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March 24, 2005
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March 24 |
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Residential College International Music Series presents: Gao Hong: Pipa Music of China, 7-9 p.m., Lourdes Hall, North Lounge
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Calvin Fremling Book Release, program, 3-3:30 p.m., book signing, 3:30-4 p.m. and reception, 4-4:45 p.m., Science Laboratory Center
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Women's Softball vs. North Dakota, 1 p.m., Maxwell Field
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Baseball vs. Northern State, Noon, Loughrey Field
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March 25 |
- Deadline for renting faculty regalia for spring commencement
- Women's Softball vs. South Dakota State, 3 p.m., Maxwell Field
- Baseball vs. Northern State, Noon, Loughrey Field
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News and Events
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| WSU Athenaeum Event Series Presents "Perspectives on Gay Marriage" |
Winona State University presents "Perspectives on Gay Marriage" as part of the Spring 2005 Athenaeum Event Series, Wednesday, March 30, at 1 p.m., in the WSU Library Athenaeum.
The Athenaeum is located on the south side of the second floor of the library. It seats approximately 60 people.
A panel composed of WSU professors, the pastor of Central Lutheran Church ELCA and the executive pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church discuss the gay marriage issue from a variety of perspectives including rhetoric, symbolic politics, theology, power relationships and media representations. Each panelist speaks for ten minutes and a question and answer session follows the last speaker.
The panelists include Darrell Downs, WSU professor of political science; Pastor Jeff Franco, Central Lutheran Church ELCA; Cindy Killion, WSU professor of mass communication; Dan Lintin, WSU professor of communication studies; Todd Paddock, WSU professor of sociology; and Rev. Dr. Norman Wahl, Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester.
The purpose of the Athenaeum Event Series is to host events that explore and enhance the university’s and the region’s intellectual life. These events include lectures, readings, discussions, seminars, performance arts and other educational experiences.
By bringing together scholars, performing artists, students, community members and other interested people for intellectual discussion and the sharing of cultural experiences, the Athenaeum reflects the importance the university places on the humanities, the arts and the sciences.
The Athenaeum Event Series has been organized by a variety of WSU faculty from across the academic disciplines. |
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| New Sculpture Is Gifted to WSU |
Winona State University hosts an unveiling and reception in honor of a new sculpture donated to Winona State University Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at 7 p.m., in the Tau Center Rotunda.
The sculpture, "Wind Song," was created by Sculptor Doug Scott. It has been gifted to the university by a patron of Doug Scott, an anonymous donor, WSU Professor Ervin Bublitz and the artist.
"Wind Song" is a six foot, eight inch tall sculpture carved out of New Mexico rainbow marble, bronze and wood.
Scott sold his first professional art work in 1972, but considered himself a struggling artist from 1972-1987. However, in 1991, Scott opened the Doug Scott Gallery in Taos, New Mexico.
The unveiling and reception is open to the public. |
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| WSU Presents Mark Russell Performance |
Winona State University presents a performance by Mark Russell, a political, piano-playing satirist, on Tuesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m., in Somsen Auditorium.
Russell's comedy speech topic, "Comedy, Music, Bribery and Conspiracy," parodies the current stories in the news, and his music and comedy combined performance reveals his perspective on the absurdities of official Washington.
He refers to the Senate, House of Representatives and the President of the United States of America as his writers because their work provides him with material for his performances.
Russell writes for a syndicated column, has written a book, recorded CDs, tapes and videos, and performs regularly around the country at campuses and at public theatres. He is best known for his live television specials on PBS, which have been watched for more than two decades
Tickets can be purchased at the WSU Student Union desk in Kryzsko Commons, beginning March 21, from 8 a.m.-midnight. Tickets cost $10 for the general public and $5 for students. Tickets can also be purchased at Hardt's Music and Audio, 115 E 3rd St. |
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| WSU's Celebration of the Book 2005 Presents Carol Kratz |
Winona State University’s “Celebration of the Book 2005” series presents Carol Kratz, an author, skilled papermaker and area physician assistant, Wednesday, March 30, at 7 p.m., in the North Lounge of Lourdes Hall. Kratz speaks on “From Mountain Water: the Ancient Art of Japanese Papermaking."
