WINONA, Minn. —The president of Southeast Minnesota State College, Marsha Danielson, is retiring after the coming school year. The announcement was unexpected and caught campus people off-guard. Danielson, age 62, didn’t detail her retirement plans. She lives in Lake City, midway between the Winona and Red Wing campuses. She has commuted back and forth. Simultaneous with Danielson’s announcement, the state college system chancellor, Scott Olson, confirmed her departure. Olson called her “a visionary and passionate leader” who listens to community needs. Danielson’s success has included closer ties with Winona business and industry leaders and new partnerships. Her tenure had rocky moments in 2023. Several Southeast staff leaders mutinied about rude and crude in-house leadership. This was at a pivotal career moment for Danielson. She was under investigation for ethics lapses for soliciting and accepting corporate freebies. The state chancellor at the time reprimanded her publicly.
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Danielson. At Southeast helm since 2021.