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WSU Today
March 1, 2005
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March 1 |
- New University Brown Bag Dialogues, Noon, Maxwell Teleconference Center, GL 135 Rochester and streaming video
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Eating Disorders Awareness Week presents: Health Talks, 6:30-8 p.m., St. Mary’s Church Commons, 1303 W. Broadway
- Eating Disorders Awareness Week Information, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Lower Hyphen, Kryzsko Commons; Screening/Talks, 1-4 p.m., Counseling Center
- Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity Informational Meeting, 7 p.m., Purple Room 106, Kryzsko Commons
- Student Recital, Laurel Ogren, Cello, 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall
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| Wednesday |
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March 2 |
- Michael Hurley Presentation, Noon, Somsen Auditorium
- Celebration of the Book: "Publishing an E-book," 7 p.m., North Lounge, Lourdes Hall
- Athenaeum Series: Life on the Mississippi River: An Exciting Mix of Geology/Literature, 1 p.m., Library
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Eating Disorders Awareness Week presents: Student Panel on sharing personal experiences, Noon-12:45 p.m., Dining Rooms C and D, Kryzsko Commons
- Eating Disorders Awareness Week Information, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Lower Hyphen, Kryzsko Commons; Screening/Talks, 1-4 p.m., Counseling Center
- Men’s Basketball first round playoff game vs. Moorhead, 7 p.m., McCown Gym
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| Thursday |
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March 3 |
- Residential College International Series presents: Sowah Mensah
Drumming and Music of Ghana, 7-9 p.m., Lourdes Hall, North Lounge
- Horatio Sanz, 7:30 p.m., Somsen Auditorium
- Round Robin and open mike poetry event, 7:30 p.m., Winona Arts Center, 228 E. 5th Street
- Eating Disorders Awareness Week Information, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Lower Hyphen, Kryzsko Commons; Screening/Talks, 1-4 p.m., Counseling Center
- Day of Silence 2005 Participant Meeting, 6:15-7:15 p.m., Minne. Room 104
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| Friday |
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March 4 |
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| Saturday |
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March 5 |
- Music Department Scholarship Auditions
- Conference Services presents: "We Each Have a Story: Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in Science and Life," 8:15 a.m.-2:20 p.m., Heintz Center, Rochester
- WSU-RC Counselor Education Department, Workshop Series, "Group Play Therapy in Schools and Community Agencies," 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Coffman Building, Rooms 206/208, University Rochester Center
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| Sunday |
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March 6 |
- PALS Weekend Begins
- Wind Ensemble, 2 p.m., Performing Arts Center, Main Stage
- Symphonic Band, 4 p.m., Performing Arts Center, Main Stage
- Eating Disorders Awareness Week presents Beth Dodler-Zieke: “Healthy Eating~Healthy Image,” 7:30 p.m., Maria Hall
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News and Events
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| WSU Hosts LunaFest Film Festival |
| LunaFest, a festival of films made by women about women, makes its Winona State University debut on Friday, March 4, from 7-9 p.m., in the WSU Science Laboratory Center Auditorium.
LunaFest consists of seven short films, ranging from eight to 27 minutes, with work by the 2004 independent film winners who cover topics including women's health, cultural diversity, body image, sexuality and spirituality.
Winona State University's Women's Studies program sponsors the film festival, which has won a range of internationally-recognized Indie film awards.
Tickets are available at the door beginning at 6:15 p.m., the day of the festival, and cost $7.
For more information, contact Tamara Berg, tberg@winona.edu, or for a complete film listing, visit www.lunabar.com/lunafest/.
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| UPAC Offers Free Tickets |
| UPAC is offering students free tickets for the NSIC Men’s Basketball Tournament game against Minnesota State University Moorhead, on Wednesday, March 2, at 7 p.m.
UPAC is giving the tickets to any student with a valid WSU ID. Those tickets can be picked up at the Student Union until Wednesday, March 2, by 6 p.m.
Students who wait until game time are charged $2.00 for an admission ticket.
All students are encouraged to pick up their tickets in advance and to wear purple to the game to support the Warrior basketball team.
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| Alumni Society Requests Nominations |
The Alumni Society requests nominations for various awards of distinction.
The Alumni Society recognizes individuals that have brought honor to themselves and to the WSU community by nominating outstanding alumni and friends of the University for the following awards: Distinguished Alumni, Distinguished Service and Distinguished Young Alumni.
The criteria for each award are as follows:
Distinguished Alumni Award: a graduate of Winona State University, 35 years of age or older, demonstrated outstanding personal and professional achievements, demonstrated commitment to community service, loyalty to WSU, and may not be an employee of WSU during the past three years
Distinguished Service: maintains a significant relationship with Winona State University as demonstrated by commitment of time, talent and or resources and may not be an employee of WSU during the past three years
Distinguished Young Alumni Award: a graduate of Winona State University, 34 years of age or younger, demonstrated outstanding personal and professional achievements within 10 years of graduation from WSU, demonstrated commitment to community service, loyalty to WSU and may not be an employee of WSU during the past three years.
