by Elizabeth Meinders | Jul 3, 2014 | Admissions Blog, Campus Life
This Friday, we as a country celebrate our history of political independence and our desire to govern ourselves as we see fit. In a way, the 4th of July is a foreshadowing of your personal independence day that is swiftly approaching—that is, the day you move in at...
by Elizabeth Meinders | Jun 10, 2014 | Admissions Blog
This weekend wraps up the last of the high school graduations and I just want to say congratulations to all you 2014 graduates. Graduation is an achievement to be proud of and it adds a final push to the behind the momentum building up as you eagerly look forward to...
by Olivia Wulf | Apr 10, 2014 | Academics, Admissions Blog, Art & Design Program, College of Liberal Arts
There was a sense of anticipation on the bus. Everyone, students and community members alike, was peering out the window, wondering if we had finally arrived at our first location. Within minutes, we’d hopped off the bus, passed through the doors and wandered beneath...
by Elizabeth Ortiz | Apr 8, 2014 | Admissions Blog, Campus Life
As I count down the weekends I have left in college, I can’t help but reflect on the past four crazy years. I am very happy with and proud of many decisions I’ve made here at Winona State, but, of course, there are other choices that have not served me so well. I’m a...
by Olivia Wulf | Feb 25, 2014 | Academics, Admissions Blog, College of Liberal Arts, Theatre and Dance Program
A little over a year ago, a small group of college students gathered inside Mugby Junction. We opened our laptops, pulled up our emails, and double clicked on something our friend and peer, Conlan Carter, had written: a play called “The Fractal Pattern.” Since that...
by Courtney McCaw | Feb 11, 2014 | Academics, Admissions Blog, Campus Life, College of Liberal Arts, Theatre and Dance Program
It seems there is nothing better in winter than to approach a fire, feel its warmth and become entranced watching its flames dance. Gretchen Cohenour, WSU dance professor and founder of Dancescape, gently tells me that Dancescape is like approaching a fire–it is...
