{"id":2197,"date":"2019-09-17T16:20:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T16:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2019-09-17T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T18:04:56","slug":"campus-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/2019\/09\/17\/campus-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/h4>\n

A NEW NAME FOR THE PAC<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n

The Performing Arts Center has a new moniker \u2013 The Robert A.\u00a0<\/span>DuFresne<\/span>\u00a0Performing Arts Center, renamed in honor of the contributions of the late president emeritus who passed away in 2015 at the age of 94.\u00a0 Serving as the 10<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0president of WSU from 1967-1977, Robert \u201cBob\u201d\u00a0<\/span>DuFresne\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0tenure has been recognized as a substantial turning point in the university\u2019s history.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Current\u00a0<\/span>WSU President Scott R. Olson credits Dr.\u00a0<\/span>DuFresne<\/span>\u00a0with guiding the institution during its \u201ccoming of age,\u201d including its transition to a regional comprehensive university and the completion of nine major construction and renovation projects. \u201cThere is Winona\u00a0<\/span>State<\/span>\u00a0\u2018Before Bob\u2019 and \u2018After Bob,<\/span>\u2019<\/span>\u201d he explains. \u201cIt was during his time that the College became a University. It was during his time that some of our core values \u2013 such as scholarship and community engagement \u2013 first emerged.\u00a0 And then there are the facilities he brought into being: Memorial Hall,\u00a0<\/span>Minne<\/span>\u00a0Hall, Maxwell Hall, Sheehan Hall, much of\u00a0Kryzsko\u00a0Commons, and of course, the Performing Arts Center.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You can l<\/span>earn more about\u00a0<\/span>the inspiring life and career of\u00a0<\/span>Dr.\u00a0<\/span>DuFresne<\/span>, including<\/span> the 2005 WSU Living History Project documentary<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

NEW PROGRAMS<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n

Winona State has added three new graduate programs to its offerings<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>Master of Social Work, Master of Athletic Training, and Doctor of Education.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Master of Social Work (MSW)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0program was created to address the regional demand for licensed clinical social workers. Emerging societal issues of the aging population, rising prevalence of mental health concerns, and increasing incidents of trauma has created a national shortage of clinical social workers prepared at the master\u2019s level. Additionally, WSU\u2019s program is the only MSW program in the tri-state region to offer a clinical concentration, a hybrid delivery format accessible to working adults, and an affordable tuition rate.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

WSU<\/span>\u2019s new\u00a0<\/span>two-year\u00a0<\/span>Master<\/span><\/b>\u00a0of Science<\/span><\/b>\u00a0in Athletic Training (MSAT)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0program\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>for students who have completed a bachelor\u2019s degree and all program requirements. This program allows students to complete the professional graduate program in Athletic Training, including all courses and clinical education requirements necessary to become a certified athletic trainer. Upon completion of the graduate program, students will be eligible to sit for the Board of Certification exam.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the new\u00a0<\/span>Doctor of Education<\/span><\/b>\u00a0program, students<\/span>\u00a0have the option to choose an emphasis\u00a0<\/span>such as<\/span>\u00a0curriculum and instruction, higher education, technology education, indigenous studies, special education,\u00a0<\/span>or<\/span> organizational administration. The program is delivered via a cohort model through a combination of online courses, face-to-face summer residencies, and other electronic interactive instructional mentoring and communications.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

NEWLY APPOINTED<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"
\nInterim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Edward \u201cTed\u201d Reilly was announced as the Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Reilly has been with the university since 1997, previously serving in the roles of Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Interim Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Acting Dean of the College of Education, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs-Rochester, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and Associate Professor and Chair in Communication Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Speech Communication from Louisiana State University. During Reilly\u2019s appointment as Interim Provost, the university will launch a search for a new permanent Provost to replace Dr. Patricia Rogers, who was appointed this spring as the new President of Lake Superior College in Duluth.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n\"\"<\/a>Dean of the College of Education<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Daniel Kirk has been named the new Dean of the College of Education, stepping into his position this past July. His previous roles include Dean & Professor of Education at American University in Ras al Khaimah, UAE and Associate Dean and Professor at the National Defense College in Abu Dhabi. He has also served in leadership positions and on faculty in the US, UAE and Bahrain, and was a middle\/high school English Language Arts teacher in the UK, Dubai, Bermuda and Qatar. Kirk obtained his B.A. in English Studies and M.A. in Education-Special Education Needs from the University of Sunderland, UK and his Ph.D. in Education-Language Education from the University of Georgia. He is a recognized expert on educational policy formation in international settings and is often consulted regarding setting national teacher preparation policy and practice, with a focus on the Persian Gulf states. Kirk assumes his role from Dr.\u00a0<\/span>Tarrell<\/span>\u00a0Portman, who served as Dean of the College from 2014-2019.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Associate Dean of College of Liberal Arts<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Rita\u00a0Rahoi-Gilchrest was appointed Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts in May 2019. She has served as the Interim Associate Dean for the college at WSU since 2016. Prior,\u00a0Rahoi-Gilchrest held various roles in the WSU Communication Studies Department, including Department Chair, Professor, Associate Professor, Internship Director, and Assistant Professor. Before coming to WSU, she held positions at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She earned her B.A. in Organizational Communication\/Public Relations from the University of Wisconsin-<\/span>Eau<\/span>\u00a0Claire, and her M.A. and Ph.D., both in Interpersonal\/Organizational Communication\/Rhetoric from Ohio University.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

