by Kassidy Jackson | Dec 5, 2017 | Achievements, Featured Post, Student News, Top Stories, Twitter, WSU News
Naiara Garcia came to Winona State University from Niteroi, Brazil, expecting to receive a top-notch education, but what she didn’t expect to find was a new place to call home five thousand miles away from home. While she initially struggled with being so far away...
by Samantha Stetzer | Apr 28, 2017 | Academic News, Commencement, Featured Post, Student News, Twitter
When Angela Asare decided to attend Winona State University, her father had another plane ticket already purchased, ready for her to return home early to Accra, Ghana. Asare describes herself as someone who never strayed too far from her parents, so when she decided...
by Alex Carter | Apr 27, 2017 | Academic News, Achievements, Student News, Top Stories, Twitter, WSU News
For a Tennessee native, southeastern Minnesota can seem like a different world. And spending four years of college far away from family and friends was difficult, but Winona State University student Katya Hoffman has never been one to shy away from a challenge. “WSU...
by Samantha Stetzer | Apr 27, 2017 | Academic News, Campus News, Events, Top Stories, Twitter
Winona State University will host Spring 2017 Commencement Friday, May 5, in McCown Gymnasium in Memorial Hall on the Winona campus. The first ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. and include the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Education. The second ceremony will...
by Samantha Stetzer | Apr 14, 2017 | Academic News, Achievements, Student News, Top Stories, Twitter, WSU News
The most important lesson Duc Nguyen learned at Winona State University was about failure—more specifically, how a person can learn and grow from failure. “It took me a bit longer to learn this, but failure is not the end. Failure can only spawn two things—opportunity...
