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Higher-ed funding: Party's overWinona State leaders are taking cues for reform from higher-ed scholars Alan Guskin and Mary Marcy. Excerpts from their work:
"While attention to increasuing revenue will remain necessary, the additional dollars that campuses will likely be able to raise will not be sufficient to assure quality student learning and a decent faculty work life."
What to do?
"Create a clear and coherent vision of the future focused on student learning, quality of faculty life, and reduced costs per student." |
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| WINONA, Minn., Aug. 31, 2003 -- Public funding for higher-ed has a cyclical history of ups and downs, but this time there will be no rebound. That was the message from Winona State Univerity administrators at workshops for profs ahead of fall classes. These, profs were told, are the realities for the decade ahead, if not longer:Tax revenue that might otherwise have gone to higher-ed will continue to be sucked into health care.K-12 will have a priority over higher-ed for public funding.Even when the economy recovers. public resistance to taxes will keep higher-ed funding imrpovements modest.
Study groups were formed to develop a road map to restructure the university for leaner times. The early consensus is that the core faculty will shrink even as enrollment grows, teaching will rely more on low-salary part-timers and non-tenure instructors hired one year at a time, and class sizes will increase with a new focus on cost-effective delivery of learning.
Recommended reading:
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WSU boozer lets it flow, arrestedWINONA, Minn., August 31, 2003 -- In yet another arrest for public urination, police slapped a ticket on a 19-year-old Winona State University. Police spotted him peeing in a doorway at the Qwest building in the downtown bar district at 12:07 a.m.
Background: Cops launch fall piss patrol
Cops give party host a court dateWINONA, Minn., Aug. 31, 2003 -- A Winona State University sophomore was cited for a loud party at his 311 Washington St. house after neighbors complained to police. The bust was at 11:15 p.m.
Cops bust Center Street revelersWINONA, Minn., Aug. 31, 2003 -- The cops shut down a party at 427 Center St. at 11:25 p.m. The tenant was ticketed for violating the city noise law.
Cops give party host a court dateWINONA, Minn., Aug. 31, 2003 -- A Winona State University sophomore was cited for a loud party at his 311 Washington St. house after neighbors complained to police. The bust was at 11:15 p.m.
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AUG. 30, 2003 | GOLF (WOMEN'S): UW-Eau Claire Invitational (final day): UW-Oshkosh 647 (1st), SMU 743 (14th).
SOCCER (WOMEN'S): SMU, Benedictine 0.
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Firefighters answer Lourdes alarmWINONA, Minn., Aug. 30, 2003 -- A false alarm at the Lourdes dorm brought firefighters to the Winona State University west campus at 12:09 a.m. They found no fire or smoke.
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AUG. 30, 2003 | CROSS COUNTRY (MEN'S): SMU Invitational: Gustavus Adolphus 15, St. Scholastica 56, SMU 66 (3rd).
CROSS COUNTRY (WOMEN'S): SMU Invitational: Gustavus Adolphus 16 (1st), St. Scholastica 53 (2nd), SMU 72 (3rd).
FOOTBALL (MEN'S): WSU 46, Western Missouri 3.
GOLF (WOMEN'S): UW-Eau Claire Invitational (first day): UW-Oshkosh 327 (1st), SMU 361 (3rd).
SOCCER (WOMEN'S): Missouri Rolla 3, SMU 1.
VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): Lewis Tournament: WSU 3, Lander 0; WSU 3, Wheeling 2. Pike's Peak Challenge: SMU 3, Buena Vista; Colorado College 3, SMU 0.
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Aug. 29, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A student reported at 1 p.m. that she was stung by a bee on Aug. 27 and was seeking assistance. She was referred to emergency medical services.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A student reported at 12:25 a.m. that she was pushed by an acquaintance off-campus.
INCIDENT NO. 3: A university employee reported at 3:30 p.m. that she observed a vehicle strike another on campus and left the scene. Police were notified.
INCIDENT NO. 4: A student reported at 9:20 p.m. that she was being harassed.
