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 Olivia Wulf | Jan 24, 2014 | Admissions
Lincoln, Nebraska is especially dramatic this week. Students in theatre programs from Minnesota to Missouri are all gathered here, both competing against and working with one another to celebrate their hard work over the past year. This week is known as KCACTF, which...
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...
by Bethany Adkins | Dec 10, 2013 | Campus Life, Residence Life
Make sure you check this list twice before you head home for break! Congratulations on making it thus far! Fall semester is almost over and those hurdles keeping you from returning home to your families are slowly disappearing. Feeling stressed? Take a deep...
by Samantha Schwanke | Dec 6, 2013 | Admissions
As I sat down to write out my spring semester schedule, I realized I only needed 10 credits to graduate. After the initial burst of joy, I remembered that I needed 12 credits in order to accomplish full-time student status. Oh the possibilities of 2 credits! I could...
by Courtney McCaw | Dec 4, 2013 | Improving Our World
A new club will be sprouting up on Winona State University come spring semester. The WSU Cooperative Club is currently developing in hopes of improving the world for many students. Cooperatives, or co-ops, are business that offers products and services like any other...
by Samantha Schwanke | Nov 22, 2013 | Green
I have found something that combines my passion for conservation with the opportunity to make a difference in my country…now if only I got paid for it! American Conservation Experience, or ACE, is a conservation program through AmeriCorps that trains volunteers to,...
by Olivia Wulf | Nov 21, 2013 | Improving Our World
People encircled the Smaug stage. Some were seated directly in front of it, listening intently and asking questions. Others milled along the side and back walls, eating sandwiches and glancing up occasionally from their laptops. Though some people were gathered...
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...
by Sophie Kaplan | Nov 15, 2013 | Academics, Campus Life
“Get all of your gen eds out of the way” they’d told me sternly that day (so long ago) when I sat next to the temporary advisor I’d been assigned, “it will be better to focus on your major later on, just get the requirements out of the way.” It sounded logical to me...
