by Elizabeth Meinders | Sep 19, 2018 | Admissions Blog, Money & Finances
I’m going to get a piece of common knowledge out of the way. College costs a lot of money—and people don’t usually have a spare $18K lying around the house. Maybe you’re lucky enough not to need any financial aid, but you’re probably more like me and the other 94% of...
by Elizabeth Meinders | Jan 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Meet McKel Heebink, a Winona State Warrior for whom community service is a way of life. In fact, after our interview, she was headed home to help at a fundraiser founded by her aunt and her mother to provide care packages for families whose newborn infants need to be...
by Elizabeth Meinders | Feb 10, 2015 | Campus Life, Campus Life Blog
I have waited for this day for four long years. The day I could fill out the graduation application because this is my final semester. In just a few months I will be saying sayonara to the student status that I’ve held for the last two decades (Wow, that’s a long...
by Elizabeth Meinders | Nov 14, 2014 | Admissions
You don’t see it, but this blog is built with computer code. So is Facebook and Hulu and D2L. Every day you are using hypertext markup language (HTML) and cascading style sheets (CSS) but do you have any idea how they work? Steve Jobs once said that “I think everybody...
by Elizabeth Meinders | Sep 19, 2014 | Admissions Blog
College classes are hard. They demand that you read more, write more, hold more information in your head and confront more new ideas than you had to in high school. As you get closer and closer to heading off to college yourself, this fact is probably creeping...
by Elizabeth Meinders | Aug 5, 2014 | Admissions
You are standing in front of your bedroom closet, then you turn to look at your desk covered in papers and knickknacks and the walls hung with photos and posters before glancing across the floor that is strewn with random objects you had forgotten you even owned but...
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
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 Elizabeth Meinders | Feb 6, 2014 | Admissions Blog, Campus Life
Just a few weeks ago, Somsen Hall and Phelps Hall were added to the National Register of Historic Places. This means that they are at least 50 years old, kept in much the same structure and appearance, and places of historical significance. The national recognition...
by Elizabeth Meinders | Nov 19, 2013 | Academics, Admissions Blog, Campus Life
I have always been a planner. I know what I want and I take the steps to get it. Time-management is my forte. I plan my weekends to maximize studying, I plan my next semester’s classes over a month in advance of the registration window, I plan my long-term...
