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Jan. 25, 2005
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Jan. 25 |
- Scott Johnson's Speech, 4 p.m., Kryzsko Commons
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HWA Volleyball Tournament Registration, 2-7 p.m., Intramural Office
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NCPTC Presents: "Stories of Silence: Recovering from Boyhood Sexual Abuse," 7 p.m., Tau Center
Celebration of the Book presents: Poet Cullen Bailey Burns, 7 p.m., Lourdes North Lounge
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Student Association of Social Workers Meeting, 7 p.m., Room 234 Minné
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Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority Recruitment Meeting, 7 p.m., Purple room 105
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Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity Recruitment Meeting, 7 p.m., Dining Room B
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Women's Gymnastics vs. UW-La Crosse, 7 p.m., McCown Gym
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| Wednesday |
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Jan. 26 |
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New University Brown Bag Dialogues: Multicultural Learning Initiative, Noon, Maxwell Teleconference Center, GL 137 at UCR and streaming video
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WSU Business Speaker Series presents: Craig Culver, co-founder and president of Culver's restaurant, 6 p.m., Science Laboratory Center
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Athenaeum Event Series presents: Paul Vance: Cello Performance, 1 p.m., Library Athenaeum
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Mac Users Group (MUG) Meeting, 7 p.m., Student Union Conference Room
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American Cancer Society's Relay For Life Kick Off, 8-9 p.m., Student Union, Stage Area
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Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority Recruitment Meeting, 5:15 p.m., ZaZa's, Winona
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Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity Recruitment Meeting, 2 p.m., Dining Room C
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Thursday
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Jan. 27 |
- Diane Jarvi: Songs and Music of Finland, 7 - 9 p.m., Residential College, Lourdes Hall, North Lounge
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| Friday |
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Jan. 28 |
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Study Abroad Informational Meeting, 10 a.m., Student Union, Kryzsko Commons
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Matthew Lungerhausen's Presentation: "Funerals, Nation-Building and Photographing Public Life in fin-de-siècle Hungary," 4 p.m., second floor Minne Lounge
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"TALK RADIO" & "LONE STAR," 7:30 p.m., PAC Black Box Theatre
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| Saturday |
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Jan. 29 |
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Men's Basketball vs. Concordia St. Paul, 8 p.m., McCown Gym
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Women's Basketball vs. Concordia St. Paul, 6 p.m., McCown Gym
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"TALK RADIO" & "LONE STAR," 7:30 p.m., PAC Black Box Theatre
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| Sunday |
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Jan. 30 |
- Health & Wellness Association (HWA) Coed Volleyball Tournament
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News and Events
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| WSU Holds New University Visioning Conference |
| Winona State University invites students, staff, faculty, administrators and partners to participate in a one-day New University Visioning Conference: Implementing the Vision, on Thursday, Feb. 3, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., in the WSU Maxwell Leadership Center.
The vision for a New University has been in the creation process for the past 18 months. Work groups designed plans this fall for implementing the major initiatives identified throughout the year.
Participants in the conference will plan how to sequence the implementation of the varied initiatives considering the projected available resources and priorities. The first part of the day will provide opportunities for all to see, feel and explore the Winona Experience through examples and real stories. Implementation plans will show how the Winona Experience can be created for all students, and the broader community.
The afternoon section of the conference will be spent in dialogues to gather insight from participants about how best to implement the vision to assure greatest value and benefit for students, university employees and our community. The New University committee hopes everyone will attend.
To register, send your name and e-mail address to newu@winona.edu, or call Mary Hundt by Jan. 26, at 507-457-5004. All participants are asked to commit to the full day of the conference. The event will be available on streaming video for those who can't attend the conference for the full day.
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| The CEO and Co-Founder of Culver's Restaurant Speaks at WSU |
| The CEO and Co-Founder of Culver's, Craig Culver, will speak as part of the Winona State University Business Speaker Series, Wednesday, January 26, 2005, at 6 p.m., in the WSU Science Laboratory Center.
Culver along with his wife, Lea, and his parents, George and Ruth Culver, created the niche-market restaurant which features burgers and frozen custard.
For more than three decades, the Culver family owned and operated supper clubs and eateries in the Sauk County, Wis., area. Craig worked at the family restaurants during his college breaks from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
On July 18, 1984, Craig and his family opened the first Culver's in Sauk City, Wis. In 1987, the franchising arm, Culver Franchising System, Inc., was established. The first successful franchise was opened in Baraboo, Wis., in 1990.
The WSU Business Speaker Series was established by Delta Sigma Pi, a professional fraternity at WSU.
If you'd like more information, contact Joe Factor, Delta Sigma Pi, at 507-454-2297 or 952-221-7774.
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| WSU Offers Instrument Ground School Course |
| Winona State University's instrument ground school course will begin Friday, Jan. 28, at the Winona Airport Administration Building classroom. The class meets Friday evenings from 7 to 10:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for six weekends.
Successful completion of the course enables students to earn four semester hours of university credit and help to pass the FAA written knowledge examination.
Topics covered in the course include advanced meteorology, communications, federal regulations, safety, radio navigation, aerodynamics, instrument approaches, charts and plates. Program and FAA airline transport pilot and instrument pilot examiner.
Certified pilots who wish to review their training and keep current are also encouraged to attend this course.
