today are old cases and do not impact our current campus status or change our...

Free COVID-19 Testing Available to Community Sept. 15-16
Winona State University is partnering with the Minnesota Department of Health, local public health officials, and other higher education institutions in Winona to host a free community COVID-19 testing event. The event will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 15, and...