This lecture discusses some of the history and uses of paper in Japanese culture, and details the 1,400-year-old process of making washi, one of the world's oldest kinds of paper.
Washi is still hand-made in the mountains of Japan using methods unchanged since its perfection around 600 A.D. Kratz learned these methods in 1995 with a Japanese master papermaker. Through her photographs, she will show the process, and through the paper itself, will show the results.
Kratz is co-editor of America from the Air: An Aviator's Story and the co-author of the forthcoming book Purebred and Home-Grown: America's County Fairs. She practices medicine at the Gundersen Lutheran family practice clinic in La Crosse.
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 Susan Faludi Lecture |
Susan Faludi, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling feminist author, provides a keynote lecture at Winona State University on Wednesday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m., in the WSU Somsen Auditorium.
Faludi's lecture celebrates Women's History Month and focuses on issues of gender politics in the United States, which, Faludi says, affects us all, men as well as women. Drawing from her books, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, and Strifed: The Betrayal of the American Man, Faludi examines the major assumptions and societal beliefs with regard to gender, which, she explains, shapes our world today.
This event is part of WSU's Lyceum Series and is sponsored by the Women Involved in Living and Learning program; the Residential College; the WSU Cultural Diversity Office; WSU Mass Communication, Communication Studies and History Departments; the WSU Foundation; and the Target Corporation.
A dinner with Susan Faludi is offered the night of the lecture for WSU students and faculty only, from 5:15-6:30 p.m., at WSU's Lourdes Hall, South Lounge.
The dinner with Faludi is free for WSU students and $15 for faculty. Seating is limited. RSVP to Tamara Berg at tberg@winona.edu, to reserve tickets, or for more information. |
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| WSU Hosts Music by Women Composers for Women's History Month |
Women's History Month brings music by women composers to Winona State University on Wednesday, March 30, at noon, in the WSU Performing Arts Auditorium Recital Hall.
Winona State students perform a variety of songs and chamber compositions composed by women composers in celebration of Women's History Month.
This event is open to the public and sponsored by the Women Involved in Living and Learning program; the Residential College; WSU Cultural Diversity Office; WSU Mass Communication, Communication Studies and History Departments; and the WSU Foundation.
For more information, contact Tamara Berg, tberg@winona.edu. |
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| WSU Hosts Calvin Fremling Book Release Reception |
Winona State University celebrates the release of the book, Immortal River: The Upper Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times, by WSU Biology Professor Emeritus Dr. Calvin Fremling, on Thursday, March 24, in the WSU Science Laboratory Center. The event will include a program from 3-3:30 p.m., a book signing from 3:30-4 p.m., and a reception from 4-4:45 p.m.
The celebration honors Fremling and provides a time for WSU faculty, staff and students to speak with the author.
Fremling describes his book as a comprehensive, objective analysis of 500 million years of river history. He said he's flattered to be honored by WSU, and that his book has become a teaching tool for professors.
"It's such a sincere compliment to find out a WSU geology professor is using my book as a textbook in class," said Fremling. "I'm not a geologist, but I recognize the importance of understanding geology before you can understand ecology."
Copies of Fremling's book are available at the book signing, which is hosted by the WSU Committee for the Center for Mississippi River Studies, the College of Science and Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts.
For more information, contact Mike Swenson at mswenson@winona.edu. |
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| Deadline For Renting Faculty Regalia Approaches |
| The deadline for renting faculty regalia for spring commencement is Friday, March 25.
For more information, contact Deb Pelowski, at the Winona State University Bookstore, at 457-5673 or by email, at dpelowski@winona.edu. |
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