WSU Today

10/28/04

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

 

New University Brown Bag Dialogue Explores the Culture of Learning

The Winona Experience is built on the blending of a culture of learning and a culture of community.  On Wednesday, Nov. 3, Noon-1:30 p.m. (Maxwell Teleconference, GL 332 in Rochester, or streaming video), the New University Brown Bag Dialogue explores what a culture of learning is and how to create a culture unlike that in any other college or university.  Click here to see the preliminary description of Winona State’s new culture of learning and the plans being developed.  Bring some thoughts about what a culture of learning will feel like and be like.  Learn what others have to say.  Be part of creating the culture that will become the New University.

 

Northern Great Plains Trip Planning Begins
The Northern Great Plains Trip planning is underway, beginning with informational meetings Monday, Nov. 1 and Nov. 15, 2004, 4-5 p.m., in Minné 102, and Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004, 4-5 p.m., in Minné 103.  During the Northern Great Plains Trip, students travel the American West and earn six University Studies credits; study Native American/American Indian history and culture; get immersed in Lakota culture on a ten- to twelve-day field experience in Minnesota, South  Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming; and develop writing skills and confidence in an exciting, interactive, experiential outdoor setting.
Interested individuals who want to participate but cannot attend one of these meetings should contact Rob Brault at rbrault@winona.edu as soon as possible. Space is extremely limited.  Only 14-16 students will be able to participate.

Courses offered during the trip are PER 265: Leisure in Different Cultures--Lakota and Cheyenne University Studies--Multicultural Perspectives,  Professor James Reidy; and ENG 210: Advanced Expository Writing University Studies--Critical Analysis, Professor Rob Brault.

Tentative travel locations are Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota; Wounded Knee, Sage Creek, Bear Butte and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Fort Robinson and Santee Indian Reservation, Nebraska; and Bear's Lodge (a.k.a. "Devil's Tower"), Wyoming.

Preliminary meetings are in April and May; classroom sessions are planned for early June; ten to twelve days of travel and camping occur in early to mid-June; classroom sessions meet in late June and early July; and final course work is due during early to mid July. Approximate cost for the trip is six credits tuition and fees plus $600 travel expenses (vehicle rental, gas, food, lodging, camping fees, entrance fees, etc.).  Total cost is approximately $1800-2000.

 

Laptop Learning Lab Offers Workshops

The Laptop Learning Lab (located in Somsen 207) invites all faculty to promote the hands-on workshops being offered to all students. These workshops are lead by STARS (student workers) and cover miscellaneous laptop technologies, plus any software related topics requested by students, staff or faculty. Laptop Learning Lab also offers one-on-one assistance to students by appointment. For complete Laptop Learning Lab information, please visit http://www.winona.edu/its/lll/. You may also call 457-2520 or email LLL@winona.edu for additional information.

 

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 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.

 

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.