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Winona State University

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Winona State University is primarily an undergraduate university, the oldest of the schools that constitute Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU). It is not part of the University of Minnesota, the state's land grant institution. Founded in 1858 to train teachers, today it offers over 80 undergraduate majors and 10 pre-professional programs. Enrollment for the year 2003 was 8,236 students. It has several masters programs, most relating to education, but no doctoral programs. The main campus is in Winona, Minnesota and there is a branch campus in Rochester, Minnesota (WSU Rochester Center). Pre-professional programs include medicine, law, and dentistry. Its pre-medical program operates in conjunction with Mayo Medical School, affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Winona State University is currently in the process of implementing a program dubbed the "Learning for the 21st Century Initiative". Previously it was called "The Winona Experience", which generated some controversy, and before that "The New University". This radical series of changes in University operation and structure seeks to better the vocational-education experience of each student. This change is not popular with all students because of a hefty tuition surcharge in addition to normal tuition, which has grown at double-digit or near-double-digit rates every year since 1998. WSU is also noted as being one of the earliest universities in the country to offer a "Laptop University" program. In this program each student, upon acceptance, is required to lease his or her choice of either a Macintosh or Gateway (PC) laptop directly from the university. The purpose of this program is to increase the bond between education and technology. WSU's laptop program has been used as a model for many like it nation-wide.

Athletics

Winona State University competes in Division II NCAA athletics and its teams are called the Warriors. It is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The Winona State men's basketball team is the 2005-2006 NCAA Division II national champion. The WSU football team has won the NSIC conference championship nine times in 13 years (1993-2005).

Notable alumni

- John Blatnik, Member of the U.S. Congress

- Tim Penny, Member of the U.S. Congress

- Austin Aries, Professional Wrestler

Name changes

- Winona State Normal School (1858)

- Winona State Teachers' College (1870)

- Winona State College (1930s)

- Winona State University (1976)

External link

- Winona State University official website