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WSU Today

Feb. 23, 2005

Wednesday	Feb. 23	Presidential Candidate: Dr. Judith A. Ramaley, Feb. 21-23, Interview Schedule and Bio Presidential Candidate: Dr. Stephen J. Kopp, Feb. 22-24, Interview Schedule and Bio Presidential Candidate: Dr. Virginia M. Coombs, Feb. 23-26, Interview Schedule and Bio New University Brown Bag Dialogues: Student Q and A, Noon, Maxwell Teleconference Center, GL 137 Rochester and streaming video Celebration of the Book presents: Max Yela: "You Call That a Book?: The Book as an Art Form," 7 p.m., Stark Auditorium Athenaeum Event Series presents: Gabe Manrique: The Accented Faculty: Foreign-Born Faculty in US Universities, 1 p.m., Library Athenaeum "The Vagina Monologues," 7 p.m., Performing Arts Center Main Stage Travel Study Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Memorial Hall, Room 209 Todd Paddock Presentation: "Drug Use Is a Social Behavior: Some Findings from Sociology," 7 p.m., Student Union Mass Communication Department's London Study Abroad Informational Meeting, 10 a.m., Minne, Room 242 WSU Blood Drive, Noon-6 p.m., East Hall, Dining Rooms E,F,G and Wenonah, Kryzsko Commons
Thursday	Feb. 24	Presidential Candidate: Dr. Stephen J. Kopp, Feb. 22-24, Interview Schedule and Bio Presidential Candidate: Dr. Virginia M. Coombs, Feb. 23-26, Interview Schedule and Bio Residential College International Series presents: Voices of Sepharad: Jewish Cultural Music, 7-9 p.m., Lourdes Hall, North Lounge Black Cultural Awareness Association presents "Thirsty for Diversity" Black History Month movie series: "Remember the Titans," 6 p.m., Student Activities Center, Kryzsko Commons Mass Communication Department's London Study Abroad Informational Meeting, 2 p.m., Minne, Room 242 WSU Blood Drive, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., East Hall, Dining Rooms E,F,G and Wenonah, Kryzsko Commons
Friday	Feb. 25	Presidential Candidate: Dr. Virginia M. Coombs, Feb. 23-26, Interview Schedule and Bio Mass Communication Department's London Study Abroad Informational Meeting, 1 p.m., Minne, Room 242 CLAP Faculty Colloquium: Armando Gonzalez: "Interactive Technology in the Teaching of Foreign Languages,"4 p.m., Minné Hall, Second Floor, Minné Lounge Women's Basketball vs. Bemidji State, 6 p.m., McCown Gym Men's Basketball vs. Bemidji State, 8 p.m., McCown Gym
Saturday	Feb. 26	Presidential Candidate: Dr. Virginia M. Coombs, Feb. 23-26, Interview Schedule and Bio Japan Fair, Noon-3 p.m., East Cafeteria, Kryzsko Commons Winona Symphony O rchestra, 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center Main Stage Women's Basketball vs. Minnesota-Crookston, 6 p.m., McCown Gym Men's Basketball vs. Minnesota-Crookston, 8 p.m., McCown Gym Video Game Club All Night Meeting, 7 p.m.-4 a.m., Kryzsko Commons Student Activity Center.
Sunday	Feb. 27	Student Recital, Jodi Anderson and Kyle Reschke, French Horn, 2 p.m., Performing Arts Center Recital Hall Community Choral Concert, 3 p.m., Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

News and Events

CLAP Faculty Colloquium Presents Armando Gonzalez

Dr. Armando Gonzalez of the Winona State University Department of Foreign Languages speaks on Friday, Feb. 25, at 4 p.m. Gonzalez's lecture, "Interactive Technology in the Teaching of Foreign Languages," will be held in the Minné Lounge on the second floor of
Minné Hall.

The event is free and open to the public.

Refreshments will be served.

This talk is part of the Consortium for Liberal Arts Promotion Colloquium Series, which is intended to showcase the research and creative work of faculty.

Community Choral Concert For Tsunami Relief Fund

The Winona State University Concert Choir and Women's Chorus is part of the Community Choral Concert to raise funds for the Tsunami Relief Fund of Winona County. The concert is Sunday, Feb. 27, at 3 p.m., at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.

Also, singing in the concert are ensembles from the following schools and churches: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Senior Choir, Cotter High School Concert Choir, St. Mary's University of Minnesota Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, Winona Oratorio Chorus, and Winona Senior High School Concert Choir.

The concert is free and open to the public, however, donations will be accepted for the Tsunami Relief Fund.

WSU Presents Michael Hurley

Winona State University presents Michael Hurley, senior counsel to the 9/11 commission and 9/11 Foundation, on Wednesday, March 2, at noon, in WSU's Somsen Auditorium.

