Climbing to the Top

August 21, 2012 Alex Kasak ’09 discovers adventure – and a career in exercise physiology – on the shoulders of Mt. Everest. Alex Kasak ’09 sits in a coffee shop across the street from Saint Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, taking a mid-afternoon break from his work as a...

Blast From the Past Series

August 21, 2012 1962 “Homecoming was one of the events that brought the campus together,” says Marilyn Grob ’62 when she recalls the events she experienced 50 years ago when she was a student at Winona State College. “Then it was kind of a ‘suitcase’ school,...

Common Threads: Dr. Scott R. Olson

August 21, 2012 Currents meets Winona State’s new president, Dr. Scott R. Olson. “I’m going to enjoy hearing the stories that make up Winona State University. That’s where we find our common humanity, our common purpose … where we come to a common agreement about the...

A Journey Through Literature, Culture, and Place

August 21, 2012 By Sarah Certa ’10 Fulbright Scholar Ruth Forsythe explores the rich literary traditions of Okinawa. When Winona State University English professor Ruth Forsythe received news that she’d been granted a Fulbright Scholarship to teach for five...