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12.6% tuition boost planned statewideST. PAUL, June 13, 2003 -- The MnSCU state college board 's July agenda includes a two-year plan to boost tuition to balance budgets at all 33 campuses. The increases average 12.6 percent this fall and 12.5 percent next fall. The largest increase this fall, 16 percent, would be at St. Cloud State. A 15 percent increase is proposed at Winona State. The board also will consider cutting 300 faculty and staff jobs statewide and increasing class sizes. The board meets July 16.
Background: WSU tuition saga gets gloomier
UM tuition rising 15 percentMINNEAPOLIS, June 13, 2003 -- University of Monnesota students will pay 15 percent more tuition in the fall, said President Robert Bruininks. The tuition hike will help offset 44 perccent of a budget reduction, he said. A salary freeze and 463 layoffs will also help balance the budget. Without the freeze and layoffs, tuition would be up more than 30 percent, Bruininks said.
Background: WSU tuition saga gets gloomier
WSU interviewing for fund-raiser jobWINONA, Minn., June 11, 2003 -- The Winona State University committee searching for a new director of major gifts has narrowed the field to three candidates for on-campus interviews. The candidates: Kent Clark, a major gifts and planned giving consultant. Holds a bachelor's in food systems from Michigan State, a master's from Cincinnati Bible Seminary, and a certificate in fund-raising management from Indiana.
Dwight Hansen, major gifts officer, University of South Dakota. Holds a bachelor's in education from Wayne State College and a master's in political science from the South Dakota.
Alsatia Mellecker, development director for pharmacy, University of Iowa. Holds a bachelor's in history and American studies from Iowa.
COMMENT: WSU PHOTOGRAPHY
NEANDERTHAL THROWBACK
For a university that prides itself on cutting-edge technology, an ironic throwback to the last century remains in, of all places, the tech-heavy Winona State masscom department. Photo students still slosh film through the soup. No computer technology there.
At a time when newspapers and other media have shuttered their darkrooms and thrown out the chemicals, Winona State students still draw light-proof curtains behind them and whiff noxious fumes.
It's all even more Neanderthal -- black-and-white only. Too, ancient Phelps Hall plumbing doesn't deliver the consistent water temperatures needed for darkrooms. Nor have HVAC engineers solved ventilation problems.
To the profs: Ever hear of Mavica? Photoshop? Color? The 21st century? |
WSU student to national dorm workshopWINONA, Minn., June 11, 2003 -- A Winona State University student dorm supervisor, junior Adam Cholewin, was chosen to attend the Association of College and University Housing Officers' workshop on university housing. Cholewin, who in the Richards dorm last year, was nominated by Winona State housing managers. The three-day Las Vegas, Nev., workshop includes carer mentoring in dorm management. Thirty-six students will attend.
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
June 10, 2003 | A student reported at 3:20 p.m. that his bike was stolen from a bike rack on campus sometime between June 5 and June 9. |
WSU tuition saga gets gloomierWINONA, Minn., June 10, 2003 -- Just as Winona State University students are absorbing the reality of a 15 percent tution hike for fall, there came news that it will be an addiitonal 18 percent come Fall 2004. State Rep. Gene Pelowski, D-Winona, used the figure 33 percent over the upcoming biennium at a City Hall forum. The increases will offset university budget cuts that Pelowski said were pushed through the Legislature by Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the Republican caucus. At the forum, House Democrat leader Matt Entenza said Democrats will push next session to ease the cuts.
Background: Krueger on reshaping WSU: Fewer profs
CAMPUS READER
What in-the-know Winona college people are reading
Andrew Hacker. "How the B.A. Gap Widens the Chasm Between Men and Women," Chronicle of Higher Education (June 20, 2003), Pages B10-B11. Hacker, a political scientist, ponders social and economic implications of the growing gender imbalance on U.S. campuses. For every three men in four-year colleges, there are four women..
Ben Yagoda. "What Should We Call the Professor?" Chronicle of Higher Education (June 13, 2003), Yagoda, a journalist turned academic, examines the etiquette and politics of campus titles. Is it Professor? Dr.? Miss? Mr.? There are no rules, but practice seems least snobbish at the most reputed institutions.
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Background: New service: Reading tips
Earlier reading tips: William Safire's new book
Cotter site may be for saleWINONA, Minn., June 10, 2003 -- The Cotter Junior High School building two blocks from space-hungry Winona State University may come up for sale, the president of Minnesota Preparory Schools said. Craig Junker said that it won't happen soon but that discussions are under way to move the Cotter Junior High to Roger Bacon Hall, adjacent to Cotter High School, at the old College of St. Teresa. Potential buyers of the current junior high building , at 351 Lafayette Street, include the public schools system for offices..