INCIDENT NO. 5: A vehicle that backed into a school bus on campus at 8:30 a.m. Police were notified. |
Bye, Bye: Jon KosidowskiWINONA, Minn., Aug. 29, 2003 -- A veteran Winona State University admissions counselor, Jon Kosidowski, is retiring this fall. Earlier he was an assistant vice president for student affairs. Kosidowski, a 1967 Winona State grad in speech and music, was a varsity baseball player and an All-American.
From whom the WSU Foundation acquired the site for the East Lake dorm:U.S. Army
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Cops launch fall piss patrolWINONA, Minn., Aug. 29, 2003 -- As fall term bar traffic picks up, the cops are cracking down on students who piss in rose gardens and against brick walls on the way home from downtown bars. Just after the bars closed, the cops caught a 22-year-old man taking a leak behind Brothers Bar at Third and Johnson. A few minutes later a 21-year-old man was caught at Broadway and Washington. Both were cited for disorderly conduct.
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AUG. 29, 2003 | VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S): Lewis University Tournament: UW Parkside 3, WSU 2; WSU 3, Florida Tech 0.
SOCCER (WOMEN'S): Southwest Baptist 3, WSU 0.
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Defense to lead WSU footballWINONA, Minn., Aug. 28, 2003 -- The strength of Winona State University football will be the defense, with nine first-line lettermen back, said Coah Tom Sawyer. The offense has six returning starters. About the season-opener on Saturday, Sawyer saud Missouri Western will likely be a tough opponent again. In their first two games, both in Missouri, the schools split, Mo West wom 31-30 in overtime two years ago. The Warriors won 43-41 in three overtimes last year.
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WSU SECURITY
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Aug. 17, 2003 | INCIDENT NO. 1: A student fell in the Quad at 1:25 a.m. An ambulance took to student to the hospital.
INCIDENT NO. 2: A Prentiss-Lucas dorm supervisor requested assistance with an alcohol violation iat 8:50 p.m.
INCIDENT NO. 3: A volleyball player accidentally tripped the fire alarm in Memorial Hall at 2:48 p.m.
INCIDENT NO. 4: An ambulance crew treated a student at the Tau dorm at 3:50 a.m. and took the student to the hospital. |
CAMPUS READER
What in-the-know Winona college people are reading
Alan E. Guskin and Mary B. Marcy. "Pressure for Fundamental Reform: Creating a Viable Academic Future," in Robert Diamond, editor, "A Field Guide to Academic Leadership." Jossey Bass, 2002. Guskin and Marcy, the hot new gurus on higher-ed reform workshop circuit, have caught the ear of Winona State University President Darrell Krueger. To know where he's coming from in taqlking about transforming Winona State, this is a "must read."
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Background: New service: Reading tips
Earlier reading tips: "Writer Explores Western Self"
Meningitis shots climb to $90WINONA, Minn., Aug. 28, 2003 -- The cost of immunization against bacterial meningococcal meningitis will be $2 more than fall -- $90 total, the director of health service at Winona State University. Diane Palm said shots will be administered the second week of classes by an imunization team from Maxim Health Systems that's campus-hopping in the Upper Midwest. Palm has always refrained from outright recommendations for the shots but at the same time has called on profs and staffs to urge students get the Maxim shots. "It is the easiest way to protect and help ensure a safe campus, Palm said.Date: Wednesday, Sept. 10
Time: 1 to 7 p.m.
Place: Kryzsko Commons
Cost: $90
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Background: Meningitis shots becoming law
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Cops bust Harriet Street partyWINONA, Minn., Aug. 27, 2003 -- Four Winona State Unversity men, all 19, were cited fro a loud party at 560 Harriet St. a little after 1 a.m.
WSU dorm issue not new to tax courtWINONA, Minn., Aug. 26, 2003 -- The three-judge state Tax Court that will hear the Winona State University dorm case is expected to be told by the WSU Foundation that the court has already decided the issue -- back in 1980 is a somwhat similar case in Worthington, Minn. In that case, too, a college foundation came up with the money to build the dorm and prevailed in its claim that for exemption from propery tax. The court, however, has changed over the past 23 years. One judge, Sheryl Ramsted, is only a recent appointee by Gov. Tim Pawlenty. George Perez and Kathlen Sandberg have slightly longer experience. Arguments will be at 10 a.m., Sept. 4, in Winona.