Registration may be completed at the first class meeting on Jan. 28, but students are encouraged to call for advance assignments. For more information, contact the Winona State University physics department at 507-457-5585 or the airport facility at 507-452-1937. |
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| WSU Presents Matthew Lungerhausen |
The Faculty Colloquium, sponsored by the Consortium for Liberal Arts Promotion and by the College of Liberal Arts, announces Matthew Lungerhausen's presentation: "Funerals, Nation-Building and Photographing Public Life in fin-de-siècle Hungary," Friday, Jan. 28, at 4 p.m., in the second floor Minne Lounge.
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| WSU Presents "TALK RADIO" & "LONE STAR" |
Winona State University presents "TALK RADIO" & "LONE STAR," Jan. 28-29, at 7:30 p.m., in the PAC Black Box Theatre.
"Talk Radio" & "Lone Star" are a theatrical double feature. Both shows are comedies and the performance lasts approximately two hours.
"Talk Radio" is a play about Barry Champlain, a radio shock jock not unlike Howard Stern and Rush Limbaugh combined, while "Lone Star" tells the story of two brothers and how they look up to one another.
Admission is free; however, seating is limited to 92 people.
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WSU Opens the Academic Assistance Center |
The Academic Assistance Center, located in the Library, Room 202, is now open for drop-in tutoring from 2-9 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Individual appointments are also available by arrangement throughout the week. The AAC employs 16 peer tutors, offering tutoring in 24 subjects.
To see a complete list of subjects tutored and the schedule, please visit http://www.winona.edu/advising/aac. Anyone with questions about the AAC should feel free to contact Jillian Quandt, tutor coordinator, at 457-5680. |
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| WSU Hosts Spring 2005 International Music Series |
The Winona State University Residential College at Lourdes Hall is hosting the Spring 2005 International Music Series. The events provide an opportunity to experience a taste of musical culture from around the world.
The series offers 11 performances. The concerts will be held in Lourdes Hall North Lounge on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. All concerts are free and open to the public.
The performances and dates are listed below:
Winona International Dancers, “Folk Music and Dance from Around the World," Jan. 20
Diane Jarvi, “Songs and Music of Finland," Jan. 24
Sandip Burman and Friends, “Tabla Drumming of North India,” Feb. 3
Nirmala Rajasekar, “Music of South India,” Feb. 17
Voices of Sepharad, “Judeo-Spanish Music from Bosnia, Greece, Turkey, Israel and Morocco," Feb. 24
Sowah Mensah, “Drumming and Music of Ghana,” March 3
Gao Hong, “Pipa Music of China,” March 24
Calle Sur, “Music of South America,” March 31
Percussion Group Cincinatti, “Explorations of World Music,” April 7
Light From Heaven, “Traditional Music of Cambodia," April 14
Winona Gamelan Ensemble, “Central Javanese Gamelan Music,” April 21 |
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| Scott Johnson Speaks at WSU |
Learn about WSU alumnus Scott Johnson's climb to one of the country's top law firms, Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 4 p.m., in Kryzsko Commons.
Johnson graduated from WSU in 1982 with a criminal justice background. Johnson will discuss his climb from being a student at WSU to becoming a partner at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., the firm which helped win the Big Tobacco settlement for the state of Minnesota.
Faculty and their students are encouraged to attend this presentation. Johnson will answer questions about a career in law and he will talk about interesting cases in Winona. |
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| Students Vote for GarageBand Fest |
Students and faculty can now vote online for their favorite student produced music from the GarageBand Fest ‘04 contest. On January 28th, the producers with the most online votes will win a new piano keyboard.
Listen and Vote online at: http://www.mugwarrior.org/garageband/ |
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| WSU Celebration of the Book Presents Cullen Bailey Burns |
| Winona State University's Celebration of the Book presents poet Cullen Bailey Burns on Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m., in the WSU Lourdes Hall North Lounge, where she will read from her book, Paper Boat.
Burns' reading is the first presentation in the three month long series, which features authors, events and exhibitions.
"Celebration of the Book is a semester-long celebration of reading and books as physical objects, art objects and cultural objects, which provide pleasure and information," said James Armstrong, assistant professor of English.
Burns' book of poems came out in 2003 and is described as both meditative and lyrical. Her work is about family and fate, and about being a mother, a daughter and a sister amidst the hard beauty of the world.
Burns lives in Minneapolis and teaches at Century College. She was a recipient of a 1999 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Fellowship and her poems have appeared in Poetry Northwest, The Sonora Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Luna and other journals.
Burns' reading also kicks off The Great River Reading Series, which presents authors and their work. Armstrong hopes to get a lot of participation for the events which are organized and produced by the consortium for liberal arts promotion, an informal group of professors, administrators and community members.
"It's beneficial for the university community to participate in the Celebration of the Book because of the importance of reading," said Armstrong. "We should celebrate because books are central to our lives and as the WSU mission states, they encourage a culture of learning."
The Celebration of the Book has scheduled events from Jan. 25 to April 22.
For more details on each of the events, visit the news and events link on the WSU Web site, www.winona.edu, and refer to the master calendar of events.
Burns' reading, the Great River Reading Series and the Celebration of the Book is sponsored by WSU's English, History, Geoscience, Education and Art Departments; the Residential College; the WSU library; the WSU Foundation; the Carriage House Bed and Breakfast; and Sutton Hoo Press.
All events are free and open to the public.
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