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Meet the Admissions Staff

Carl T. Stange, MS 

Freshman Admissions Staff:

  • Sue Eckerson 
  • Seth Wing
  • A.J. Blazek
  • Jon Kyte
  • Heather Gosse
  • Mary Hesterman
  • Katrina Young
  • Karen Kauphusman
  • Sue Henderson

Transfer Admissions Staff:

  • Carol Ziehlsdorf
  • Sarah Curtin 
  • Mary Mueller
     
 
        
     
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Carl T. Stange, MS

Director of Admissions

I enjoy working with the dedicated team of staff members in our office of Admissions. The mission of the Winona State University Office of Admissions is to expedite the transition from high school and community to the university setting while providing leadership in enrollment management as defined by the university and its mission. This will be accomplished in a timely, positive, and professional manner befitting the standards of a quality university.

cstange@winona.edu
800-DIAL-WSU ext. 5100 or
(507) 457-5100

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Sue Eckerson

Assistant Director for Freshman Admissions

Recruiting Territory:  

High Schools in Southeast Minnesota and SW Twin Cities metro area

seckerson@winona.edu
800-DIAL-WSU ext. 5105 or
(507) 457-5105 

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Heather Gosse
Admissions Counselor

Recruiting Territory includes high schools in:

    • Southern Wisconsin including Milwaukee & Madison
    • Southeast/west suburbs and western suburbs of Illinois including Naperville, St. Charles, and Elgin

hgosse@winona.edu
800-DIAL-WSU ext. 5108 or
(507) 457-5108 

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Jon Kyte
Admissions Counselor

 Recruiting Territory:

  • Minnesota high schools west of I-35 in greater Minnesota
  • Northwest Minnesota Metro from Andover to Patrick Henry
  • Most high schools in McHenry and Lake County, Illinois

jkyte@winona.edu
800-DIAL-WSU ext 5509 or 507-457-5509

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Seth Wing
Admissions Counselor / Assistant Baseball Coach


Recruiting Territory in the Spring Semester:

  • Minnesota high schools west of I-35 in greater Minnesota
  • Northwest Minnesota Metro from Andover to Patrick Henry
  • Most High Schools in McHenry and Lake County, Illinois

swing@winona.edu

800-DIAL-WSU, ext. 5107,or 507-457-5107

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A.J. Blazek
Admissions Counselor / Assistant Football Coach


Recruiting Territory in the Spring Semester:

  • Minnesota high schools west of I-35 in greater Minnesota
  • Northwest Minnesota Metro from Andover to Patrick Henry
  • Most High Schools in McHenry and Lake County, Illinois

ablazek@winona.edu

800-DIAL-WSU, ext. 5107,or 507-457-5107

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TBA - Summer and Fall Semesters 2009
Admissions Counselor Intern

 Recruiting Territory:

  • College Fairs in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin
  • High School Visits in Iowa, western Minnesota, and SW Wisconsin


800-DIAL-WSU

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Brenda Canar

Admissions Support Staff

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Act on new student applications
  • Send out admissions status letters
  • Award Resident Tuition Scholarships, Presidential Honor Scholarships, and Academic Awards
  • Send new student registration packets and set up a registration date and time for each student
  • Overall maintenance of new student files, including receipt of final high school transcripts

bcanar@winona.edu  or 507-457-5102

Karen Kauphusman
Admissions Support Staff

 Primary Responsibilities:

  • Admitting PSEO’s, UGS, HSSP
  • Reciprocity and residency
  • Mailings to prospective and admitted students
  • Data entry of prospective students (contact cards)
  • Loading of ACT tapes
  • Processing incoming transcripts and transfer applications

kkauphusman@winona.edu or 507-457-5103

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Sue Henderson

Admissions Customer Service Specialist

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Front desk reception duties
  • Responds to requests for admissions materials and general information by phone, mail or email contact
  • Supervises student workers in processing mail and incoming applications

shenderson@winona.edu or 507-457-5100

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Katrina Young

Admissions Support Staff

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Contact person for on and off-campus special events
  • Contact person for alumni representatives who visit Illinois high schools and attend college night programs on behalf of WSU
  • Input computer data
  • Generate computer data, on request, to various departments on campus
  • Assist counselors in contacts with prospective and admitted students in their high school and college visits
  • Processes all budgetary requests in the office

kyoung@winona.edu, or 507-457-5101

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Carol Ziehlsdorf

Associate Director of Admissions, Foreign Credentials Evaluator and Transfer Coordinator

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Evaluates domestic and international transfer credit
  • Enters course equivalencies
  • Meets with potential and admitted transfer students
  • Transfer recruiting activities

cziehlsdorf@winona.edu or 1-800-DIAL-WSU, ext. 5100

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Sarah Curtin

Assistant Director for Transfer Admissions and Freshman International Admissions

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Evaluates domestic and freshman international transfer credit
  • Enters course equivalencies
  • Meets with potential and admitted transfer students
  • Enters AP, IB and CLEP credits
  • Transfer recruiting activities

scurtin@winona.edu or 1-800-DIAL-WSU, ext. 5100

 

 

 

 Mary Mueller

Transfer admissions support staff

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Handles questions about new and returning transfer students
  • Data management, transfer admissions processing, and print or email communication with transfer applicants

mamueller@winona.edu or 507-457-5104

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