Background: East Lake dorm taxes on docket
Firefighters get WSU false callWINONA, Minn., Aug. 26, 2003 -- A fire alarm went off in the old Maxwell library at Winona State University at 8:12 a.m. A false alarm, firefighters were contacted in route and turned around.
Women report lakeside self-groper WINONA, Minn., Aug. 26, 2003 -- Two Winona State University women said a man grabbed his genitals through his pants in a lewd way as they skated around the west end of Lake Winona, police said. The man, on foot, was described as 5-foot-7 with short sandy blond hair and a mustache. He was wearing a navy polo shirt.
Strike vote possible for campus unionsST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 25, 2003 -- The largest state employee union, AFSCME, which represents most Winona State and Southeast Tech hourly employees, and a second union, MAPE, which represents campus mid-management workers, may go ahead with a strike vote now that contract negotiations have failed. The unions' executive boards authorized the vote after Gov. Tim Pawlenty's negotiators said their final offer was really their final offer. Union negotiators are recommending a strike. The leadership, meanwhile, expressed willingness "to sit down anytime and anyplace to work out this dispute." Without renewed negotiations, however, a strike vote could begin Sept. 22 with ballots counted Sept 29.
Issues include:Wages: The state offers no adjustments in either the first or second year. The unions want 2 percent the second year.
Insurance: The state wants to reduce its share of dependent coverage to 85 percent to premiums. The unions want the current 90 percent retained.
Background: Union faults state worker plan
Minnesota has 114 colleges and universities:Public four-year institutions
Private four-year institutions (nonprofit)
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MSBlaster hits WSU: Worst to come?WINONA, Minn., Aug. 25, 2003 -- Computer technicians at Winona State University are bracing for a virus invasion when 7,000 students, almost all with laptops, return for fall classes. Already the devastating worm MSBlaster has shut down the university's dial-in network, keeping techs up all night three nights in a row. "Approximately 70 percent of the dial-in connections were transmitting the worm," said technology Vice President Joe Whetstone. Even when the network was restored, access to file storage was erratic. Please, said Whetstone, hoping his message would get through to faculty, staff and students, verify that your system is not infected.
F grades wrongly appear on transcriptsWINONA, Minn., Aug. 24, 2003 -- Several Winona State University students were shocked to see Fs for spring classes when they checked their transcripts on the web and protested to the registrar's office. Donna Heyer, associate registrar, acknowledged an error, saying I grades, granted at a prof's discretion when a student's work is incomplete, had been prematurely converted to Fs. The error was corrected. According to Faculty Senate-approved rules, an I is to remain on a transcript until the following mid-term. Only then, if student work remains incomplete, does an I become an F.
What to do with disturbed students?WINONA, Minn., Aug. 24, 2003 -- Three disabilities experts will brief Winona State Univesity profs on dealing with students with psychological disabilities. Pat Ferden, of the campus Counseling Center, said more students with psychological problems may be enrolled than ever before. Ferden said the workshop, titled "I Wasn't Trained for This," will tell profs what they need to know, identify the needs of these students, and explain faculty rights. "Reduce your fears," she said in a note to profs. Also presenting will be Nancy Dumke, of the campus Disability Resource Center, and Leslie Albers, a Next Step coordinator. Date: Thursday, Aug. 28
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WSU homecoming early this yearWINONA, Minn., Aug. 24, 2003 -- Homecoming at Winona State University, the weekend of Sept. 27, is unusually early this year.
COMMENT: WSU ALUMNI HONORS
GERNANDER A TRUE FRIEND
Winona State University has no truer friend and advocate than Kent Gernander. For almost a quarter century he has served on the WSU Foundation board, which raises money for the university. A lawyer, he volunteers his legal advice.
Gernander was at the heart of the imaginative financial arrangement to build the East Lake dorm at a time when the university had no money. He has stayed the course through legal challenges to the arrangement.
At the Foundation, Gernander's served a term as president, but that, in 1986 and 1987, was not a pinnacle from which he moved on. His loyalty and active support to Winona State has been enduring. During Gernander's tenure the Foundation has become a strong generator of gifts for scholarships and important university projects.