Hurley, a Minnesota native, is traveling from Washington, D.C., accompanied by Erin Smith, a new 9/11 commission staff member, on a Midwestern speaking tour.

He will address how the 9/11 Commission Report and terrorism affects WSU students, and how these topics might relate to students' personal and professional futures by emphasizing themes such as world poverty, the alienation of Muslim youth and ways to change it.

Hurley said young people need to focus their energy and talents on preventing future terrorist attacks and he also urges students to think about careers in government.

He is currently the senior director of policy at the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, but has served as counter-terrorism policy team leader with the 9/11 Commission, served as President Clinton's National Security Advisor on American operations in Bosnia and the Dayton Peace Accords, and in late 2001, he went to Afghanistan and led CIA personnel and U.S. Special Forces
against al Qaeda and the Taliban. He was lead coordinator on the scene for "Operation Anaconda," the largest military campaign against al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

The 9/11 National Commission report is important for all Americans to read and understand because of the dangers our country faces, Hurley said.

Hurley recently presented a talk, "What do College Kids Know about Fighting Terrorism," at the University Center in Rochester.

Hurley's visit to WSU is free to attend and open to the public. For more information, contact Michael Bowler, mbowler@winona.edu.

WSU Celebrates Poetry and Women's History Month

Winona State University's Women's Studies Program and the Winona Arts Center are co-sponsoring the annual Round Robin Reading and open mike poetry event Thursday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m., at the Winona Arts Center, 228 E. 5th Street.

The poetry event celebrates March's Women's History Month and April's National Poetry Month. "We wanted to do something a bit different this year, " said Nancy Kay Peterson, event organizer and WSU director of grants and sponsored projects. "This year's event is going to be less formal."

"Instead of the poets standing on a stage reading 'at' the audience, we will be sitting in a circle with the audience. If a member of the audience has a poem to share they will be welcome to do so."

Among the five poet readers is Carol Borzyskowski, co-founder and co-editor with Peterson for Main Channel Voices: A Dam Fine Literary Magazine, published in Winona.

Borzyskowski has published poetry in Midwest Poetry Review, Melange, Crone's Nest, San Francisco Call and Poetic Strokes, as well as in e-magazines such as Conspire, Recursive Angel and Poetry Café. Her latest publication was December 2004 in Red Booth Review.

Peterson, another poetry reader for the event, has work published in print and in online publications including Loonfeather, Mined, North Coast Review, realgoodwords, Red Booth Review, River Images and Terminus. Additional work from Peterson will be appearing soon in the online journal Jerseyworks.

A professor of English at Winona State University, Sandra Bennett, will also participate in the poetry celebration event as a poetry reader. Her poetry has appeared in Loonfeather, Sing Heavenly Muse, Living with Nature IV, In Other Words, Poetry Motel and Bayou Review.

Poet and fiber artist Joan McNeil will be reading poetry at the event as well. McNeil exhibits her handmande baskets at art centers throughout the region and in publications such as Fiberarts Design Book II and Handmade.

Connie Sanderson, a retired English and French teacher, has work published in Great River Review, Lyrical Iowa, Spoon River Poetry Review, Wisconsin Review, Yankee and Main Channel Voices. Sanderson will be one of the five women reading poetry at this event.

Tickets for this event are $5 for adults and $2 for students. For more information, contact Nancy Kay Peterson, 507-457-5519.

Search Committee Announces Presidential Candidates

The Winona State University Presidential Search Committee announces the names of the five presidential candidates.

The names of the candidates and their interview dates are as follows:
Dr. Paul R. Keys, Feb. 16-18
Dr. John Wanat, Feb. 20-22
Dr. Judith A. Ramaley, Feb. 21-23
Dr. Stephen J. Kopp, Feb. 22-24
Dr. Virginia M. Coombs, Feb. 23-26

A list of the scheduled candidate visits and meeting times, along with bios on each candidate, are posted on the WSU Presidential Search Website at: www.winona.edu/president/245.htm.

The search committee statement is as follows:

"The Presidential Search Committee is pleased to present to the Winona State community the following candidates for the position of President. This slate of candidates was drawn from extensive work by the committee, following a first round of interviews, and in-depth telephone reference checks. These candidates have emerged as well qualified and appropriately prepared to lead WSU. The committee is confident that the community will welcome each candidate to campus and will join with us to make certain that each candidate has an enjoyable visit to our community."

Members of the WSU community are encouraged to attend these candidate meetings.

WSU Hosting Two "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" Banquets

With relief efforts pouring in to southern Asia from around the world, the Winona State University National Broadcasting Society (NBS), the Winona area Rotary Club and the WSU community are working together to start the rebuilding process in southern Asia.

