by Caleb Bednarski | Nov 25, 2014 | Admissions Blog, Winona
When coming into college, you hear a lot fears about moving from a small town to a city. There are plenty stories in pop culture of scared Stewart Littles coming from a friendly, small town to the mean and nasty big city. What you don’t normally think about, however,...
by Elizabeth Doyle | Nov 6, 2014 | Academics, Admissions Blog
When I registered for classes back in June, I was pretty pleased with my schedule for my first semester. After Orientation Week, however, I realized that I wasn’t ready for my Intro to Public Speaking class. Even though it interested me (and is required), I...
by Kim Schneider | Oct 24, 2014 | Admissions Blog, Winona
Don’t get me wrong, Winona is a great place to live all year round (well, except maybe the dead of winter). But here are the top 5 reasons why I love the fall in Winona best: 1) Fall colors on the bluffs How lucky are we to able to watch the bluffs transform...
by Caleb Bednarski | Sep 30, 2014 | Academics, Admissions Blog
Hello and welcome back to another year in beautiful Winona. I spent the majority of my summer back home in Milwaukee completely isolated from Winona and any events that may have happened over our long break. I had little contact with the Winona community outside of my...
by Elizabeth Meinders | Sep 19, 2014 | Admissions Blog, Campus Life
College classes are hard. They demand that you read more, write more, hold more information in your head and confront more new ideas than you had to in high school. As you get closer and closer to heading off to college yourself, this fact is probably creeping...
by Rachel Adam | Sep 9, 2014 | Admissions Blog
For the average WSU student, coming to Winona State University wasn’t that long of a trek or much of a difference culturally. Well, for me it was the biggest change of my life. My name is Rachel and I am originally from Danbury, Connecticut. You’re probably thinking,...