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Feb. 18, 2005
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Feb. 18 |
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Feb. 19 |
- Women's Gymnastics vs. UW-Eau Claire, 1 p.m., McCown Gym
- Dancescape, 2 p.m., Performing Arts Center Main Stage
- Soul Food Dinner, 5:30 p.m., East Cafeteria, Kryzsko Commons
- Dancescape, 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center Main Stage
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Feb. 20 |
- Presidential Candidate: Dr. John Wanat, Feb. 20-22, Interview Schedule and Bio
- Student Recital: Adam Davis, 3 p.m., Performing Arts Center Recital Hall
- Residential College Campus Tours, 7-9 p.m., Lourdes, Maria and Tau Residence Hall lobby areas
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News and Events
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| 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.
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| Residential College Campus Offers Tours |
The Residential College Campus is offering tours on Sunday, Feb. 20, from 7-9 p.m., in Lourdes, Maria and Tau Residence Halls. Tour guides are available in the lobby areas to show each type of room available in these halls.
Room draw is Thursday, Feb. 24.
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| "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.
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| 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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| Japan Fair Tickets on Sale |
Tickets are on sale for the Japan Fair, on Saturday, Feb. 26, from noon-3 p.m., in the East Cafeteria of Kryzsko Commons.
The Japan Fair includes Japanese food, performances and cultural demonstrations such as calligraphy, origami and tea ceremony. Tickets for the Japan Fair are $5 for adults and students and $3 for children under 12 years old. Tickets can be purchased this week in the Lower Hyphen from 10 a.m-2 p.m. |
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| Commencement Speaker Applications Due |
Commencement Speaker applications are due Monday, Feb. 21, at 5 p.m., in the Student Senate Office. For a copy of the application, visit the Student Senate website, at http://www.winona.edu/studentsenate/. For more information, email Scott Taylor, at SJTaylor3327@webmail.winona.edu.
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| WSU Sponsors Annual Nursing Research Conference |
The Winona State University Department of Nursing, Kappa Mu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society and Mayo Continuing Nursing Education are sponsoring the 14th Annual Nursing Research Conference: “Interdisciplinary Research: Opportunities and Challenges” on Monday, Feb. 21, in Rochester.
The conference spotlights opportunities and challenges associated with interdisciplinary research as discussed by representatives from nursing , medicine and psychology. |
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| WSU Holds Civility Symposium |
Winona State University holds a symposium on civility on Friday, Feb. 18, from 1-3 p.m., in WSU's Somsen Auditorium.
The civility topic was recommended by WSU's faculty senate to help the university community be better prepared to deal appropriately with controversial issues as they may arise.
"The idea is to allow [symposium participants and speakers] as much freedom as possible to talk about matters of civility, civil liberties, civic engagement and political discourse on college campuses from their perspective," said Troy Paino, dean of the college of liberal arts and symposium organizer.
Some of the speakers at this forum include: D'Ann Urbaniak Lesch, Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs; Timothy Shiell, philosophy professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout; and Paul Durand, Winona Area Public Schools superintendent.
The symposium focuses on several issues including free speech limits, the university's role in protecting and promoting civil liberties, the question of whether the university should require civility and if civility conflicts with civil liberties, civility's definition and importance and how civility on a college campus improves our world.
"I am sure the students, staff, faculty and administration of WSU, and the Winona community, will learn a lot from what the speakers have to say at this symposium," said Paino.
After the talks, 45 minutes will be dedicated to a question and answer session. |
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| WSU Presents "Art of the Book and Artistic Serial" |
"Art of the Book and Artistic Serial" is open at Paul Watkins Gallery and is on view through March 3.
Preston Lawing's "Chucklehead's White Mules"
The exhibit includes a range of examples of limited-edition books, including fine press books and artists’ books. Individual prints of artwork published in some of the books are also on display, as well as other prints by those artists. Eight artists are included in the exhibition, among them printmaker and St. Mary’s professor Preston Lawing and local poet and bookbinder Chad Oness.
Preston Lawing's handmade book, "Chucklehead's White Mules," is included in the current exhibition, "Art of the Book and Artistic Serial," at Watkins Gallery. The book's text is letterpress printed and the illustrations include intaglio, silkscreen, vitreograph, photo-intaglio, blind emboss and woodcut prints. "I use it as a teaching tool," said Lawing, "because it has examples of so many different printmaking processes." It is one of two of his books that can be handled by viewers anytime during the exhibition.
Paul Watkins Gallery is located in Watkins Hall. Gallery Hours are Monday–Friday, 8a.m.–4 p.m., and Wednesdays, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. For more information, call 457-5395. |
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