Background: School district eyes Cotter site
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GIFT TO WSU. Collector Frank Canfield briefs university President Darrell Krueger on Anasazi pottery shards, believed to be 1,200 to 1,500 years old, from northwest New Mexico. |
Anasazi shards added to WSU potteryWINONA, Minn., June 9, 2003 -- Examples of pottery from the Anasazi civilization, created between 1,200 and 1,500 years ago, have been donated by Frank Canfield of Edina, Minn., to Winona State University's Native American pottery exhibit. Canfield acquired the shards from a friend who owns property in northwest New Mexico, where the pieces were found three feet deep. Why the gift to Winona State? Said Canfield: "After I viewed the book given to me by Professor Erv Bublitz on the university's pottery collections, it made sense to have examples of Anasazi pottery along with it. I was ready to jump in the car and come here immediately." Bublitz donated a large collection of Southwestern pottery to the university in 2000.
WSU announces alumni awardsWINONA, Minn., June 10, 2003 -- Winona State University announced these presentations will be made at an alumni reunion June 20 and 21: Kent Gernander: Distinguished Service
Peter Gutierrez (1991): Distinguished Young Alum
Jacquelyn (Johnson) Gosse (1995): Distinguished Young Alum
Richard Kalbrenner (1968): Distinguished Alum
Jerry Papenfuss: Distinguished Service
Nozar Sachinvala (1977): Disinguished Alum
Anti-gang group back in business| WINONA, Minn., June 9, 2003 -- Reacting to a growing number of drug thugs from the Chicago area, Winona people gathered at City Hall to reactivate a dormant neighborhood crime watch group. Police Chief Frank Pomeroy encouraged people to jot notes on suspicious activity and auto plate numbers. Noting there were 106 drug arrests in Winona last year, Pomeroy said he welcomes revival of the Neighbors Against Gangs. He advised against confrontation: "These people are dangerous." Prompting the City Hall gathering was a May 31 police raid at 568 W. Sanborn St. after a fatal shooting at a La Crosse, Wis., bar. Ahead of the raid, police evacuated neighbors. A man arrested in the raid is in jail awaiting extradition. |
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ENTERPRISE GIFT
John Peterson, Enterprise Rent-a-Car marketing executive, presents a $5,000 check to Dan Schumacher, athletics fund-raiser at Winona State Univerity. The donation is for varsity scholarships. |  |
WSU nurse: No SARS cases foundWINONA, Minn., June 6, 2003 -- Nobody has come by the Winona State Univerity nursing station for a check of SARS symptoms, Director Diane Palm said. Palm had asked anyone visiting mainland China, Hong Kong, Signapore Taiwan or Toronto to contact her within 10 days of returning. The respiratory disease has killed almost 800 people.
Background: WSU checking for SARS
School district eyes Cotter siteWINONA, Minn., June 5, 2003 -- The Cotter junior and senior high schools may be consolidated at the old College of St. Teresa campus at some point in the next few years, Winona schools superintendent Eric Bartleson said. The consolidation would add the current junior high building on Lafayette Street, just east of the Winona State University main campus, to the list of sites available for school district offices to relocate, Bartleson said. The district has been eyeing alternatives to the Lincoln School, at Huff and Sarnia, where it now has offices. Winona State has proposed buying the Lincoln bilding as ovcerflow offce space.
Background: For now School District to keep Lincoln
R.I.P.: Celia Edith PetersonWINONA, Minn., June 6, 2003 -- A Winona State Teachers College alum, Celia Peterson, died at the hospital at age 90. She began teaching in rural schools after only one year of college, but she kept up her classwork at Winona State and earned a degree in 1950. She retired from Albert Lea, Minn., schools in 1975. Earlier she was at Dodge Center, Minn.
For now School District to keep LincolnWINONA, Minn., June 5, 2003 -- The Winona School Board voted to keep its executive offices and some specialized education programs at the Lincoln Building, at least for another year. The decision put on hold a Winona State University offer to lease-to-buy the structure, at Huff and Sarnia, as overflow office space. The Winona State proposal was financially so complex that the Board was concerned it "might do it wrong," said Board member Todd Rasmussen.
Background: Pelowski pushes Lincoln-WSU funding
Profs' salaries: UM tops $100,000WASHINGTON, June 4, 2003 -- For the first time the average University of Minnesota salary for full professors, the highest academic rank, has topped $100,000. The latest survey by the Association of American University Professors has the university as by far the best-paying in the state, although there is some distortion because the University of Minnesota faculty includes medical law schools and research profs who typically command higher salaries. The averages for full profs and entry-level instructors:
UM-Twin Cities
Carleton
Macalester
UM-Duluth
St. Thomas
Hamline
Metro State*
UM-Morris
Southwest State*
St. John's
St. Olaf
MSU-Mankato*
Winona State*
MSU-Moorhead*
Gustavus Adolphus
St. Cloud State*
Bemidji State*
St. Benedict
Concordia
UM-Crookston
St. Catherine
Minneapolis Art
Bethel
St. Mary's
Augsburg
United Theological
St. Scholastica
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PROFS
$101,300
94,800
88,700
81,500
79,900
73,900
71,300
70,900
70,200
69,500
69,300
69,000
68,500
67,800
67,700
67,200
66,200
65,500
62,800
61,700
61,400
59,200
59,100
58,800
58,000
57,800
56,900
54,100 |
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RANK
$55,900
40,400
40,400
38,400
45,800
40,000
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41,700
34,100
43.000
42,300
36,100
34,200
36,100
39,500
38,300
36,400
38,900
37,800
49,900
37,500
33, 200
40,400
35,500
36,600
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36,100
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WSU checking for SARSWINONA, Minn., June 3, 2003 -- Wanting to head off any SARS infections, chief Winona State nurse Diane Palm called on any university people returning from Toronto or Asia to come in for an examination. Palm said she was especially concerned about travelers to Singapore, Hong Kong and noth mainland China and Taiwan, as well as Toronto -- all places where the lethal respiratory disease has occurred.
