Bridging the gap: Assistant business professor earns top research award at national financial planning conference
Andrew Scott was working in the commodity trading industry in 2009. Ten years later, the assistant business professor is bringing academic research in behavioral economics to the front lines of financial planning
Students share literary work at undergraduate writing conference in Iowa
On Nov. 16, a group of five students representing the Department of English and World Languages traveled to Dubuque, Iowa, to participate in the 12th annual Streamlines Undergraduate Literature and Writing Conference.

Communication professor gives introduction for NCAA student-athlete graduate scholarships
With a week to go before a national NCAA annual meeting, Communication Department Chair Dean Beckman was tasked with an impromptu homework assignment of his own.

Anchor course examines Hmong culture
On Nov. 9, students from the biology anchor course, Environmental and Human Health, and the history anchor course, Make a Place in History, attended a Hmong New Year Celebration hosted by the Hmong American Student Association at Winona State University.
All Saint Mary’s University Twin Cities, Rochester locations closed today, Nov. 27
Due to winter weather conditions, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis, Apple Valley, and Rochester locations are closed today, Wednesday, Nov. 27. The Winona Campus will remain open. University employees in the Twin Cities and Rochester should not...

ITA clinic continues to help Winona-area grade school students improve their reading skills
The stories of gratitude are plentiful when it comes to the Initial Teaching Alphabet (ITA) program on the Winona Campus at Saint Mary’s University. They come from program alumni who appreciate how much the program has done for them. They, in turn, serve as ambassadors for future generations of participants
MCA offers free Holiday Tap Jam for area youth Dec. 10
WINONA, Minn. — Local tap dancers ages 5 and older are invited to participate a fun-filled Holiday Tap Jam Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the Valéncia Arts Center. The workshop will include technique warm-ups, choreography, and improvisation — all to some favorite holiday...

Burke’s winning essay reflects on a Lasallian education
Junior education major Kristin Burke was awarded first place in the Lasallian Essay Contest, as part of Saint Mary’s #300 celebration — honoring Saint John Baptist de La Salle, the founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and the patron saint of educators, who died 300 years ago. Read her winning submission.
First-year students compose, perform original protest song
Students in Dr. Janet Heukeshoven’s first-year anchor class, Music that Changed the World composed, performed, and recorded a song titled “For the Life of Us” about the issues of discrimination and equality.

Saint Mary’s holiday concerts will ring in the season
WINONA, Minn. — Whether you’re in the mood to hum along with familiar favorites, enjoy some cool jazz, or hear the Christmas story in song, Saint Mary’s Department of Music will surround you with merry music this Christmas season. Jazz at Saint Mary’s with ‘Jingle...