In Memoriam

1940s Helene (Bailey) Spelhaug ’41 (Chatfield, Minn.) passed away Nov. 28, 2014 at the age of 93. Helene earned her teaching degree from Winona Teachers College (now known as Winona State) in 1941. Helen (Anderson) Duncanson ’43 (Crossville, Tenn.) passed away Oct. 5,...

Class Notes

1940s Albert Conrad “Bill” Posz ’44 (Golden Valley, Minn.) and his wife, Marie G. Fjelstad Posz, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in 2014. They were married Aug. 26, 1944, and celebrated at an Open House Sept. 27, 2014 at Covenant Village of Golden Valley,...

Statistically Speaking

DATASCIENCE has been deemed the “sexiest job of the 21st century” by the Harvard Business Review. Such a designation is catchy, but why is this type of job appealing? A data scientist is responsible for transforming data to useable information. Data has become...

News & Highlights

WSU Community Service Recognition Winona State University has been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) for the sixth consecutive year. In 2012-13, more than 5,100 WSU...

Music Gala

Some say that music is what feelings sound like, and few musicians are likely to disagree. The hills (bluffs) will be alive with the sound of music April 24-26, as the WSU Department of Music presents the seventh annual Music Gala. The Gala itself is an incredible...

Students Reap Benefits of a Longstanding Partnership

WSU student photographer Andrew Link knew something big was going on when he received a call from his editor at the Winona Daily News at 7 a.m. on a Sunday in August 2007. Southeastern Minnesota was being hit by a devastating flood and Link would be joining the state...