Apr 18, 2018 | Features, Homepage Slider
One may wonder how Dolores (Starling) Fridge ’66, ‘04, the first African American female to graduate from Winona State, ever ended up at a school in small town Minnesota. Her family lived in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, alongside a handful...
Apr 18, 2018 | Features, Homepage Slider
In 2017, Laura (Sette) Cunningham ’00 was honored by the Wisconsin Law Journal as one of 29 outstanding “Women in the Law.” Dial back to her days as a student at Winona State – her interest in the law was sparked by volunteering with victims at the Women’s...
Apr 18, 2018 | Features, HP Feature 3
Rachel Fewell ’00 first became intrigued with the idea of being a professional librarian while working as a program assistant at an eldercare facility in Madison, Wis. After pursuing and completing her master’s in library information studies at UW-Madison, she started...
Apr 18, 2018 | Features, HP Feature 2
A police officer, a paramedic, a firefighter. Lindsey Derby ’10 has dedicated her professional career to public service, and on top of it all, is breaking gender norms as the first female firefighter in the city of Kasson, Minnesota. Her career path since graduating...
Apr 18, 2018 | Features, HP Feature 1
“Jill of All Trades,” Cassandra Buck ’08, is an artist, educator, and arts advocate in the city of Rochester, Minnesota. Upon graduating from WSU with a bachelor’s degree in art education, Buck began teaching art at Kasson Mantorville Middle School in 2009. During her...