CAREER READINESS<\/span><\/b>: 2019-20 UNIVERSITY THEME<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers\u2019 Career Readiness Model, there are eight core competencies that employers seek in college grads: critical thinking, leadership, collaboration and teamwork, professionalism and career management, oral and written communication, digital technology, global and cultural fluency, and community engagement. Winona State\u2019s Career Services office has already begun to structure its work with students to focus on this framework, and now, the overall university will focus on this work for its 2019-20 theme.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This year will bring an increase in efforts to help students better identify, articulate and advance their professional competencies through curricular and co-curricular programming. The theme also invites academic programs to highlight and share their best practices unique to their disciplines. For more information on the Career Readiness university theme year, visit\u00a0<\/span>wsu.mn\/career-readiness<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/h4>\n

BLACK KATTS MOVE TO DI<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n

The WSU Women\u2019s Rugby Club Team, the Black\u00a0<\/span>Katts<\/span>, announced plans to move from the DII Minnesota League to the DI Midwest League for the fall 2019 season.\u00a0<\/span>The high-caliber team has claimed the national championship twice and second place six times over the last 10 years.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Black\u00a0<\/span>Katts<\/span>\u00a0have applied for DI status twice in the last three years but were denied each time. Then, this last fall, a team spot opened in the DI Midwest League and the proposal was made again. The difference this time was that the team first received approval from USA Rugby, then from the Minnesota Rugby Union in a 10-0 vote, and finally to the DI Midwest Conference in a 6-0 vote.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey have worked extremely hard to get here and deserve what is to come,\u201d commented Roger Riley,\u00a0<\/span>former\u00a0<\/span>assistant coach and faculty advisor.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With their new DI status, the Black\u00a0<\/span>Katts<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>take on teams like the University of Minnesota, the University of Iowa and Iowa State<\/span>\u00a0this fall<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>These s<\/span>chools<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 unlike WSU \u2013 have university-wide DI rugby programs in place. As part of the proposal, the team will compete in the DI Midwest conference, but will still take the DII post-season path and compete against their formal rivals in the fall playoffs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/h4>\n

NOCHE BOMBA \u2013 A WSU PRIDE EVENT<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

In April, Pedro Pablo Lander \u201915 brought\u00a0<\/span>their<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Noche<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Bo<\/span>mba<\/span>\u00a0performance to\u00a0<\/span>WSU<\/span>, and event co-sponsored by many groups across campus.\u00a0<\/span>P<\/span>reviously performed\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>a solo piece at the Walker Art Center,\u00a0<\/span>Noche<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Bomba<\/span>\u00a0is an exploration of<\/span>\u00a0forms and of gender \u2013 a culmination of Lander\u2019s research looking at\u00a0<\/span>their<\/span>\u00a0gender and sexuality evolution in relationship to\u00a0<\/span>their<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>latinx<\/span>\u00a0Venezuelan upbringing.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortly after\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0performance at Winona State, it was announced that Lander was awarded a two-year, $40,000 grant through the St. Paul-based Jerome Foundation, which seeks to contribute to a dynamic and evolving culture by supporting the creation, development and production of new works by early career and emerging artists.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n


\nHOPE ACADEMY 2019<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

WSU hosted the HOPE Academic and Leadership Academy 2019 on campus in June. The 10-day residential program welcomed 49 under-represented and under-served high school students in grades 9-12. During their stay, they experienced college life by engaging in college-level courses and workshops to develop and explore their leadership skills, and participated in leadership training, communication and skill-building activities to help move beyond the financial, social and academic barriers \u2013 both factual and presumed \u2013 and toward the realization of an engaged and successful undergraduate experience.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

QUICK READS<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

President Olson continued his tradition of hosting \u201c<\/span>Pizza with the President<\/span><\/b>\u201d during finals week in December\u00a0<\/span>and May<\/span>, treating students to free pizza from Rocco\u2019s, Sammy\u2019s and Zaza\u2019s<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A recent study showed\u00a0<\/span>Winona State<\/span>\u00a0creating a\u00a0<\/span>$447.8 million economic impact<\/span><\/b>\u00a0per year \u2013 contributing $24.2 million in state and local revenue, $9.3 million in community contribution, and supporting and sustaining 3,465 jobs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

WSU Counseling Services welcomed new therapy dog,\u00a0<\/span>Aiden<\/span><\/b>, to campus! Registered as an AKC Canine Good Citizen, he joins WSU\u2019s original therapy dog, Winston, in offering students some stress-relieving doggy support.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

WSU radio station KQAL was honored with three Eric\u00a0<\/span>Sevareid<\/span>\u00a0Awards at the 2019 Midwest Journalism Conference.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Winonan<\/span>, WSU\u2019s student-run newspaper (and one of the oldest student newspapers in the\u00a0<\/span>S<\/span>tate of Minnesota) celebrates its 100<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0Anniversary this fall.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

WSU\u2019s Women in Science & Engineering club hosted\u00a0<\/span>NanoDays<\/span>\u00a0in March 2019, a free community event <\/span>where children of all ages could participate in hands-on science experiments and watch a live demonstration of making ice cream with liquid nitrogen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A NEW NAME FOR THE PAC\u00a0 The Performing Arts Center has a new moniker \u2013 The Robert A.\u00a0DuFresne\u00a0Performing Arts Center, renamed in honor of the contributions of the late president emeritus who passed away in 2015 at the age of 94.\u00a0 Serving as the 10th\u00a0president of WSU from 1967-1977, Robert \u201cBob\u201d\u00a0DuFresne\u2019s\u00a0tenure has been recognized as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":2211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[687,671],"tags":[948,7,947],"class_list":["post-2197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hp-feature-2","category-news-highlights","tag-robert-a-dufresne","tag-winona-state-university","tag-wsu-performing-arts-center"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/09\/PACnew.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7PQMT-zr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2197"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2298,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions\/2298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}