In the News

The mission of Winona State University is to enhance the intellectual, social, cultural and economic vitality of the people and communities we serve. See below for a sampling of recent media coverage showing our students, employees and alumni doing just that.

	Winona Daily News Higher ed bill freezes tuition at WSU, Southeast Tech (5/21/13) Tuition at Winona State University and Southeast Technical College and all other state schools will be frozen for the next two years.
	Winona Daily News $800 million bonding bill fails: Vote on statewide construction project means no funding for WSU's Education Village (5/18/13) Winona State University’s hope to secure funding for the first phase of Education Village ended Friday when the when the Minnesota House failed to muster enough votes for an $800 million construction bill.
	Rochester Post-Bulletin Area schools take new approach in diversifying staff (5/9/13) Why does Rochester Public Schools struggle to hire minority teachers?
	Winona Daily News Teri Tenseth Market (4/29/13) The sound of jingling starts as women of all ages pile into Z Studio on Wednesday night and grab different brightly colored and loud belly dancing skirts for class. The women of Winona are looking for a new fun way to exercise. And Teri Tenseth Market — or Teri Shakes, as she goes by on stage — is ready to teach them.
	Rochester Post-Bulletin WSU and Rochester a productive partnership (4/26/13) Rochester is blessed in many ways, and one of them is its wealth of higher education providers. Winona State University-Rochester is proud to be a leader among them.
	Winona Daily News Kids First: Celebrating 5 years (4/25/13) Some people buy a fishing boat when they retire, or tour all 50 states. When Carol Marchant retired from teaching five years ago, she opened an after school program for at-risk youth at the Maplewood Townhomes housing development on Winona’s west end.
	Beloit Daily News Rugby finds a convert (4/24/13) When she was a Winona State University freshman in the fall of 2011, Kourtney Kavajecz found herself checking on various extra-curricular possibilities during a “club fair.”
	Winona Daily News ‘The Boss': Scott Olson becomes WSU president (4/20/13) Scott Olson was Winona State University’s rock-star president Friday afternoon.
	Rochester Post-Bulletin Scott Olson seeks stronger bonds with Rochester (4/22/13) A day before his inauguration, Scott Olson was in his office pondering the mysteries of his own career path: How a person from a long line of dentists could become the 15th president of Winona State University.
	Rochester Post-Bulletin WSU president will focus on teacher education (4/22/13) The great object of Scott Olson Winona State University's presidency will be reforming the way aspiring teachers are prepared for the classroom.
	Winona Daily News WSU Education Village Project (4/21/13) Winona State University used to be the model used around the world for training teachers, WSU president Scott Olson said Friday at his inauguration.
	Winona Daily News Inauguration of Scott Olson (4/18/13) Near the end of his first academic year at the helm of the university, President Scott Olson will be sworn in during an inauguration ceremony Friday afternoon. He will outline some of his visions for the future of WSU and meet with members of the community during a public reception.
	Winona Daily News WSU Music Gala (4/18/13) By hosting composer Stephen Paulus on campus, Winona State University orchestra director Paul Vance is fulfilling a vision he’s had since coming to the university.
	Winona Daily News Bonding bill and Winona area projects (4/9/13) New roads, new college buildings, and even new trees could come to the Winona area under Gov. Mark Dayton’s $750 million budget bonding bill.
	Minnesota Star Tribune Minnesota bill: Amnesty for drinking, seeking help (4/8/13) Abby Huebsch was making the rounds in a University of Minnesota dorm, part of her job as an adviser, when she saw a young woman sprawled on the bathroom floor. The 19-year-old was confused and disoriented, Huebsch said, strangely out of sorts after a few glasses of wine.
	Winona Daily News Family Fun Day (4/7/13) Harley Hazelton gripped the nozzle of the digital fire extinguisher. The 4-year-old stared down his target, aimed and began extinguishing the glowing red and orange flames illuminating the fire simulator. A wide smile spread across Harley’s face as the fire began to dwindle.
	Winona Daily News Sage advice for young professionals (4/7/13) Old advice can still pay big dividends for a new generation of young professionals.
	Winona Daily News The answers are in the data (4/6/13) Banging on keyboards and hoping something comes out. That’s Kristin Mara and Corey Smith’s tongue-in-cheek description of their team’s strategy at last year’s Midwest Undergraduate Data Analytics Competition, hosted by Winona State University. Their team won and will be competing again in this year’s competition, which begins today and runs through Sunday.