WSU Today

10/27/04

Wednesday

 

 

Oct. 27
  • HIV/STD's: What You Need To Know, informational presentation, 6:30-8 p.m., PAC Main Stage
  • Christian Freedom Party Presidential Candidate Thomas Harens, 7 p.m., East Hall of Kryzsko Commons
  • Angiogenesis and Mathematics Modeling, Noon-12:50 p.m., Maxwell Teleconference Center
  • National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (sponsored by SHAPE), "A Vote for Health and Safety," 9 a.m.-3 p.m., lower Kryzsko Commons
  • Lunar Eclipse, WSU Observatory (top of Minné Hall), 8-10 p.m.
  • WSU Public Reading: Fan Shen, noon, Purple Rooms 104-106, Kryzsko Commons
  • Faculty Exhibition opens, Watkins Gallery (Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and Wednesday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.)

Thursday

 

 

Oct. 28
  • In the Wake of Fascism Lecture/Film Series: "Nazism and Religion," 7 p.m., Stark Auditorium; click here for the complete schedule
  • H2O Fall Bash, 6:30-10 p.m., East Cafe and WSU Courtyard
  • National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (sponsored by SHAPE), "A Vote for Health and Safety," 9 a.m.-3 p.m., lower Kryzsko Commons
  • Haunted Basement,  8-10 p.m., Maria Hall Basement

Friday

 

 

Oct. 29
  • e-Learning, Prentice Hall, discussion/demonstration of electronic books, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m., e-Learning Lounge (second floor Library)
  • National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (sponsored by SHAPE), "A Vote for Health and Safety," 9 a.m.-3 p.m., lower Kryzsko Commons
  • "Are We Following the Seven Principles in Our Implementation of Academic Technology?" discussion, 3-4:30 p.m., Stark 105 (Winona) and ST 108 (Rochester)

Saturday

 

 

Oct. 30
  • Football vs. Wayne State, 12:30 p.m., Maxwell Field at Midwest Wireless Stadium

Events and Reminders

 

WSU Women's Chorus at Choral Festival

The WSU Women's Chorus, conducted by Harry Mechell and accompanied on the piano by Jonelle Moore, will be participating in one of the nation's largest music festivals for women's and men's choruses. WSU will be presenting a choral program for auditioned students from 69 Minnesota high schools and 12 universities, involving a total of 950 singers.

The festival, supported by the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota, will take place at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., on Saturday, Oct. 30.  The sixty-voice WSU Women's Chorus will also join in rehearsing and performing throughout the day with all of the high schools and universities on several combined selections.  Dr. Mechell will be featured as one of the guest conductors and clinicians. The Festival Finale Concert is from 4:40-6 p.m. The public is invited and tickets are available at the door.

 

WSU Observatory Sets Up for Lunar Eclipse

The WSU Observatory is preparing to view the lunar eclipse scheduled to take place on Oct. 27, at about 7:06 p.m. and last until Oct. 28, 1:03 a.m.  The partial phase begins at 8:14 p.m. and totality is between 9:23 - 10:45. The WSU observatory (on top of Minné Hall) is open from 8-10 p.m. for viewing on campus. Telescopes will be set up, although individuals can view with binoculars or the unaided eye. This event will be cancelled if cloudy skies obscure visibility.

 

WSU Public Reading Features Chinese Author

Winona State University presents a public reading Wednesday, Oct. 27, featuring Chinese author Fan Shen. The reading will take place at noon, in the Purple Rooms, 104-106, of WSU's Kryzsko Commons.

Shen authored a memoir about growing up as a red guard during the Cultural Revolution in Communist China titled Gang of One: Memoirs of a Red Guard. Her book is widely acclaimed as giving a fascinating glimpse of life in China during a time of great upheaval, the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s.

Shen is a professor of English at the Rochester Community and Technical College. This event is sponsored by the Global Village Living and Learning Community of the Residential College and the WSU Department of English.

 

WSU Art Faculty Displays Recent Work

Winona State University art faculty exhibit recent work at the Faculty Exhibition in Watkins Gallery, Oct. 27-Nov. 18. A reception will be held in the gallery Nov. 4, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., including an Artists’ Gallery Talk, from 7–7:30 p.m.  The event is free and open to the public.

Mary Coughlan exhibits prints from copper plate etchings with images based on shell fossils. Rodney Nowosielski also shows prints, as well as computer-manipulated  photo images. Kelly Jean Ohl’s expressive ceramic forms are installed on one wall, and some of Anne Scott Plummer’s vessels and figurative sculptures have been wood-fired. Seho Park exhibits bold, abstract acrylic paintings, in contrast with Don Schmidlapp’s ephemeral pastel landscapes.

