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Winona State University


Motto:	A Community of Learners Improving Our World
Established:	1858
Type:	Public
President:	Judith Ramaley
Undergraduates:	8,274
Location:	Winona, Minnesota, United States
Campus:	Small Town
Colors:	Purple and White
Nickname:	Warriors
Website:	http://www.winona.edu/

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 more than 80 undergraduate majors and 10 pre-professional programs. Enrollment for fall 2007 was 8,274 students. It has several master's programs, most relating to nursing and education. WSU also offers a doctoral program in nursing. The original 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. Its school song is "Hail! Winona"

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.

WSU is also noted^{[citation needed]} 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 an Apple 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.^{[citation needed]}

Architectural sculpture above an entrance to Somsen Hall, the main administrative building

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