04/09 - Athenaeum at 2pm - Advanced Poetry Writing Student Reading with cookies and coffee

Join us on Wednesday, April 9th at 2:00pm as we wind down the spring Athenaeum with an Advanced Poetry Writing Student Reading.  WSU English Writing Majors from Professor James Armstrong's Advanced Poetry Writing class will read their poetry to showcase their year-long education in the art of writing poems.

 

Join us and take a break have a cookie and a cup of coffee or juice.  The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Library, beautiful bluff side.

http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/ 

 

 

02/12 - Athenaeum at 2pm - Living the Land Ethics through Restorative Teaching and Learning by Bruno Borsari

This Wednesday, February 12 at 2:00pm Bruno Borsari, WSU Biology Professor will speak about Living the Land Ethics through Restorative Teaching and Learning.

The Winona State University campus offers many acres of open space, which are topographically and biologically diverse. Our land asset can become a powerful tool for transformative education for all students and this presentation will illustrate a few, effective examples. The Land Stewardship & Arboretum Committee is leading this effort.

 

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Kruger Library, bluff side. For more information about the Athenaeum please visit our website.  

 

The last Athenaeum for the semester is on Wednesday, April 9th at 2:00pm.  WSU Students from Professor James Armstrong's Advanced Poetry Writing class will read their poetry to showcase their year-long education in the art of writing poems.

 

01/29 - Athenaeum at 2PM - What do Civil Rights Look Like in the Early 21st Century?

For the first Athenaeum of the 2014 Spring Semester on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at 2:00pm, join us for panel discussion on What do Civil Rights Look Like in the Early 21st Century? by Alex Hines, Joe Morse, John Campbell, and Tomas Tolvaisas.

The panel will address the question “What do Civil Rights Look Like in the Early 21st Century?” When addressing this question the panel will discuss the numerous ongoing civil rights issues in this country, such as those presented by “stop and frisk” policing behavior and the recent Supreme Court’s gutting of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. After opening remarks and discussion from the panelists, the floor will be opened for questions and comments from the audience.

All panel members will lead a June 2014 WSU Travel Study Course on the Civil Rights movement to Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Alex Hines, Director, WSU Office of Inclusion and Diversity

Joe Morse, Activist and Veteran of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement

John Campbell, Professor, WSU History Department

Tomas Tolvaisas, Associate Professor, WSU History Department

The Library Athenaeum will also host the following presentations later this semester:

February 12, 2014 – Bruno Borsari, Living the Land Ethics through Restorative Teaching and Learning

April 09, 2014—WSU English Writing Majors, Advanced Poetry Writing Student Reading

All Athenaeum events begin at 2:00 PM, and are held on the south end of the Library's second floor, unless otherwise noted.

10/23 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Industry-Driven Research Projects for Students by Beckry Abdel-Magid

Join us this Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 1:00pm for our last Athenaeum of the fall semester.  We hope you will join us in learning about  Industry-Driven Research Projects for Students presented by Beckry Abdel-Magid, Professor, Composite Materials Engineering.

This presentation will discuss a number of research projects which were initiated through direct interaction with local and regional companies. The projects focused on research that will benefit an entire industry in the region rather than specific companies. A number of students in the engineering department were involved in these projects, and they shared their results with scientists and engineers from various companies in the region. The projects were funded by WSU Next Chapter Grant. The experience of developing such projects that allow students to work on practical problems, and put them in direct contact with professional in the field will be shared with faculty, staff and students.

Please encourage your students and come out to support a colleague!  The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Library, south side.

For more information please visit:  http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

10/16 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Navajo Oral History Project by Tom Grier

Navajo Oral History Project

Join us this Wednesday October 16 at 1:00pm for our Athenaeum on the Navajo Oral History Project, presented by Tom Grier, Associate Professor, Mass Communication.

Summer 2013 marks the fifth year of the Navajo Oral History project; a collaboration between Winona State University and Diné College of the Navajo Nation. WSU and DC students in teams do a service project for a Navajo elder, then research, interview, photograph, write and edit documentaries about the elder. The documentaries are archived at the Navajo Nation Museum and Library, in the Diné College and Winona State University libraries and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. Students gain experience while creating respectful historically accurate documentaries.

This presentation highlights goals and processes, and will show student videos.

10/09 - Athenaeum - The English Language Center: Contributing to the Diversity and Scholarship of WSU by Holly Shi

Join us on Wednesday, October 9th at 1:00pm for our Athenaeum by Holly Shi, titled The English Language Center: Contributing to the Diversity and Scholarship of WSU

The English Language Center (ELC) performs a vital role at WSU, bringing students to WSU from many different countries. While the primary goal of our students is improving their academic English skills, they also engage in academic and cultural activities while here. The ELC promotes diversity and cultural sharing and would like to raise awareness about the opportunities that its program provides. This presentation serves to educate the WSU community about the international students that we serve, outline our connections to university programs, and describe our academic commitment to WSU and Winona.

