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Winona State University OpenRiver Winona Currents Winona State University Publications Winter 12-31-2011 Winona Currents Annual Report 2011 University Advancement - Winona State University Follow this and additional works at: https://openriver.winona.edu/winonacurrents Part of the Journalism Studies Commons, and the Mass Communication Commons Recommended Citation University Advancement - Winona State University, "Winona Currents Annual Report 2011" (2011). Winona Currents. 16. https://openriver.winona.edu/winonacurrents/16 This Periodical is brought to you for free and open access by the Winona State University Publications at OpenRiver. It has been accepted for inclusion in Winona Currents by an authorized administrator of OpenRiver. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Winona State alumni and friends continue to make a meaningful difference through their support of Light the Way, the university’s capital campaign. To date, more than 12,000 benefactors have given of their time, talents, and treasure to establish 184 new student scholarships; dedicate the Integrated Wellness Complex; and change the lives of children through the National Child Protection Training Center. With your support, you continue to build the foundation for a university that improves our world. Thank you! www.winona.edu/lighttheway The WSU Foundation raises general and restricted funds, stewards them in perpetuity, and distributes them in ways that support the mission of the university. Winona State University: A community of learners improving our world. Winona State University Foundation P.O. Box 5838 Winona, Minnesota 55987-5838 1.800.342.5978 ext. 5020 or 507.457.5020 [email protected] www.winona.edu/foundation Winona State University Foundation Annual Report and Donor Honor Roll 2010-2011 1 WSU Foundation Annual Report and Donor Honor Roll reveals WSU-logoed shirts and sweatshirts everywhere. Purple Pride is strong. I am humbled by the roles your generosity and the WSU Foundation play in the success of Winona State. In 2010- 11 the Foundation, on your behalf, contributed $1.6 million to support students and academic programming at the university. Without your support we would be a shadow of what we are today. Did you know that only 23 percent of the university’s budget comes from the state? We are state assisted, not state supported. Your continued support is critical: please consider an endowed scholarship to build a strong base for generations of future scholars. And consider joining our 1858 Founders Society, which recognizes donors who have made estate-planning provisions to benefit Winona State. Our trustees remain committed to grow and preserve WSU Foundation assets. We have outperformed industry benchmarks during these turbulent financial times. We have extended our membership to include representatives from across the country. We are a volunteer board and cover all expenses. We are Michael Russell, WSU Foundation Chair supported by university staff, but incur no personnel costs, ensuring that your contributions go where they are needed most: to support the WSU mission. We meet three times a year and in 2012 will hold a retreat to ensure our activities and goals are in line with the Message from the Foundation Chair Foundation mission statement: We exist to raise general and restricted funds, steward them in perpetuity, and distribute them in ways that t our fall 2011 meeting, the WSU collaboratively support the mission of the university. We Foundation board heard a presentation recognize those who give and we serve as a university on why students chose Winona State advocate. University. Not surprisingly, the natural Abeauty of the Upper Mississippi River valley was high The entire Board of Trustees joins me in thanking you for on the list. More surprising to some was the sense of your generosity. You are the model for our students. You community that prospective students felt when they help us create an environment that is safe and caring, a visited the campus. People they met were nice and place committed to improving our world, a place where seemed to care. Doors were held open. People smiled. it’s “cool” to be proud of your school. The campus felt safe. Let’s all continue to be Warriors for life. We learned that 46 percent of our undergraduates are first generation college students. Think about that Sincerely, for a moment. In 2011, one out of two students has no immediate family member who can model the college experience. No wonder they yearn for a place they can feel at home. Not surprising is four of five students who visit campus apply, and over 80 percent of our students qualify for financial aid. Your contributions fill a significant void for our students, and in our society. Michael D. Russell ‘84 Chair, Winona State University Foundation This fall, undergraduate enrollment at WSU reached an all-time high with 1873 new freshman and 628 transfer students. We are the “University of Choice” in Minnesota. Once on campus, more than two-thirds of our students On the cover: images from the 2011 Benefactor Recognition Banquet participate in community service. A walk across campus and Scholarship Breakfast. 