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Winona State University is primarily an undergraduate university, the oldest of the schools that constitute Minnesota State Colleges And Universities (MnSCU). It is not part of the University Of Minnesota , the state's Land Grant institution. Founded in 1858 to train teachers, today it offers over 80 undergraduate majors and 10 pre-professional programs. Enrollment for the year 2003 was 8,236 students. It has several masters programs, most relating to education, but no doctoral programs. The main campus is in Winona, Minnesota and there is a branch campus in Rochester, Minnesota ( WSU Rochester Center ). Pre-professional programs include medicine, law, and dentistry. Its pre-medical program operates in conjunction with Mayo Medical School , affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Winona State University is currently in the process of implementing a program dubbed the "Learning for the 21st Century Initiative". Previously it was called "The Winona Experience", which generated some controversy, and before that "The New University". This radical series of changes in University operation and structure seeks to better the vocational-education experience of each student. WSU is also noted as being one of the earliest universities in the country to offer a "Laptop University" program. In this program each student, upon acceptance, is required to lease his or her choice of either an Apple Macintosh or Gateway (PC) laptop directly from the university. The purpose of this program is to increase the bond between education and technology. WSU's laptop program has been used as a model for many like it nation-wide. QUICK FACTS ABOUT WSU:
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ATHLETICS See Also: Winona State Warriors Winona State University competes in Division II NCAA athletics and its teams are called the Warriors. It is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) for most sports, though Men's Tennis competes in the North Central Conference , and Women's Gymnastics compete in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference . The WSU football team won the NSIC conference championship nine times in a 13 year span (1993-2005). The Men's Basketball team won the 2006 of Oklahoma. The streak ended at 57 on March 24 with a loss at the Division II Championship game to the Barton College Bulldogs 77-75 on a last-second shot. "It was the best finish to a college basketball game ever, baby," according to Dick Vitale. Winona State has a mild crosstown rivalry with Saint Mary's University Of Minnesota . WINONA STATE FACILITIES
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