by Guest Blogger | Feb 13, 2017 | Improving Our World
I Love WSU Week is hosted by Alumni Relations and SOAR (Student Organization of Alumni Relations) and sponsored by the WSU Foundation. This week was created as a way to bring awareness, encourage philanthropy among students, and highlight what our current donors have...
by Guest Blogger | Jan 11, 2017 | Improving Our World
Grief is something that impacts everyone at some point in their lives. It’s a topic that is especially hard for children and teens to grasp. Research says that 4% of children experience grief. Childhood bereavement is associated with psychiatric problems in the first...
by Guest Blogger | Dec 8, 2016 | Improving Our World
This semester, several Film Studies students and myself hosted a film series titled “Our Digital Humanity: The Film Series.” The series was related to the university theme exploring digital tools and their impact on our society. With many of our films exploring the...
by Guest Blogger | Dec 8, 2016 | Improving Our World
I want to share a few quick facts with you: 51% of America’s public school students are ranked at or below poverty level. 50% of high-income students will receive a college degree. 10% of low-income students will receive a college degree. Poverty is ranked as one of...
by Guest Blogger | Dec 7, 2016 | Improving Our World
Over the course of the Fall 2016 semester, me and four other film studies students at WSU collaborated and curated films that best represent our university theme, “Our Digital Humanity.” We all worked together to organize a student film festival in order to present...
by Guest Blogger | Dec 2, 2016 | Improving Our World
This year, I had the opportunity to be a member of a group of Winona State students tasked with creating a film series based off of the University’s theme for the year, “Our Digital Humanity.” With this series, we hoped as a group that we could underscore the...
by Guest Blogger | Dec 1, 2016 | Improving Our World
Advocacy can be tricky; sometimes we just have to dive in, take chances and learn from our mistakes. Diving in, I decided to target a population that is very near and dear to my heart: student parents at WSU. The Student Parent Program offers pregnant and parenting...
by Guest Blogger | Nov 30, 2016 | Improving Our World
To whomever may be reading this, I challenge you to take a moment and imagine yourself without a home, bed, job, family, healthcare, place to shower or groceries in a nice, cold refrigerator. This might be hard for you to wrap your head around, but hundreds of...
by Guest Blogger | Nov 29, 2016 | Improving Our World
I was lucky enough to be one of the film studies students who curated Our Digital Humanity: The Film Series, a series that supports Winona State University’s theme, “Our Digital Humanity.” The event was spread out into five days that included five feature films and a...
by Guest Blogger | Nov 17, 2016 | Improving Our World
I currently work at the Mayo Clinic in the cancer unit. Every year, Mayo does a clinic-wide giving campaign with the United Way, and I helped collect contributions and sort them out into piles that would then be distributed to families in need. We spent two long...
