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Jan. 26, 2005
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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
- International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Meeting, 5 p.m., Dining Room C, Kryzsko Commons
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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, Kryzsko Commons
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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
- Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity Root Beer Keg Party, 7:30 p.m., Student Union
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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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| Rochester Center Presents a National Expert on Counterterrorism |
Winona State University-Rochester Center presents Visiting Scholar Series Lecturer Michael Hurley on Feb. 1, at 11 a.m., in the University Center Rochester Hill Theatre.
Hurley, an Edina, Minn., native, spent 21 years working as CIA directorate of operations. He specializes in conflict areas and served in U.S. interventions in Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo. He was assigned on two occasions to the National Security Council to direct activities surrounding the Dayton Peace Accords and as director for the Balkans.
During the Clinton administration, Hurley was an advisor to national Security Advisor Sandy Berger and President Clinton.
In late 2001, Hurley visited Afghanistan and led CIA personnel and U.S. Special Forces against al Qaeda and the Taliban. He was the lead coordinator for "Operation Anaconda," the largest military campaign against al Qaeda.
Hurley has developed a reputation as a national expert on counterterrorism. His career spans command of U.S. forces deployed in the most hostile regions of the world in the battle against al Qaeda, to the highest policy making circles of the U.S. government.
This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (507)281-7770.
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| WSU Orientation Committee Accepting Applicants |
The Orientation Committee is currently in the process of accepting applicants for new student orientation leaders. This is an excellent leadership experience for students who wish to help orient first-year students to WSU.
Students are required to have a 2.5 cumulative grade point average to be eligible for the position. Student leaders earn a $150 bookstore scholarship.
Applications can be picked up in the Advising Office, Phelps 129 or online at www.winona.edu/advising. The deadline for returning applications is Feb. 10. Interviews will take place Feb. 14 and 15. |
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| Career Services Offers Resume Help |
Winona State Career Services offers students an opportunity for resume help on Tuesday, Feb. 1, and Tuesday, Feb. 8, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., in the lower hyphen.
Each session will last 15 minutes.
For more information on the Job Fair, visit their website, at www.winona.edu/career.
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| Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program Hosting Opportunity |
The Fulbright Teacher Exchange program invites applications from U.S. English teachers at the elementary and secondary level to host English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers from the Sultanate of Oman for approximately two weeks during April 2005.
For more information or a host application form, contact http://www.fulbrightexchanges.org/View/ViewOtherOpps.asp.
The application deadline is Friday, Feb. 18, 2005.
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| WSU Department of Theatre and Dance Announce Campus Auditions |
The Winona State Department of Threatre and Dance announces all campus auditions for this spring's children's show, Trudi and the Minstrel, Tuesday, Feb. 1, and Wednesday, Feb. 2, from 6-8:30 p.m., in the Performing Arts Center Mainstage. Possible callbacks are on Thursday, Feb. 3, from 6-8:30 p.m., in the Performing Arts Center Mainstage.
Prepare a one minute audition, children's theatre style.
Auditions are open to all Winona State students.
The play will be presented from April 1-7 to thousands of area school children.
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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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