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Feb. 3, 2005
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Feb. 3 |
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| Friday |
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Feb. 4 |
- Rowing Club Spaghetti Dinner, 7 p.m., Holzinger Lodge
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Feb. 5 |
- Music Department Scholarship Auditions
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News and Events
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Member of Little Rock Nine Speaks at WSU and SMU |
On Sept. 23, 1957, nine students, including Minnijean Brown-Trickey and eight other young African-American students, walked through the doors of Little Rock Central High and into history. In one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement, and in defiance of the state, the governor and armed troops, they took their rightful place in what had been until that moment a whites-only institution in Arkansas. History labeled them the Little Rock Nine.
Brown-Trickey will present "Return to Little Rock" at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 7, at Winona State University's Stark Auditorium and 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 8, at Saint Mary's University's Page Theatre, located in the Performance Center.
The presentations are free and open to the public, and no advance tickets are required.
Drawing on her experiences as one of the most articulate and forceful members of the Little Rock Nine, Brown-Trickey provides audiences with a fascinating exploration of social change, diversity and the battle against discrimination and racism. Realistic, but at the same time hopeful, she helps her listeners to understand both how far our society has come from that fateful autumn in Little Rock, and how much the battle for freedom and equality still exists in America.
Sept. 23, 1957, was a short day of school for these nine students at Little Rock Central High. They were spat on, tripped, threatened and insulted. That same morning, angry mobs broke through the police barricades, and the students were escorted out of the school for their own safety.
President Eisenhower announced on television that evening that anyone interfering with the desegregation should "cease and desist," and he dispatched 1,000 men from the 101st Airborne Division to the school. Though the 101st was able to control the mob, the black students couldn't be protected from the extreme cruelty, physically and psychologically, they would endure at the school. Male students were beat up. White students walked on the heels of the blacks until they bled. White students destroyed their lockers and property and threw flaming paper at them in the bathrooms.
One of the students was nearly blinded when acid was sprayed in her eyes.
That December, Brown-Trickey was suspended for dumping chili over the head of a taunting student. In February, she was expelled for allegedly starting a fight and was transferred to New Lincoln High School in New York City. The other eight finished the school year, and Ernie Green became the first black graduate of Central High.
The event showed America that black students were strong enough to endure whatever cruelty 2,000 white students could throw at them. This event, coupled by a movement that was also underway in Montgomery, Ala., led by a young minister by the name of Martin Luther King Jr., would change America.
On the Saint Mary's campus, the event is sponsored by the InterCultural Awareness Association; for more information, call 457-1493.
On the Winona State campus, the event is sponsored by the Cultural Diversity Office; for more information, call 457-5595.
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| WSU and Central Elementary School Present Partnership Program |
The second session in the Winona State University and Central Elementary Partnership Program series is Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m., at Central Elementary School.
The presentation, "Child-Parent Literacy," will be led by Rod Winters, associate professor in WSU's Department of Education, and a specialist in reading and writing instruction.
This session helps parents build in minimal time each day to talk and laugh with kids about language and literacy.
The program, "How Parents Help Kids, Teachers and Schools," emphasizes specific skills, understandings and projects so that parents can work with their children to encourage a love of learning in the home.
The program is one of several partnership relationships being explored by WSU and the Winona Area Public Schools.
All sessions are free and open to the public.
Child care is provided during the presentations. To register for child care, call 457-9550.
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| WSU Music Department Presents Live Jazz: A Historical Perspective |
The Winona State University Department of Music presents "Live Jazz: A Historical Perspective" Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m., in the WSU Performing Arts Center Recital Hall.
The performance features the WSU Faculty Jazz Quintet. The quintet
includes: Richard Hammergren, trumpet; Mike James, guitar; Larry Price, piano; Eric Graham, bass; and Rich MacDonald, drums/vibraphone. They are assisted by James Wheat, trombone; and Will Groth, drums.
The quintet traces the history of jazz from Dixieland 1920's, the Swing Era 1930's, Be-bop 1940's, the Cool Era 1950's, Mainstream 1960's, to later Latin influences and modern styles. The group performs both standard and lesser-known repertoire, delineating the various style periods.
In all, they perform eight selections, ranging from Lew Pollack's 1914 classic, "That's a Plenty," to Charlie Parker's "Scrapple From the Apple." The program will also include other notable songs such as Miles Davis' "Milestones" and Neal Hefti's "Lil' Darlin'."
Tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for students and seniors.
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| Laptop Learning Lab Offers Web Design Workshops |
The Laptop Learning Lab is offering all Winona State students three different web design applications: Macromedia Dreamweaver for PC and Mac, Macromedia Contribute for PC and Mac and Microsoft FrontPage for PC. All three of these workshops are basic workshops designed to show you how to get started with each of these applications.
iMovie and GarageBand workshops are also available for those entering the Make-A-Movie Contest. A complete listing of the February workshops available can be viewed at http://www.winona.edu/its/lll |
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| Informational Session Offered for Potential Commencement Speakers |
Winona State offers an informational session on the Commencement Speaker Process, Monday, Feb. 7, at 6 p.m., in the Senate Office of the Student Union.
Applications are available for those interested in becoming future commencement speakers.
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| WSU Choirs Present Renaissance Madrigal Banquet |
The Winona State University Choirs present the eleventh annual Renaissance Madrigal Banquet, "The Wedding Feast and the Two-Headed Beast", Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12, at 6:30 p.m., in Lourdes Hall.
