At a young age, Zeinab Mohamed had to leave her homeland of Somalia due to war. She came to America to have the best opportunity to get an education and live a successful life. She took advantage of every chance she got. And now, graduating this spring semester from...
Congratulations to our Fall 2021 graduates! Your achievements are worthy of celebration and so much more. And we can’t wait to see what you do next. We’ve rounded up a few graduate stories to highlight their Warrior journeys. Speaking Up to Create Change Sometimes our...
Mary Larson’s passion for science and the outdoors started when she was young. “I really wanted to be a horticulturalist, but I didn’t really know what that was,” Larson said. “I had a little microscope that I kept putting stuff under, like plants.” That passion...
As a kid growing up, Alex Tracy wanted to be a teacher. When he was six years old, he would come home from school and teach his homework to his stuffed animals, family members, or to no one at all. That dream never changed. The Fall 2021 Winona State University...
Politics wasn’t a career field that Ahmitara Alwal envisioned her skills to be used. She was never a fan due to the nature of politics being “messy.” Instead, she imagined using her voice and skills to lead and advocate for others in a different way. But the Winona...
For Michael (Mike) Desch, the finish line sometimes felt far away. Throughout his college career, which began in 2013, Desch struggled with his mental health, which didn’t make the college experience easy. At times he failed classes and once took a...