Watkins Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and Wednesday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.  For more information, call  457-5395 or email aplummer@winona.edu.

 

WSU Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium Scheduled

The Winona State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics is hosting a colloquium, "The Biostatistician's Role in Clinical Research," Monday, Nov. 1, from 4-5 p.m., in WSU's Gildemeister Hall, Room 156. The colloquium is presented by Cynthia Long, a biostatistician from Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research. A reception is scheduled before the colloquium in Gildemeister Hall, Room 320, from 3:00-3:45 p.m.

Long, a 1986 graduate of WSU, discusses the biostatistician's role in clinical research from her perspective of working in the area of manual therapies. In particular, she addresses the unique challenges in designing and analyzing clinical trials in this area.

Issues to be discussed include the limited basic science and early phase clinical research available; difficulties encountered with outcomes relating to patient pain and function; defining appropriate control groups, including placebo controls, measuring and controlling for treatment expectations of patients and providers; and the issues related to blinding and randomization.

For more information, or to obtain a temporary parking permit, contact Carol Joyce Blumberg, WSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 457-5589.

 

e-Learning Discussion of the Seven Principles and Academic Technology

Gloria McVay, Accounting and Kim Snyder, Management of Information Systems and Operations, discuss the academic value of the WSU Laptop Program and other WSU technology investments in their presentation "Are We Following the Seven Principles in Our Implementation of Academic Technology?"  The session begins with a discussion of "The Evolution of a Laptop Program: A Case Study," authored by McVay, Snyder and e-Learning Director Ken Graetz; the study is soon to be published in the British Journal of Educational Technology. The discussion also includes a number of findings from the 2003 and 2004 WSU Laptop Program Student Survey. Several issues from Clifford Stoll's  High Tech Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarian will also be discussed. All members of the WSU community are welcome to attend.  For more information, visit http://www.winona.edu/elearning/training/fes/fes.htm

 

Aerobic Instructors Wanted

Winona Community Education is accepting applicants for land and water aerobic instructors.  Land aerobics class or water aerobics class would be offered once (or twice) a week for 6-8 weeks, on Tuesdays or Thursdays, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and possibly other days and times, depending on the instructor's schedule. The session runs Jan. 24 through March 14, with several locations to consider, including Rollingstone, Minn. Water aerobics instructors would need to have current CPR and Lifeguard certifications.

For more information, contact Linda Jacobs, WSU Exercise Science graduate at  Linda.Jacobs@winona.k12.mn.us, phone: 507-494-0904, or write: Linda Jacobs, Enrichments Coordinator, Winona Area Public Schools, Community Education, 654 Huff Street, Winona, Minn., 55987.

 

Space Available for Art of Intuitive Facilitation Workshop

There are a few spaces left for the ten day intensive workshop on The Art of Intuitive Facilitation, scheduled for Nov. 17-21 and April 6-10.  Click here for more information and the complete schedule.  Click here to download and print out a registration form (MS Word).

 

WSU Department of Special Education Offers Free Reading Tutoring

The WSU Department of Special Education seeks school aged children to enroll in its School After School Reading Tutorial Program from Jan. 18 through April 26, 2005.  The Orton Gillingham Reading Approach will be used.  This is a very carefully sequenced program with a strong phonetic-linguistic instructional aspect that recent national research has identified as one of the more effective approaches for students with reading difficulties. Students should be in grades three through ten, have average or higher abilities, yet be experiencing difficulty mastering reading and spelling skills.  Free, forty-five minute lessons will be scheduled at 3:30, 4:30 or 5:30 p.m., on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  

Lessons will be taught by teachers-in-training under very close supervision by course instructors.   School After School is conducted for the purpose of training teachers in the use of successful reading strategies.  As such, school-aged children applying for the program must meet the above criteria.  For more information about enrolling in this program, please contact Nancy Sears at 507-288-5271 (nsears@thereadingcenter.org) or Jan Pickart at 507-457-5535 (jpickart@winona.edu).

 

New University Offers Grants

The New University will be the result of the collective efforts of students, staff, faculty and partners across the WSU community.  Proposals are requested from departments, units, cross-departmental collaboratives, or student organizations for funding to support efforts that will move forward the implementation of the Winona Experience.  

 

Funding up to $8,000 per grant can be requested for New University implementation and planning efforts across campus. Click here for the Request for Proposals (RFP) guidelines.  Proposals may be submitted any time through this academic year.  Contact Carol Anderson (canderson@winona.edu) or Nancy Peterson (npeterson@winona.edu) for information.