WINONA, Minn. – A former Winona State associate dean, Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest, has been named dean of faculty across town at Southeast Minnesota College. Rahoi-Gilchrest has 13 years experience in higher education and before that in broadcasting. At Winona State she was a rhetoric professor and then associate dean of liberal arts. She holds degrees in organizational communication and public relations from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and in communication studies from Ohio University. In her new position she earns $108,000.
Rahoi-Gilchrest. Rhetorician by training.