Updated 4/25/2022:
On Thursday, April 21, 2022, students and faculty presented their academic and public service work as a way to connect with the community and to highlight our creative achievements.
Presentations from the 2022 CCAD are now available to view online. Members of Minnesota State system colleges and universities can login with their Star ID to watch full presentations on mediaspace.
Thank you to the students and faculty that shared their research and work with our community. We look forward to joining together again next year for another Community Creative Achievement Day.
Winona State University-Rochester and Graduate Studies will host the third annual Community Creative Achievement Day virtual symposium on the afternoon of Thursday, April 21, 2022.
The community is invited to join our students and faculty as we share our achievements and celebrate our creativity.
Please register here to gain access to this online event.
Students and faculty from WSU-Rochester and Graduate Studies will present their academic research and community projects at this virtual symposium.
For more information on this annual event, please contact WSURstudentservices@winona.edu or 507.285.7100.
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Community Creative Achievement Day 2022
Thursday, April 21, 2022
1:00-4:30 PM
Online Event: Registration required to receive the Zoom link to attend this virtual symposium
Keynote Speaker:
Audrey Betcher
Former Director of the Rochester Public Library
“Inclusion, it Doesn’t Happen by Accident”
About the Event
Community Creative Achievement Day is a virtual symposium that unites WSU-Rochester and Graduate Studies students and faculty.
The first CCAD was held on April 16, 2020 at the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Though the inaugural event was initially planned to be held in-person at our WSU-Rochester on Broadway campus suite, we quickly moved to transform this event into a virtual symposium. The virtual format continued with our second annual CCAD held on April 15, 2021. Due to the popularity, efficiency, and accessibility of this virtual format, the CCAD will now be organized as an online event. The third annual CCAD will be held on April 21, 2022.
At the event, Winona State University students and faculty will meet on Zoom to present their academic research and community service projects throughout the afternoon. They will also be answering community questions and joining in conversations about their work.
The CCAD 2022 will begin with a keynote speech by Audrey Betcher, the recently retired Director of the Rochester Public Library. Betcher will be giving a presentation titled Inclusion, it Doesn’t Happen by Accident, which will highlight how the Rochester Public Library actively promoted inclusion within their institution and the community. We hope this keynote address will help challenge us to expand inclusivity within our academic and community work.
About the Keynote Speaker
Audrey Betcher recently retired from the Rochester Public Library where she was director for 22 years. Prior to working at RPL, Audrey managed a computer system for public and school libraries in southeastern Minnesota. She also worked for a library automation vendor in St. Louis. She is a graduate of St. Catherine’s University in St. Paul, MN and holds her Masters of Library Science from the University of Missouri – Columbia.
She continues to be involved in the community through volunteering: Rotary (where she is currently President), Ready to Lead Leadership Team, and Rochester Reading Champions.