WSU is hosting two "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" banquets organized by the NBS on Tuesday, March 1, and Wednesday, March 2, at 6 p.m., in the East Hall of Kryzsko Commons. Tickets cost $20 a plate.

The banquets feature International and American food, along with entertainment by students from the WSU International Office.

The goal of the banquets is to raise $10,000. All of the proceeds go to the Winona area Rotary Club. If the money raised exceeds $10,000, the difference will go toward the education of the students in the National Broadcasting Society.

Tickets to the banquets are on sale and can be purchased at Country Market, Audio Designs, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, WSU's International Student Office, KQAL in WSU's Performing Arts Center, HBCI and the Winona Post.

Interested individuals who want to make a private donation, can contribute to the "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" banquet relief account at Merchants Bank of Winona.

For more information about the banquets, contact Ajit Daniel, at 457-5228.

WSU Summer Course Offered With Study in London

The WSU Mass Communication Department is offering a three-credit-hour course entitled Media and Society—United Kingdom, during Summer I term, beginning June 6. The coursel includes two weeks in London, where students become familiar with the mass media in Great Britain and its relationship to that society.

The first two weeks of the course are spent on the Winona campus talking about the media and society in the United Kingdom. The second two weeks involve study at the London College of Communication (LCC) in England. Participants are flying to London from Minneapolis St. Paul Airport on Friday, June 17, and arriving in London on Saturday.

While in London, LCC faculty will talk about the media and society there each morning, and in the afternoons students can visit media outlets in London. Students are staying at the London College of Communication and two meals are provided each day. Students have the hours after site visits to tour the city and make arrangements for dinner. A wide range of tours are also available to students during the middle weekend. Students have Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday off in the middle to travel or visit sites as part of this international learning experience.

A tourism consultant is also offered to advise participants who wish to stay in Europe at the conclusion of the course.

Three meetings for interested individuals are on Wednesday, Feb 23, at 10 a.m., in Minne, Room 242, on Thursday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m., in Minne, Room 242 and on Friday, Feb. 25, at 1 p.m., in Minne, Room 242.

Professor John Weis will share the latest information and will also accept deposit checks until the few remaining available spots are filled. Sixteen students have already reserved seats in this course.

Financial aid will cover tuition, LCC program costs and spending money for the trip for those students who are eligible for student aid.

"Celebration of the Book 2005" Presents Max Yela

As part of Winona State University's "Celebration of the Book 2005," University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Special Collections Librarian Max Yela is giving a talk, "'You Call That A Book?': The Book as an Art Form," Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m., in Stark Auditorium. A reception follows the reading.

Yela speaks on a variety of book types. He describes the spectrum between the literary fine press book, a hand-made edition often numbering up to 200 copies, and the artist's book, which may come out in an edition of only one, and whose maker is often more concerned with the book itself as a kind of text and is only minimally interested in it as a transmitter of text.

Yela has mounted major exhibitions on the artist's book and on fine press publication and has spoken widely on the subject. His interest has led him to teach the subject at the College of Visual Art at UW-M.

He is bringing samples of the wide range of books from the collection he curates, and he is speaking on many of the books that are on exhibit now in the show "Art of the Book and Artistic Serial," which is on display through March 3 in WSU's Watkin's Gallery.

Yela is senior academic librarian and head of special collections at the Golda Meier Library at
UW-M, a position he has held for ten years. Prior to that, he was an associate librarian in the Morris Library at the University of Deleware.

The "Celebration of the Book" is a semester-long event intended to highlight the importance of the book as both an object and a cultural wellspring. It has been organized by the Consortium for Liberal Arts Promotion and is sponsored by WSU's Departments of English, History, Geoscience, Education and Art; the Residential College; the WSU Library; the WSU Foundation and Sutton Hoo Press.

WSU Presents "The Vagina Monologues"

Winona State University presents a benefit production of Eve Ensler's award-wining play, "The Vagina Monologues," on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m., on the WSU Performing Arts Center Main Stage.

The production of "The Vagina Monologues" at Winona State is a benefit for the Winona Women's Resource Center, as well as a celebration of V-day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls.

Ticket sales are on Thursday, Feb. 17, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 18, from 9 a.m.-noon,; Monday, Feb. 21, from noon-2 p.m.,; and Tuesday, Feb. 22, from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in the WSU Communication Studies/Theatre/Dance Office, located in the performing arts center, Room 215.

Tickets are also available at the door both nights of production, or may be reserved in advance by contacting Tamara Berg, tberg@winona.edu, or Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest, rrgilchrest@winona.edu. All reserved tickets must be picked up by 6:30 p.m. in the performing Arts Center lobby the evening of the performance.

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