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| WSU Conferencing Services Host Crohn's Disease Conference |
| Winona State University's conferencing services presents, "We Each Have a Story: Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in Science and Life," a conference for patients, families, nurses and allied health, on March 5, from 8:15 a.m.-2:20 p.m., at the Heintz Center, in Rochester.
The conference covers topics on research and medication, nutrition, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, coping, Crohn's Disease in children, women's issues, massage and Tai Chi for stress management.
The conference is sponsored by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, and coordinated by Winona State University Conferencing Servies.
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| Technical Support Center Offers Walk-In Assistance |
The Technical Support Center offers walk-in assistance beginning Tuesday, March 1, in Somsen 207.
The Technical Support Center is open Monday through Thursday, from 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m., on Fridays, from 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and on Sundays, from 4-8 p.m.
Individuals receive direct assistance by checking in at the front desk of Somsen Hall, Room 207 prior to 7:30 p.m.
The center is not open for evening hours on days when classes are not in session.
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| WSU Holds Tonic Sol-Fa Concert |
Tonic Sol-fa, an a cappella quartet, performs at Winona State University on Friday, March 4, at 8 p.m., in Somsen Auditorium.
 Tonic Sol-fa, formed in 1997, is group of four men using only their voices and a tambourine in their often improvisational performances. They were named one of the top five must see groups in America by Campus Activities Today Magazine and were nominated multiple times for the "Entertainer of the Year" award by the National Association of Campus Activities.
Appearing with such acts as "Weird" Al Yankovic, Shawn Colvin, Herman's Hermits and Lonestar has boosted their album sales and enabled them to independently release their newest compact disc in 2001 to hundreds of Midwestern outlets and radio stations.
The New York Times described Tonic Sol-fa's sound as "a vocal kaleidoscope Šunique to the human voice." Their all-vocal performances usually include impromptu performances from audience members.
"If you're looking for a stoic, non-energetic, non-humorous concert then don't look here," said Tonic Sol-fa members.
The opening act for Tonic Sol-fa is a local a cappella group, Hear and Now.
General admission is $10, and $3 for WSU students with a student identification card. Tickets are on sale from 9 a.m.-Noon in: the WSU Music Office, located in WSU's Performing Arts Center, Room 146; at the Student Union desk in Kryzsko Commons;by phone, 457-2907; or at Hardt's Music in downtown Winona, 115 E. third Street.
For more information, contact the Department of Music office, between 9 a.m.-Noon, at 457-5250.
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| UCR Hosts Nobel Prize Recipient Leon Lederman |
The University Center Rochester presents Dr. Leon Lederman, 1988 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Friday, March 4, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., at the UCR Sports Complex. His lecture is titled "How Does the Universe Work," a search for simplicity in our understanding.
He is well-known for his work in high-energy physics, leading a team in intensive and wide-ranging experiments that resulted in major advances in particle physics. Lederman has served as president and chairman of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is a member of the National Academy of Science. He is a founding member for the High Energy Physics Advisory Board, the International Committee for Future Accelerators and Commissioner for White House Fellows.
Lederman has worked to improve science education and was instrumental in founding the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Teachers Academy for Math and Science, and created hands-on pedagogue used throughout the world.
He is a recipient of the National Medal of Science, the Wolf Prize in Physics and the Enrico Fermi Prize.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Lederman's visit is in collaboration with District 535 Rochester Regional Science Fair and the UCR Visiting Scholar Series. |
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| UCR Presents Play Therapy Workshop |
The Winona State University Rochester Center Counselor Education Department is offering a seminar on children's play Friday, March 4, 4-10 p.m., and Saturday, March 5, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., in the Coffman Building, Rooms 206/208 at the University Rochester Center. Dr. Gaylia Borror is the instructor for this workshop.
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce workshop participants to child-centered group therapy strategies and techniques as they apply to the work of helping professionals in schools and community agency settings.
Through lectures, films and applied learning activities, workshop participants learn the fundamentals of group play therapy. All group exercises and activities can be applied in professional work settings.
Borror is a professor in the Counselor Education Department at WSU. Over the past several years, she has devoted most of her professional development activities to expanding her knowledge and skills in the area of play therapy. In the fall of 2001, she was awarded the Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S) credential by the Association for Play Therapy, Inc. She has taught workshops and courses in the area of play therapy for a variety of teaching institutions, including the University of Minnesota, the University of Iowa and WSU. She has also provided professional training to practitioners in mental health and school settings. |
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| 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.
Hurley addresses 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 says 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.
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| 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 is appearing soon in the online journal Jerseyworks.
A professor of English at Winona State University, Sandra Bennett, also participates 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 is 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 is 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, 457-5519.
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