by Elizabeth Meinders | Sep 19, 2018 | Admissions Blog, Manage Money
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 11, 2015 | Campus Life Blog, Housing & Residence Life
While there are plenty of good date night opportunities around the city of Winona, your res hall can actually be perfect for a romantic rendezvous this Valentine’s Day. Hey now, don’t look so skeptical! It’s true, and here’s how I know. The first Valentine’s Day...
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 up in...
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 30, 2014 | Admissions
It seems like the beginning of fall semester is still so far away, but you should start looking for your textbooks now so you’ll be prepared for the first day of class. Here’s how to get started: 1) Find out what books you need. Well, this is an obvious first step but...
by Elizabeth Meinders | Jul 3, 2014 | Admissions
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 | Jul 1, 2014 | Campus Life Blog, Housing & Residence Life
Living in a college residence hall is quite different than living in your parent’s house and, of course, you knew that already. However, there are some aspects that you won’t fully comprehend until you move in. And as someone who lived through it, I can tell you that...
