WINONA, Minn. – Minnesota State Southeast has received a $217,000 donation for nursing scholarships — one of the largest gifts in the college’s history. The donor, who preferred to remain anonymous, specified that the scholarship be for nursing students from Winona County. The gift is for a pilot tuition-free nursing program funded by Bob Kierlin and Mary Burrichter; Fastenal Company, which Kierlin co-founded; Gundersen Health; Miller Ingenuity, RTP Company; Watkins Company; and Winona Health.