Not being a Winona State alum, the Society could hardly honor Genander as a distinguished graduate, but, appropriately, it's done the next best thing. Over the summer he was honored for distinguished service.
Background: Attorney due for WSU thanks |
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"Iguana" opens WSU theater tripsWINONA, Minn., Aug. 24, 2003 -- Three bus trips to the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis have been arranged by Winona State University theater prof Dave Bratt. Sept. 4 is the reservation deadline for the first trip, a Saturday matinee of Tennessee Williams' "The Night of the Iguana," Bratt said. Cost ranges from $20 to $30. The program:Oct. 4: Tennessee Williams' "The Night of the Iguana."Feb. 7: Regina Taylor's "Crowns."April 10: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Contact: Dave Bratt
CAMPUS READER
What in-the-know Winona college people are reading
Jeff Dankert. "Mountain Man: Winona Writer Explores Western Self in New Book," Winona Daily News (Aug. 23, 2003), Page 1C. Dankert, a Daily News reporter, profiles Winona State University English prof Ken McCullough on the occasion of his new book, "Obsidian Point."
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Background: New service: Reading tips
Earlier reading tips: "B.A. Gender Gap"
New wall goes up at WSU fieldWINONA, Minn., August 22, 2003 -- Winona State University filed a building permit to build a $12,000 wall at the athletic fields. The contractor was listed as Wapasha Construction, the address as 176 W. Sarnia St..
Highest education attainment of Minnesota adults:Graduate or professional degree
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WSU open house draws 700 prospectsWINONA, Minn., August 22, 2003 -- High school students and their parents, more than 700 total, roamed theWinona State University campus as a possibility for seeking admission. The Summer Showcase began with presentations in Somsen Auditorium at 9 a.m.
Retired WSU library dean dies
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| PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21, 2003 -- A 32-year faculty veteran at Winona State University, Ed Jacobsen, who retired as dean of the library in 1984, died in Portland after a long battle with skin and prostate cancer. He was 81. Jacobsen is remembered at Winona State as a library administrator. His title at retirement was dean of learning resources. Earlier he was director of libraries, World War II interrupted Jacobsen's own education at Ripon College. After the war, with a combat infantry basge, he returned to Ripon and then pursued advanced degrees at the University of Oklahoma, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Chicago. |
New guide ranks WSU as a value | WINONA, Minn., Aug. 21, 2003 -- A new guide to U.S. colleges ranks Winona State University as one of the top schools in the nation when it comes to value. "The Unofficial, Unbiased Guide to the 328 Most Interesting Colleges 2004," published by the Kaplan academic testing prep company, surveyed high school guidance counselors about college admission trends. Authors Trent Anderson and Seppy Basili said they chose the word "unbiased" in the title because the volume carries no advertising. The 800-page book retails at $20 but is available at $14 from online discounters. |
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90% students rank college stores high| OBERLIN, Ohio, August 20, 2003 -- Students still regard college stores as the best resource for textbooks and course materials, according to a survey by the National Association of College Stores. Of 2,300 students interviewed on 17 campuses, nine out of 10 cited college stores as their primary retail destination for academic course materials. Discount stores like Wal-Mart, and general bookstores like Borders rated a distant second at 6 percent. Internet sites rated 4 percent. Students reported spending $454 annually for textbooks and course materials. Seventeen percent of students in the study expected to spend more this year. |
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36.9% pay hike for WSU vice presidentWINONA, Minn., August 19, 2003 -- The new Winona State vice president for university affairs, Tess Kruger, took a 36.9 percent pay increase in her promotion into the new job. She now earns $114,756. As soon as statewide state employee salaries are settled, Kruger's salary for the coming school year likely will be at least $121,000, perhaps as much as $124,000. Kruger had been the university's director of human resources, a position in which she earned a little less than $84,000. At Kruger's new salary, only three other university officers earn more: Krueger himself and vice presidents Steve Richardson and Cal Winbush. Krueger leapfrogged ahead of vice presidents Jim Schmidt, who earns $112,216, and Joe Whetstone, $107,223
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Darrell Krueger
President
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Steve Richardson
Academic Vice President
$124,764
Cal Winbush
Student Affairs and Facilities Vice President
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Union faults state worker planST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 19, 2003 -- Negotiators for the largest state employee union, AFSCME, which represents most Winona State and Southeast Tech hourly employees, are reeling from a state proposal to cut their pay 1.5 percent in the next contract. Further, negotiators say, the state wants to freeze seniority raises and to cut health insurance premiums. In a statement to members, union negotiators said they had made clear to the state that the insurance proposal "will be devastating." By AFSCME estimates, the state insurance proposal will shift up to $10,000 in new costs to employees. The union represents 50,000 state employees. Two years ago the employees went on strike when negotiations failed, idling many state services.