The Athenaeum is located on the south side of second floor of the Krueger Library.

For more information please visit: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/ 

10/02 - Athenaeum at 1pm -Super Bodies and Secret Skins by Scott Daniel Boras

Please join us this Wednesday, October 2 at 1:00pm for an Athenaeum titled Super Bodies and Secret Skins presented by Scott Daniel Boras, Communication Studies.

This presentation will examine the influential relationships between depictions of popular culture superheroes and the substantive, malleable, and real possibilities of human body transformation. Cultural discourses condition and constrain the ways in which bodies/identity are formed and expressed. This includes popular culture texts that, through their evocative narratives, provide guidance or solutions for dealing with real world problems. The presentation involves examining ways people project and perform fantastic future versions of humanity, but also examines how such projections are borne out of (and get expressed through) our everyday, less than super experiences. Is it possible that we are becoming superheroes?

We hope you will encourage your students and colleagues to attend this Wednesday.  The Athenaeum is located on the south end of the Library's second floor.

For the fall 2013 Athenaeum schedule, please visit: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

09/25 - Athenaeum at 1pm - A Researcher’s Travel to Havana, Cuba

Join us today at 1:00pm for A Researcher’s Travel to Havana, Cuba presented by Suzanne Draayer, Professor, Music.

Professor Draayer traveled to La Habana, Cuba in March 2012 to conduct research on Cuban art song composers and their music. The difficulty and challenges of the trip—the acquisition of a researcher’s license from OFAC, visas restrictions, finding a host, etc.—will be presented, as well as the success of my journey.

After visiting with musicologists at the Museo Nacional de la Música, Professor Draayer was able to return with several scores and books on Cuban art music, which were donated to the Darrell Krueger Library. An article will appear in Journal of Singing.

Please encourage your students and colleagues to attend.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side. For more information about the fall Athenaeum events, please visit: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

04/10 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Advanced Poetry Writing WSU Student Reading

Join us at 1pm as we listen to WSU students from Professor Jim Armstrong's advanced poetry class.  They will read their original poetry to showcase their year-long education in the art of writing poems.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side.  For more information please vist our website: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/  

04/03 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Soundings and Seasonings: Poems for April by Emilio DeGrazia

Please join us on Wednesday, April 3^rd at 1:00pm for our Library Athenaeum titled Soundings and Seasonings: Poems for April presented by Emilio DeGrazia, Professor Emeritus, Winona State University.  This presentation will be a reading/discussion from Professor DeGrazia's book of poems, "Seasonings," along with new work from a book to be entitled "Soundings."

We hope you may be able to take a little time out of your day to enjoy poetry (and also note that WSU Advanced Poetry writing students will share their poetry next week 4/10). The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side.  For more information please visit our web site: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

03/27 - Athenaeum at 1pm - A Space for the Mind: Evolution of Campus Environment as a Metaphor for the Meaning of Higher Education

Join us at 1:00pm on Wednesday, March 27, for "A Space for the Mind: Evolution of Campus Environment as a Metaphor for the Meaning of Higher Education" presented by Juan C. Fernandez.

The presentation will discuss how the evolution of higher education has brought about a parallel evolution of educational and personal spaces throughout campus. Professor Fernandez will discuss former and current buildings on (mostly) WSU campus as a metaphor to illustrate the significance of those changes.

Please encourage your students and colleagues to attend.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side. For more information about the spring Athenaeum events please visit: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

03/13 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Assessment in the History Department: Outcomes for History Majors and GEPS Students

Come one come all!  Join us at 1:00pm on Wednesday, March 13, for "Assessment in the History Department: Outcomes for History Majors and GEPS Students" presented by Matthew Lungerhausen, Matt Lindaman  and Michelle Kuhl.

The panel will discuss the methods used by WSU’s history department to assess student learning among both majors and General Education (GEPS) students. Professor Lungerhausen will address the main focus of the Department’s assessment for majors, the senior thesis project. Professors Lindaman and Kuhl will discuss the way they have used Document Based Questions to assess historical thinking skills in GEPS students from Professor Lindaman’s Western Civilizations classes.

Please encourage your students and colleagues to attend.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side. For more information about the fall Athenaeum events please visit: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

03/06 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Introduction to Tai Chi and Chi Gong

Please joins us at 1:00pm on 6 March 2013 for our Library Athenaeum titled Introduction to Tai Chi and Chi Gong, by Brice Wilkinson, Retired Professor, Winona State University.

