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Nick Winecke, Saint Mary’s baseball coach and associate athletic director, was recently featured in an episode of Cardinals’ Nest, a TV program that airs on Winona cable access HBC TV-25. Cardinals’ Nest is co-hosted by Donny Nadeau, sports information director, and Dean Beckman, Communication Department chair and faculty athletic representative.

Watch Winecke’s interview, which also features footage of the baseball clubhouse being unveiled to Cardinal baseball players:

The Office of Institutional Research is pleased to announce that the 2017-18 Fact Book is now available. The Fact Book provides a wealth of historical and current university data. It serves as a useful resource for facilitating internal communication, providing data to use in decision-making, planning and improvement efforts, and providing answers to common questions about various facets of the university. It may be found on the Office of Institutional Research webpage or can be found here.

Dr. Richard Kowles, after 40 years at Saint Mary’s University, retired from teaching in the Saint Mary’s Biology Department in 2008 and from additional part-time teaching in 2012. Since then, he has given numerous presentations on genetic subjects to various organizations in Winona and Rochester, all of which have received publicity in both cities. Most recently, two genetic presentations were given in Rochester as a featured part of a Mayo Clinic Education Program for adult audiences. In Winona, he has been engaged in an entire series discussing genetic subjects of interest to the Winona Learning Club. Thus far, he has given 11 such presentations to the organization with more scheduled. Dr. Kowles has also presented 34 slide shows over the past two years to residents of Winona’s Adith Miller Care Facility. This series has also received recent publicity in the Winona Daily News. Dr. Kowles never passes up an opportunity to discuss genetics, his favorite subject. He thinks that retirement would otherwise be boring.

Dr. Steven Schild of the Saint Mary’s Communication Department will read from his new poetry collection at two upcoming events. The collection, titled These Humans, has been nominated for a Minnesota Book Award. All are invited to attend.

On Saturday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. he’ll be at Paperbacks and Pieces, 429 Mankato Ave. in Winona.

On Thursday, Feb. 14, from 7 to 8 p.m. he’ll be in the President’s Room on campus. This event, titled Pastries and Poetry: An evening with Steven Schild, is part of the Composers on the Edge series and is sponsored by the Office of Writing at the College and the Business and Communications Department.

Dr. Schild lives in Winona with his wife Margaret. They have two grown sons, Jake and Sam. A faculty member at Saint Mary’s University in Winona since 1992, Dr. Schild has worked in farming, construction, factories, journalism, and public relations. His writing has appeared in USA Today, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and other newspapers. He has written three poetry collections (These Humans, Eros in Autumn, and Gone Away from Crystal Valley), and his poetry has also appeared in four anthologies and a number of literary magazines.

Because the dangerously cold weather has not subsided, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota will remain closed until noon Thursday, Jan. 31. This applies to the Winona Campus, Minneapolis Campus, Rochester Center (Cascade Meadow), Apple Valley Center, and all offsite program locations.

Only essential personnel should report to work. Employees with questions should contact their managers to verify if they should report to work.

On the residential Winona Campus, Food Service will serve brunch/lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria; the Cardinal Club will open at 2 p.m.; Cardinal Coffee will open at noon. Additionally, Gostomski Fieldhouse will open at 8 a.m.

Saint Mary’s encourages students and employees to continue to put their safety first. Campus Safety will remain open 24 hours. In case of an emergency, please call 507-457-1703.