Thursday, January 8, 2009

SMU in the news

Here are some recent mentions of SMU “making the news” — in the Winona area and beyond.

• The January 9 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education’s article “Colleges Offer Extra Aid to Strapped Students” mentions the Brother James Miller program at Saint Mary’s.

• The Minnesota Private College Council December newsletter featured a story about SMU Gifts for Winona in a roundup article about what campuses are doing to help those in need this year: www.mnprivatecolleges.org/publications/stories/2008_12/cheer.php.

• An update about SMU’s investments was included in an area education story titled, “Area universities lose millions in investments” Jan. 1 in the Winona Daily News.

• SMU hockey players were thanked publicly for their work with area youth hockey players in a column Dec. 25 in the Winona Daily News titled, “It’s Sunday, do you know where your college student is?”