Transgender reading production plannedWINONA, Minn., June 3, 2003 --
Winona State University masscom prof Cindy Killion and theater senior Andrew Waldron are participating in a reader's theater production, "Transfigurations," on transgender issues. It's will be Killion's stage debut. Producers Delta Ferguson and Eliza Roaring Springs interviewed transgendered people of various backgrounds and ages, drawing on true stories to create this hour-long drama. A post-show discussion will be moderated by Debra Davis, executive director of the Gender Education Institute.Date: Friday, June 13
Time: 8 p.m.
Place: Frederick Theater at the
Cost: $10; proceeds to Pride Along the Mississippi
Contact: (608) 791-9084 |
Legislature OK'd five MnSCU projectsST. PAUL, Minn., June 3, 2003 -- The campus construction funding approved by the Legislature totaled $59.7 million, with these on MnSCU four-year campuses:Metro State
St. Cloud State
Southwest State
Bemidji State
MSU-Mankato
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Centennial Hall renovation
Library remodel
Otto Arena, fitness gym
Co-location design money
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10.0 million
9.2 million
8.4 million
1.0 million
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Background: Tech remodeling funds still possible
Teaching project grants to WSU profsWINONA, Minn., June 2, 2003 -- Winona State University profs have won two grants totaling $30,000 to promote active learning. A faculty team led by Catherine Summa, geoscience department chair, was awarded $15,000 for the development of a problem-based environmental science course for preservice elementary-ed students. A second team, led by Mingrui Zhang, a computer and information systems prof, was granted $15,000 to establish an interdisciplinary computing course and environment. Grants are offered through the state college system Center for Teaching and Learning. In all, the Center has approved 44 grants totaling $354,191 for MnSCU projects this year.
WSU redoing Lourdes kitchen, bathsWINONA, Minn., June 2, 2003 -- Winona State University filed for a bulding permit for a $1.3 million rebuilding of the cafeteria kitchen and bathrooms at the Lourdes dorm at the former College of St. Teresa campus.
WSU SECURITY
REPORT
June 2, 2003 | A mintenance worker reported at 3 p.m. that several trees were damaged near the Maria dorm, apparently took place the previous evening. |
Krueger on reshaping WSU: Fewer profsWINONA, Minn., June 2, 2003 -- To balance the books, Winona State will continue leaving faculty positions unfilled as profs retire, die and leave, university President Darrell Krueger said. Replacing some departed full-time, long-term profs will be cheaper part-time instructors, Krueger said. Also, he said, more junior profs will be hired one year at a time outside the usual tenure track. The faculty payroll savings can be significant. Tenured senior profs are typically in the $60,000 to $80,000 range, which translates into $7,500 to $10,000 per course. Part-timers typically are about $4,000. Fixed-term profs, generally at the beginning of their careers and hired year to year without any long-term contractal commitments, are mostly at $5,000 to $6,000 a course. By reducing the core long-term faculty, Krueger will address part of the $4.9 million budget shortfall resulting from state funding cuts. To also address the shortfall, Krueger is looking for a 15 percent tuition increase to generate $3.7 million.
Background: WSU tuition plan: 15% |
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Tech files for $196,000 projectWINONA, Minn., June 2, 2003 -- Southeast Tech plans $196,000 in interior renovations at its Homer Road campus, documents filed with the city show. The contractor: Floyd Larson Construction.
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Tau chapel remodeling beginsWINONA, Minn., June 1, 2003 -- The stained glass that distinguished the circular chapel at the Tau Center has been dismantled and moved to the Franciscan Order's motherhouse at Assissi Heights in Rochester, Minn., clearing the way for remodeling into a gathering area for Winona State University dorm students. The Franciscans hope to divide the glass, a treasured part of their heritage, among their other facilities. The circular Tau chapel will become a common area for Winona State students, mostly frosh, who will move in this fall. The university bought the former retreat center for $2.2 million.
Background: Franciscans keeping stained glass
WSU plans Maxwell stadium upgradesWINONA, Minn., June 1, 2003 -- Winona State University filed for a building permit to construct a press box, restrooms and concession stand at Maxwell Field. Cost: $40,000. Contractor: Wapasha Construction.
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Louis
DeThomasis
SMU president
2001: $155,245
Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001:
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