2 Winona State University Foundation Foundation Assets Board of Trustees 2011-12 FY11 FY05 Mike Russell ’84, Chair Ken Mogren ’70 FY00 Owatonna, Minn. Winona, Minn. FY95 FY90 Jim Meyer ’85, Chair-Elect Robert Neis ’76 Owatonna, Minn. Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Thom Kieffer, Past Chair Dick Record Winona, Minn. La Crosse, Wis. Year Assets FY11 $ 31,606,891 Dan Mortensen ’79, Secretary David Rubenstein ’86 FY05 $ 25,036,887 Richmond, Va. Manhattan Beach, Calif. FY00 $ 9,865,947 FY95 $ 3,772,805 Bob Strauss ’76, Treasurer Tom Taylor ’77 FY90 $ 1,461,284 Winona, Minn. Houston, Texas Lynn Anderson Shirley Weis St. Paul Park, Minn. Rochester, Minn. Mike Arnold Roscoe Young ’74 Double your gift! Minneapolis, Minn. Bernardsville, N.J. Robert Befidi ’96 Honorary Trustees Dallas, Texas Dan & Pat Rukavina Thousands of companies Winona, Minn. match the charitable George Bolon Winona, Minn. Ex-Officio Members contributions of Paul Morgan, Warrior Club Bob Brewer ’76 Winona, Minn. employees, as well as Raleigh, N.C. Marc Spieler, Alumni Society those of spouses and Mike Ericson ’86 Houston, Texas Maplewood, Minn. retired employees. Find Judith Ramaley, President, out if your employer has Greg Evans, WSU Cannon Falls, Minn. Winona, Minn. a matching gift program. Jane Estes ’76 Jim Schmidt ’86 Check with your human Irving, Texas Vice President for University Advancement resources office or Ted Fredrickson ’67 Executive Director, WSU Cottage Grove, Minn. Foundation contact us at 1.800. CHAT-WSU ext. 5020 or Cynthia Gary ’69 A special thank-you to our Dallas, Texas retiring trustees: 507.457.5020. Mary Lu Gerke ’95 Jacquelyn Gosse ‘95 La Crosse, Wis. Dodge Center, Minn. For 3 years of service William “Chops” Hancock The WSU Foundation Annual Report and Donor Honor Winona, Minn. Burl Leo ’57 Roll recognizes gifts given during the FY11 fiscal year Alma, Wis. (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011). In a report such Steve Heuslein For 6 years of service as this one, every effort has been made to ensure La Crescent, Minn. accuracy; however, it is inevitable that some omissions Jon Nienow ’73 Scott Johnson ’82 Lewiston, Minn. and errors may occur. Bloomington, Minn. For 3 years of service If your name does not appear, or should it be John McShea ’79 Russell Rattunde ’86 misspelled, please notify the WSU Foundation Chicago, Ill. Rollingstone, Minn. Office so that we can correct our error and offer For 3 years of service our apologies. Please telephone 800.CHAT-WSU, extension 5518, or 507.457.5518. 3 WSU Foundation Annual Report and Donor Honor Roll William E. Prigge David J. & Susan M. Rislove Evelyn B. Stephan Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP Levi N. Stermer Foundation for Education, Public Jean Zamboni Health & Social Justice Shirley Wadewitz Sage & Webster L. 2000 Sage, Jr., MD Eva Jestus Clark Bruce & Kathy Schott Robert & Erika Gilbertson Wincraft, Inc. Cornerstone Dr. Jean E. Jederman Roscoe & Vikki Young SOCIETY Ruby A. & Margaret I. Johnson Winona State University Foundation Midtown Foods & County Market 2007 Merle & Helen (Oistad) Ohlsen Christopher Arnold & Stacey Mounce Albert “Bill” & Marie Posz Arnold Rebecca Rau Susan J. Day James R. & Nancy M. Reynolds Robert “Bob” & Helen Hanson Frank A. Wachowiak Larry & Serena Holstad n addition to the six annual donor societies, the WSU Charles & Anita Mettille Foundation created a very special society called the 2001 The Morrie Miller Athletic Foundation Andrea Foss for the Ted Foss Memorial Jon C. Nienow Cornerstone Society. This provides a lasting tribute to Howard A. & Mary Lou Rosencranz Watkins Incorporated Mary Caldwell Rusche Dr. Maudie M. Williams donors who, through their ongoing efforts, have enabled SAFECO Corporation Winona Eagles Club-F.O.E. #1243 Ithe Foundation to become a force in providing support for WSU’s Ardis Prinzing Serafin Harry P. Schoen 2008 academic mission. The Cornerstone Society Honor Roll occupies Lois A. Simons Donald & Patricia Cieminski Town & Country State Bank of Winona Andrea Essar a prominent spot in the main corridor of Somsen Hall and salutes Dr. Lewis I. Younger David Essar benefactors who have made cumulative gifts of $20,000 or more to O.J. & Karen Fawcett 2002 Federated Insurance Companies the WSU Foundation. Gateway Computers Dr. Robert H. Gray, 1964 Robert B. Hungerford Kwik Trip, Inc. Ruth T. Kottschade John & Rosemary Langston In 2012, we will welcome our FINAL group of inductees into the Floretta M. Murray Burl & Nadine Leo Nash Finch Company Frank Mertes Cornerstone Society. We honor this special group of benefactors Winona County Voiture No. 580 Wm Miller Scrap Iron & Metal Co. Jane E. Neuharth who have provided the foundation from which we have grown. 2003 James W. & Ann Eljenholm Nichols Bernice Berg Michael Niedenfuehr Watch for details, coming soon.