National ACT scores not encouragingIOWA CITY, Iowa, Aug. 19, 2003 -- The ACT college admission exams for this year's freshmen nationwide don't look good. Scores averaged 20.8, about the same as last year. Only one-quarter of 1.2 million high school seniors who took the test sored well enough to indicate they will pass their first college math and science courses. Richard Ferguson, ACT chief executive, said students are avoiding rigorous high school courses.
R.I.P.: Eleanor M. JanikowskiLANSING, Mich., Aug. 19, 2003 -- A former nursing prof at Winona State and the College of St. Teresa, Eleanor Janikowski, 88, died in a nursing home. She also had been a school nurse in Caledonia, Minn.
Meningitis shots becoming law| NEW YORK, August 18, 2003 -- At the urging of French meningitis vaccine manufacturer Aventis, 10 states now require incoming college students to get the shots, the Wall Street Journal reported. After heavy Aventis lobbying, Missouri, New York, North Carolina and Tennessee added the requirement this fall, following six other states last year. Minnesota is not among them. In 2002 an Ashland, Wis., freshman was diagnosed in a Winona State dorm. She recovered, and no one else was infected by the highly contagious, sometimes-fatal disease. Since then Winona State has brought vaccination teams to campus to offer $88 Aventis injections. The university has sidestepped recommending the shots, referring students to their personal physicians for advice. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control does not recommend routine vaccinations. |
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COMMENT: CODE OF SECRECY
FOOTBALL CULTS
College sports teams should not be cults. Yet Bayler Coach Dave Bliss, like a cult leader, tried to cover up under-the-table payments to player Patrick Dennehy when the murder investigation got hot. Bliss wanted players to portray Dennehy as a drug dealer. It was diabolical genius. Not only would the story divert the investigation away from the team, it also would explain how Dennehy financed his easy lifestyle.
What Bliss did is deplorable. But there is a broader lesson. What he did illustates a widespread arrogance in college coaching. Too many coaches put themselves above the pubic interest and try to control unflattering information. It's even happened at Winona State. Football Coach Tom Sawyer's response to occassional bad news in the past has been to circle the wagons. To players, Sawyer has said: "Talk to no one."
Something is wrong with the culture of varsity athletics that allows such behavior. It's an insult to the public. And do coaches really mean to insult their players by taping their mouths? Or, in the Bayler case, to put stories in their mouths. College sports should not be a cult activity. |
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College store sales grow 4.1%| OBERLIN, Ohio, Sept. 1, 2003 -- Sales at college stores during Fiscal 2002 increased 4.1 percent to $11.1 billion, according the National Association of College Stores. Based on data from 283 stores, the association said stores reporting both space and occupancy costs had occupancy costs averaging $34 per square foot and net income averaging $41 -- an overall gain of $7. The survey included stores whose sales ranged from $102,000 to $52 million. Average sales for stores in the survey were $6.3 million, the median $3.3 million. |
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WSU SECURITY
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Aug. 17, 2003 | A car stolen from the Kryzsko parking lot, north of the Sheehan dorm, on Aug. 15 was recovered in the county. |
City plans new WSU storm sewerWINONA, Minn., August 18, 2003 -- Run-off from the new Winona State University science building will overwhelm existing storm sewers, the City Council was told. The Council voted to advertise for bids to build a thee-block conduit -- from the building north to Sanborn, then west under Huff Street to Winona Street. The project is pegged at $237,000-plus.
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Darrell
Krueger
WSU president
2003: $211,836
Louis
DeThomasis
SMU president
2001: $155,245
Jim Johnson
Tech president
2001:
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