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Jan. 19, 2005
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Jan. 19 |
Web registration ADDS end, 11:50 p.m. |
| Thursday |
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Jan. 20 |
Roe V. Wade Anniversary Party, 6:30 p.m, WSU Student Union Activities Center
SHAPE (Peer Health Education Program) Information Meeting, 6 p.m., Dining Room B Kryzsko Commons |
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Jan. 21 |
Staff assisted registration for Spring Semester 2005 will end, 4 p.m.
Web regsitration DROPS end, 11:50 p.m.
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| Saturday |
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Jan. 22 |
Sue Leithold Music Education Workshop, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Room 159, Performing Arts Center
WSU Mardi Gras Winter Formal, 8 p.m.-midnight, Lourdes Cafeteria
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Jan. 23 |
Arkady Shilkloper Concert, 4 p.m., Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall |
News and Events |
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| Tsunami Relief Effort Started |
A committee has formed at Winona State University to guide campus community relief efforts related to the tsunami wave tragedy. The committee is working with the Winona Tsunami Relief Fund to coordinate efforts to ensure efficiency and the greatest positive impact for the people in the affected countries. The committee has begun several campus events, which are listed below.
*A public forum regarding the impact of the tsunami in southern Asia is planned for Thursday, January 20, at 4 p.m., in the Science Laboratory Center Auditorium. Steve Allard, assistant professor of geoscience, and Jerry Gerlach, professor of geography, provide an overview of what happened through their expertise in natural disasters and geoscience, as well as the geography of southern Asia. Students and faculty from the affected areas will share their accounts of the disaster from a personal perspective.
The forum is open to the audience for questions and comments at the end of the session. The sponsors of the event are the WSU Tsunami Relief Committee, Global Studies, International Services, Global Village Living and Learning Community, the Departments of Geoscience and Geography, and University Advancement.
Additional information will be forthcoming about other ways in which you can become involved to help.
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| WSU and Central Elementary Presents School Partnership Program |
Winona State University and Central Elementary School team up to present a program that features WSU professional educators addressing practical ways parents can make their schools and homes better learning environments.
The series, "How Parents Help Kids, Teachers and Schools," emphasizes specific skills, understandings and projects so that parents can work with their children to encourage a love of learning in the home.
The first session is Monday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m., at Central Elementary School. The presentation, "Books Your Children Will Love to Learn From: How to Choose the Very Best Ones," is led by Laura Armstrong, adjunct instructor in WSU's Department of English and consultant for Time Out. She is assisted by James Armstrong, associate professor in WSU's Department of English.
This session focuses on how parents and teachers can identify the qualities of books most educationally useful to children. The program is one of several partnership relationships being explored by WSU and the Winona Area Public Schools. All sessions are free and open to the public. Child care is provided during the presentations. Please call 507-457-9550 to register for child care.
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| WSU Music Department Presents Music Education Workshop |
The Winona State University Department of Music presents a workshop in music education Saturday, Jan. 22, from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., in Room 159 of the Performing Arts Center. Sue Leithold is the clinician for the workshop, "Creating Artistic and Literate Music Students: Effective Kodály Prepare and Practice Techniques."
Participants receive ideas for both the preparation and practice phases of the "three P's" (prepare, present, practice) used in the Kodály Approach for teaching music concepts.
This session also provides new ideas and directions for reading, writing known and unknown material, memory work, improvisation and inner hearing of rhythmic and melodic concepts.
Leithold has been a grade 1-5 classroom and choral music teacher in Owatonna, Minn., since 1986. She has facilitated the development of a Kodály-inspired elementary music curriculum consistent with the National Standards for the Arts, quarterly and benchmark assessments for that curriculum, quarterly reporting tools for parents (replacing report cards) and mentored district vocal and instrumental teachers in the Kodály Approach.
She has a bachelors of music education and a masters of education from he University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Leithold has also taught in the Kodály programs at the University of St. Thomas, James Madison University and Colorado State.
The workshop fee is $20.
For more information, contact Cathy Schmidt, Department of Music, at 504-457-5256.
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| Arkady Shilkloper Performs at WSU |
Winona State University Department of Music presents Russian jazz French horn player Arkady Shilkloper, Jan. 23, at 4 p.m., in the WSU Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Admission to this musical event is $10 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens.
Shilkloper will also hold a master class on Jan. 24, at noon, in the WSU Performing Arts Center Recital Hall, where he will teach students and discuss his performance. The master class is free and open to the public.
Shilkloper, born in Moscow, Russia, plays French horn, flugelhorn, alphorn and other unique wind instruments. From 1978 to 1985, he was a member of the orchestra of the Bolshoi-Theatre and the Bolshoi Brass Quintett. While a part of these ensembles, he undertook numerous world-wide concert tours from 1985 to 1989.
Since the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Shilkloper has worked independently both as a solo performer and, since 1990, with Michael Alperin and Sergey Starostin in the Moscow Art Trio, and in other formations. He is now a soloist and teacher for brass instruments at instrument workshops and symposia around the world, and, in 1997, he produced his first solo compact disc entitled Hornology. Shilkloper is traveling for two weeks performing at various universities in the Midwest.
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Health and Wellness Association Sponsors Coed Volleyball Tournament |
| The Health and Wellness Association (HWA) is sponsoring a coed volleyball tournament on Sunday, Jan. 30.
The fee is $5 per team and registration will be done in the Intramural Office on Jan. 25, from 2-7 p.m. Prizes include a $40 Jefferson's gift certificate for the winning team and a $20 Jefferson's gift certificate for 2nd place.
