Professor Barnard: Trailblazing Adventure Education

Meet Eric Barnard, an Assistant Professor in the Physical Education & Sport Science (PESS) Department at Winona State University. He not only helped develop a resource center for local outdoor enthusiasts, but also continues to adapt Winona State’s program based...

Professor Pop-Up: Criminal Justice

If you like understanding how the law intersects with real life, you could foster that interest into a career as a law enforcement or corrections officer or any of the many personnel in the Criminal Justice system.  After being a prosecuting attorney for 11 years, I...

Professor Pop-Up: Sociology

If you like to people-watch and understand individuals’ stories and roles in society, you could foster those interests into a career as a sociologist.  I went to college thinking I’d become a high school math teacher, but an introductory sociology course instantly...

Experiencing the World, Making an Impact

2019 WSU graduate Sam Whitaker is realizing his dream of teaching outside of the US, leading a nomadic career, and seeing the world while doing something he enjoys, working with English language learners.   After graduating with an English-Applied Linguistics...