by Melissa VanGrinsven | Mar 24, 2014 | Improving Our World
While some people may have been wearing flip-flops and shorts over spring break, I was donning a hair cap and some plastic gloves. And even if I wasn’t laying on a beach towel soaking up the sun, I was standing on my feet, hands deep in rice and loving every minute...
by Samantha Schwanke | Feb 28, 2014 | Improving Our World
Ever wonder what your Winona State Student Senate actually does? Well, Senate is a group of elected students from the Winona State student body that meet once a week to discuss university issues, from department fees to club funding to general issues we think students...
by Samantha Schwanke | Feb 6, 2014 | Improving Our World
The month of February is National Canned Food Month! So, why canned food? Well, I don’t know about you, but when I think of canned food I think of the mushy peas and creamed corn my grandparents used to make me eat. But, it turns out that canned food is much more than...
by Courtney McCaw | Jan 29, 2014 | Improving Our World
You may be shocked to learn 1 in 4 women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime 1 out of every 33 American men has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in his lifetime Approximately 50% of transgender people experience sexual violence at some point in...
by Guest Blogger | Dec 12, 2013 | Improving Our World
“Style is Political” –Cynthia Enloe in Globalization and Militarism On December 4th the Women’s and Gender Studies 220: Power, Privilege and Gender class presented their final projects in the Kryzsko Student Activities Center. These projects examined the role of...