Tickets are $48 and are available Jan. 31-Feb. 9, from Noon-5p.m., in the Performing Arts Center box office, 457-5235.
To view menu, click here. |
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| Satori Accepting Literary Submissions |
Satori, WSU's literary magazine, is now accepting student fiction, poetry, essays, artwork and photography. Electronic submissions (attached files or email messages) may be sent to satorieditors@webmail.winona.edu.
All student submissions should be accompanied by a cover page (including name, email, titles/descriptions of works submitted). The pieces themselves should be unsigned.
The limit for prose is 12 pages, for poetry, 5 poems. If artwork is not in digital form, artists may submit work to Gary Eddy at the English Office, Minné 302.
The deadline for submissions is Feb. 13, at Midnight. |
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| Nursing Department Supports Wear Red Day |
| The nursing department invites everyone to wear red and purple to support Wear Red Day on Friday, Feb. 4. Wear Red Day is a nation-wide campaign to raise awareness of heart disease in women.
Additional information on women's heart disease is available on Stark third floor.
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| Education Department Hosts Environmental Education Class |
The Education Department has openings for the experiential environmental education class (EDUC 498), at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center. The cost is $202 for room, board, materials and coach bus transportation.
The course is open to Winona State students interested in environmental education and issues. Enrollment is limited to 20 students.
For more information, email Melanie Reap, mreap@winona.edu, or Ann Rethlefsen, arethlefsen@winona.edu.
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| WSU Hosts Colloquium |
Winona State University's Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Department of Biology hosts a colloquium on Monday, Feb. 7, from 4-5 p.m., in WSU's Gildemeister Hall, Room 156. A reception is held before the colloquium in WSU's Gildemeister Hall, Room 320, from 3-3:45 p.m.
The colloquium, Bioscapes: Aesthetics of Biological Patterns from the Perspective of Biologists, Mathematicians and Artists, presented by John R. Jungck of Beloit College's Department of Biology, focuses on the importance of mathematics being incorporated more into the biology curriculum.
Jungck's colloquium stresses the need for mathematicians and biologists to collaborate and explore challenges to both communities in light of a forthcoming explosion of interdisciplinary interactions.
For more information on the colloquium, contact Carol Joyce Blumberg, WSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics, at 457-5589. |
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| WSU Hosts Bioinformatics Workshop |
Winona State University's Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Department of Biology hosts a workshop on Monday, Feb. 7, from Noon-2 p.m., in WSU's Maxwell Hall, Room 212A.
John R. Jungck, from Beloit College's Department of Biology, presents Bedrock: Bioinformatics Education Dissemination: Reaching Out, Connecting and Knitting-together, a workshop for biologists who are interested in implementing bioinformatics across their biology curriculum.
The workshop will focus on several different ways the analysis of molecular data is being applied to solve current biological problems in areas such as medicine, agriculture, conservation and evolution. Jungck will address the relationships between evolutionary theory and the mathematical and computational analysis of molecular sequence and structure data.
The workshop serves as a learning resource for faculty across the biological sciences, as a forum for undergraduate teachers of bioinformatics and as an opportunity for developing undergraduate research programs in bioinformatics.
For more information on this workshop, contact Steve Leonhardi by Monday, Jan. 31, at 457-2359, or sleonhardi@winona.edu.
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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.
Over 200 WSU students, employees and community partners have registered to attend the New University Visioning Conference: Implementing the Vision on Thursday, Feb. 3.
Others may watch on streaming video. For more information, contact http://www.winona.edu/newuniversity/ .
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| GarageBand Fest '04 Announces Contest Winners |
Padraic McGee won 1st place in the GarageBand Fest ’04 contest with the song "Getaway Six". Padraic won a brand new M-Audio Piano keyboard.
Heath Sershen won 2nd place with "LaCrosse es Slow."
To listen to all the music submitted visit: http://www.mugwarrior.org/garageband/listen.php.
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| GarageBand Fest Music Available for Make-A-Movie Contestants |
Music from the GarageBand Fest ’04 contest is available for the Make-A-Movie contest.
For more information, contact http://www.mugwarrior.org/makeamovie/.
If the music doesn’t fit needs, students can learn how to use GarageBand, Apple’s easy to use music making software. Laptop Learning Lab offers hands-on workshops in both iMovie and Garageband. Workshop schedules can be found here: http://www.winona.edu/its/lll/Workshops/iMovie/iMovieWorkshopSchedule.htm
The Make-A-Movie event is sponsored by the WSU Mac Users Group, WSU Technical Support, and Apple Computer Inc.
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| 3M Offers Cash for Tablet Computer Survey |
3M is exploring ways to improve the screens of Tablet computers. Students, faculty and staff are invited to share their thoughts about their Gateway convertible Tablet, and approximately forty people will be chosen to be interviewed. Those who are interviewed will receive $50 cash.
Those interested in talking with representatives of 3M can click here, fill out the short questionnaire and drop it of in the appropriately marked box in the Student Union, Kryzsko Commons. Or, follow the directions on the questionnaire to send back via e-mail, at
3MTablet@mmm.com.
Questionnaires must be submitted by
Friday, Feb. 4 to be eligible.
Those chosen will be contacted by 3M for one-hour interviews in mid February and must be a regular user of a Gateway Tablet computer. The cash payment is only granted to those who are interviewed.
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