Twin campuses. Winona and Red Wing.
College’s vocational roots at Winona High School
WINONA Minn. –Minnesota State College Southeast is marking a double anniversary this coming academic year . In 1949, the predecessor Winona Area Vocational-Technical School opened at Winona High School. And in 1973 the Red Wing campus opened. Marsha Danielson, the current president, said: “Through many transformations, Minnesota State College Southeast is now a comprehensive technical and community college. Toda we are a ‘both/and’ college – offering degrees designed for transfer to four-year institutions as well as a wealth of career and technical programs.” To note the occasion, the college has solicited testimonials from alumni, past employees, and friends of the college. Among them:
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Calvin Jones, a band instrument repair technician who attended Southeast in 1991-1992, wrote from the US Virgin Islands: “The thing I remember most about Red Wing is the love that I felt at the school. Gene Beckwith and John Huth, my teachers in band instrument repair, made me feel so welcomed and so involved. This was the first time in my life that I could say that I loved school. Coming from the Virgin Islands to Red Wing was challenging but it changed my life forever.”
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David Wessin, who graduated from the construction program in Winona in 1983: “After graduating, I moved to St. Paul and my career brought me to a large kitchen cabinet company. I held this position almost 15 years, then moved to Florida to work for a small contractor. Over the years, I advanced to a vice president position managing 25 safety managers for a company with one billion in work. I recently joined a private commercial insurance broker as Vice President of Risk Engineering and travel the southeastern United States working with our clients to build a strong safety culture. Thank you.”