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 Allison Mueller | Nov 22, 2016 | Improving Our World
It’s Thanksgiving time! That means endless turkey, stuffing, gravy and the expected food coma to follow. We all love our traditions with family and friends at this time, but what about those who are unable to participate in their much-loved traditions this...
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...
