by Brett Burger | May 7, 2015 | Academic News, Achievements, Student News, Twitter
Seven scholarships have been awarded to members of the Winona State University Women’s Track and Field team using proceeds from the seventh annual Warrior Waddle, which raised $13,810. Over the past 7 years, the Warrior Waddle 5K has raised $90,000 for WSU Women’s...
by Andrea Northam | May 5, 2015 | Campus News, Faculty Staff News, Student News, Twitter, WSU News
With the help of a 125-year-old Winona-based business, students in the Winona State University Composite Materials Engineering program are getting valuable hands-on experience as they prepare to enter the industry. In 2014 WSU was awarded a new piece of equipment, a...
by Emily Dean | May 5, 2015 | Academic News, Events, Faculty Staff News, Twitter, WSU News
The Winona State University Retiree Center will offer summer 2015 classes through Senior University. Senior University is open to all senior citizens in the Winona community. The program is a series of non-credit, short classes that are peer-led by WSU faculty,...
by Andrea Northam | May 5, 2015 | Achievements, Student News, Top Stories, WSU News
For Narann Khath, social work is her life’s calling. Khath was born in a Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand, and she and her family immigrated to the United States with only the clothes on their backs. At the age of 13, she found herself adrift in a strange country,...
by Brett Burger | May 1, 2015 | Academic News, Achievements, Campus News, Events, Student News, Twitter, WSU News
More than 1100 students will participate in the Winona State University Spring 2015 Commencement ceremonies Friday, May 8, in McCown Gymnasium in Memorial Hall on the Winona campus. The morning ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. and include the College of Business and...
by Emily Dean | May 1, 2015 | Achievements, Student News, Twitter, WSU News
For statistics major Brian Barbeln, numbers are a way of life. But when he enrolled at Winona State University, he did so because he didn’t want to be just a number. He wanted to be part of a true community, in which students could form lasting relationships with...
by Samantha Stetzer | May 1, 2015 | Student News, WSU News
For Amanda Burggraff, being diagnosed with leukemia as a teenager, suffering a debilitating stroke, and having to relearn basic skills such as memory recall, reading and writing were all just “bumps in the road.” “We all have various challenges in our lives, but it’s...
by Emily Dean | Apr 30, 2015 | Campus News, Twitter, WSU News
Winona State University will sponsor the sustainability initiative “Don’t Dump – Donate!” through May 10 on and off campus. WSU’s Residence Housing Association will provide boxes in each campus residence hall and Kryzsko Commons to encourage students to donate...
by Ka Vang | Apr 29, 2015 | Achievements, Student News, Twitter, WSU News
For many students, going to college means packing up belongings and moving to a new city. For Hagir Abdelrahim, it meant leaving her family and home country, Sudan, and moving to a place where she barely spoke the language. Abdelrahim spent her first year in the...
by Brett Burger | Apr 29, 2015 | Achievements, Campus News, Top Stories, Twitter
Winona State University has been selected to participate in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration’s “Strategic Prevention Framework Partnerships for Success” grant through the Minnesota Department of Human Services. The Partnership for Success...