An experiential introduction to the science of Tai Chi. It has preventive medicine, every day you give yourself a self administered acupuncture treatment. It is a dance to many, a weapon system to some, they way of enlightenment for a few. If you can walk you can play Tai Chi. Oh yes, it reverses the laws of aging.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side.  For more information about the Library Athenaeum please visit our website at:

http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/#six

02/27 - Athenaeum at 1pm - The Exploitation of Disability in Dramatic Works: From Shakespeare to Seinfeld

Please join us at 1:00pm on Wednesday, February 27, for "The Exploitation of Disability in Dramatic Works: From Shakespeare to Seinfeld" presented by Daniel S. Skoglund, a graduate student in the Department of English.

The topic of Disability Studies has garnered recent attention from numerous academic fields. In the study of English literature, with a particular focus on dramatic works, critics have attempted to assess the way in which dramatists have employed disability within these texts. Generally, disability is only utilized as a character-making trope that is intended to elicit humor, pity, and fear. This discussion attempts to assess how such works manage to induce these emotions as well as trace their presence from the medieval and early modern dramatic works of writers like Shakespeare, to their presence in postmodern works like Seinfeld.

The Library Athenaeum is free and open to the public. The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side. For more information about the fall Athenaeum events please visit: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

4/4 - Athenaeum at 1pm - New Poets Read from their Work

Please join us on Wednesday, April 4, at 1pm for "New Poets Read from Their Work" presented by James Armstrong's ENG 412 Advanced Poetry Students.

In celebration of National Poetry Month, students from James Armstrong's Advanced Poetry Writing class will read from their work.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For additional information about the Athenaeum, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

3/28 - Athenaeum at 1pm - What Winona State has Taught Me by President Ramaley

03/28 - Athenaeum - What Winona State has Taught Me

Please join us on Wednesday, March 28, at 1pm for "What Winona State has Taught Me" presented by Judith Ramaley.

In his recent book, The Social Animal, David Brooks writes that, "We become who we are in conjunction with other people becoming who they are." One of the major challenges facing higher education today is to enhance our relevance and connectedness to the issues and problems that deeply concern the broader society we serve. At the same time, as a community of learners, we can explore and model what it means to draw upon the talents and interests of every member of our community to create a sustainable and democratic way of academic life. President Ramaley will reflect on what she has learned about building a sense of shared purpose and about how to foster deep engagement between the university and the communities it serves.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For additional information about the Athenaeum, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

03/28 - Athenaeum - What Winona State has Taught Me

Please join us on Wednesday, March 28, at 1pm for "What Winona State has Taught Me" presented by Judith Ramaley.

In his recent book, The Social Animal, David Brooks writes that, "We become who we are in conjunction with other people becoming who they are." One of the major challenges facing higher education today is to enhance our relevance and connectedness to the issues and problems that deeply concern the broader society we serve. At the same time, as a community of learners, we can explore and model what it means to draw upon the talents and interests of every member of our community to create a sustainable and democratic way of academic life. President Ramaley will reflect on what she has learned about building a sense of shared purpose and about how to foster deep engagement between the university and the communities it serves.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For additional information about the Athenaeum, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

03/21 - Athenaeum - The Cultural Implications of Globalization by Hamid Yeganeh

Please join us for our Library Athenaeum on March 21, 2012 at 1:00pm. Hamid Yeganeh, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, will present The Cultural Implications of Globalization.

The most well-known interpretation of cultural globalization is homogenization or McDonalization which emphasize the cultural convergence across the globe especially through multinational corporations. I take a different position and discuss the cultural implications of globalization under three paradigms; homogenization, differentialism, and hybridization. Consequently, I conceptualize globalization as a dialectical phenomenon that fragments as it coordinates. Building on this conceptualization, I reflect on the business and social implications of globalization.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side.

03/07 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Business in Africa

Please join us on Wednesday, March 7, at 1:00pm for our Athenaeum titled Business in Africa presented by Kathryn J. Ready, Professor, Business Administration.

Professor Ready participated in a faculty development study tour during May 2011 of businesses, cultural areas, game reserves and government offices/embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Professor Ready will discuss the political and economic climate as it pertains to issues that businesses currently face in this region.

The Krueger Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library on the bluff side. All Athenaeum events are free and open to the public. For the complete Fall 2011 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

02/29 - Athenaeum at 1pm - What Was New in History? History through History Textbooks by Greg Schmidt

Please join us on Wednesday, February 29, at 1:00pm for our Athenaeum titled What Was New in History? History through History Textbooks presented by Gregory Schmidt, Professor, History.

The presentation will focus on change and continuity in the content of college-level American History textbooks have changed since the early 20th century. The public generally assumes that history textbooks represent the unchanging Truth about history. Examining change and continuity in history textbooks, however, reveals that history sometimes changes substantially and that the Truth is an elusive target.

The Krueger Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library on the bluff side.