Check out the Minnesota Private College Council’s latest newsletter which features an article about Saint Mary’s First Generation Initiative: www.mnprivatecolleges.org/newsletter/january-2015-newsletter/first-generation-students-thrive-support.
Look ahead on your calendars. This is the last issue of “Campus Notes” for 2014. After break, the first issue will come out Jan. 16. The deadline for that issue will be Wednesday, Jan. 14.
KTTC featured a story about the student solar panel initiative on Tuesday, Nov. 25. http://www.kttc.com/story/27483078/2014/11/25/saint-marys-university-goes-green-with-solar-panels#
Check out this online article about our recent Lasallian Research Symposium, held on the Twin Cities Campus: www.lasallian.info/2014/10/03/lasallian-research-symposium-forges-partnerships-2/
The pedestrian bridge got a lot of attention this past week. Articles were featured in the Winona Daily News, the Winona Post, the Rochester Post Bulletin and on KTTC in Rochester.
The Winona Daily News ran an article about the Winona Steam Calliope Aug. 30 and interviewed Eric Heukeshoven of the Music Department: http://bit.ly/Ycry90. Another article, titled “Danger, Will Robinson! ‘Intergalactic Nemesis’ lands in Winona Sept. 12” ran Sept. 2: http://bit.ly/1pqblCt.
The Winona Daily News ran an article Friday, Aug. 22, titled “What it’s really all about,” which features Meggie O’Keefe, a Saint Mary’s alumna teaching at Cotter High School: http://bit.ly/Z08CKN
The Winona Post ran an article Wednesday, Aug. 20 titled “Madison Spanish Ready for Fall” that details the Spanish immersion program for kindergarten and first-grade students at Madison Elementary School. The article mentions 2014 graduate Darlene Centeno who will teach Spanish immersion for kindergarten: http://bit.ly/1lyzdZR.
As part of our community visibility initiative, Saint Mary’s will participate in the Goodview Days Parade at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17. Watch and cheer for the large group of resident assistants who will represent Saint Mary’s.
In a few weeks Saint Mary’s will welcome Cristo Rey St. Martin High School (Waukegan, Ill.) students to campus. A total of 110 incoming ninth-graders, and 138 people total, are expected to be on campus July 24-27. Please make them feel welcome during their stay on campus.
As part of our community visibility initiative, SMU will participate in the Goodview Days Parade at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17. Watch for a large group of resident assistants who will represent Saint Mary’s.
HBC did a feature on a Divelife event, held in the Jul Gernes Pool at Saint Mary’s. Check it out at www.hbci.com/tv25/news/divelife-helps-disabled-through-scuba-diving.
The newsletter will come out every other week throughout the summer to update the Saint Mary’s community on all the news and events that occur on campus through August. The next edition will be July 25.
The newsletter will come out every other week throughout the summer to update the Saint Mary’s community on all the news and events that occur on campus through August. The next edition will be July 11.
Once again, the Marketing and Communication Office is entering a float for this year’s Steamboat Days parade Sunday, June 15. The parade begins at 12:30 p.m., and our float is No. 57. Cheer for the float (and nearly 30 student volunteers) and get some fruit snacks and Saint Mary’s whistle/light keychains!
Here are some ways SMU is making headlines this week:
• “Understanding the New Financial Paradigm with Sheila Bair” (from the Hendrickson Forum) will air Sunday, June 8, at 7 p.m. on Twin Cities Public Television.
• The Winona Daily News featured stories about student research: http://bit.ly/Sf9acL and http://bit.ly/1meL7n8.
‘Campus Notes’ is on hiatus until June 13. The newsletter will come out every other week throughout the summer to update the community on all the news and events that occur on campus June through August.