The tournament is open to all WSU students. |
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| The Wellness Center Hosts Program |
The Wellness Center is hosting the program, A Healthy YOUniversity: Today, Not Tomorrow. This five week program is hosted by Ruth Schroeder and is held in the Fitness/Wellness Center, Mondays, at 6 p.m., in room 304 of Maxwell Hall.
The program focuses on goal setting, physical fitness, nutrition, staying on track and achieving your goals.
The first session is Monday, Jan. 24 and will focus on self-assessment pertaining to fitness/health needs. Participants set up a personal wellness plan to follow for the next month.
For more information, contact the Fitness/Wellness Center at
457 - 2929.
The program is free, but please call to sign-up. |
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| American Advertising Federation Holds First Meeting |
The American Advertising Federation (Ad-Fed) holds its first meeting on Monday, Jan. 24, at 9 p.m., in Dining Rooms C&D, Kryszko Commons.
This professional organization is recognized by thousands of firms throughout the country and is open to anyone interested in the fields of advertising, graphic design or marketing. It provides members with opportunities for attending conferences, speakers, touring advertising agencies and networking with professionals in the field. For more information, email: ad_fed@hotmail.com.
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| Asian American Club Hosts Annual Dinner |
The Asian American Club hosts its annual dinner, Blooms of Asia, on Jan. 22, from 6-8:30 p.m., in the East Cafeteria, Kryzsko Commons.
Tickets are on sale from Jan. 18-21, at the Cultural Diversity Office and the Lower Hyphen of Kryzsko Commons.
For more information, contact Sang See, ssee3053@webmail.winona.edu. |
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| Winona Environmental Group Hosts Physicist Video Visit |
Sustain Winona, a local environmental group, hosts a video visit from physicist Amory Lovins, on Wednesday, Jan. 19. This is the first of several events leading up to an April 30 Earth Day celebration at Winona State University. Lovins, the co-founder and CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, is an important figure in the history of alternative energy.
Sustain Winona is presenting a video of Lovins' recent keynote address at the 2004 National Bioneers workshop, which is a national nonprofit organization that focuses on visionary and practical solutions for restoring the earth. Lovins' presentation offers a realistic outline of how to achieve a prosperous post-petroleum economy through cutting-edge design innovations, racially enhanced resource efficiency and use of biofuels and hydrogen. Lovins' most recent book on alternative energy is Winning the Oil Endgame.
The half hour video of Lovins' presentation is presented at 7 p.m., at the Winona County Board Room, 177 Main Street, in downtown Winona. A facilitated hour-long conversation follows, which allows local citizens to brainstorm ways to implement Lovins' ideas within the Winona area.
This video event is free and open to the public. Additional free screenings start at 7 p.m., in the Country Board Room, on Feb. 15, March 15 and April 19.
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| WSU Raises Scholarship Money for Football Program |
Winona State University hosts the NSIC Champion Warriors annual Football Fantasy Nite on Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, at 6 p.m., at the Riverport Inn of Winona.
Tickets to the event are $100. Dan Schumacher, director of athletic development, said all proceeds from the dinner go toward scholarships for the WSU football program.
"This event brings the community together along with alumni," said Schumacher, "in conjunction with celebrating another championship season while raising scholarship dollars to build the football program."
The event begins with a happy hour at 6 p.m. Dinner is served at 7:30 p.m. There are three $500 door prizes and ten $100 door prizes.
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Dan Schumacher at 457-2771 or dschumacher@winona.edu.
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| Child Abuse Center at Winona State University Debuts Documentary |
The National Child Protection Training Center at Winona State University debuts a documentary film on recovering from boyhood sex abuse on Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m., in the Tau Center.
The documentary, "Stories of Silence: Recovering from Boyhood Sexual Abuse," by award winning Seattle filmmaker Ethan Delavan, tells the story of recovery from the eyes and minds of child sex abuse victims in recovery. Delavan has given these survivors a forum to break their silence and bring to light their paths to recovery.
The National Child Protection Training Center at Winona State University is sponsoring the screening, along with Delavan Dramaworks and Survivors Network Minnesota.
Survivors Network Minnesota, a volunteer organization of survivors of sex abuse and their supporters, promotes legislative and community initiatives that seek to hold individual perpetrators responsible, and their organizations accountable, in an effort to prevent further child sex abuse.
The public is invited. For more information, call 457-2890. |
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| ArtMuse Work on Display |
ArtMuse, a student juried exhibition, is on view through Feb. 2 in the Watkins and Weber Galleries in Watkins Hall. All WSU students were invited to submit work for the exhibition that was judged by B.J. Shigaki, director of the Rochester Art Center. Awards for artistic merit as well as Purchase Awards are presented at the reception, Wednesday, Jan. 19, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.
Works include paintings in oil and acrylic, prints, photographs, drawings, collage, reliefs, sculptures, mixed media and ceramics. Artistic approach is widely varied with many genres represented, including landscape, figurative, portrait, still-life, fantasy, cityscape and abstract work. Shigaki selected 55 artworks for inclusion from over a 100 submitted. Each student could enter up to three works. Many of the works are for sale.
The Paul Watkins and Weber Galleries are located in Watkins Hall at the corner of King and Winona streets on the WSU campus. Gallery Hours are Monday Friday 8 a.m. 4 p.m and Wednesdays 8 a.m. 8 p.m.. For more information, call 457-5395.
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