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Optimal Time of Training to Prioritize Sleep, Stress, Recovery and Performance in Student-Athletes
Full text linkThis study investigated the impact of training time—morning versus afternoon—on the sleep, stress, recovery, and performance of high school student-athletes. With increasing demands placed on student-athletes, particularly during the academic year, understanding how training schedules influence both physiological and psychological well-being is critical. Using a cross-sectional design, data were collected from ten student-athletes over six training sessions through self-reported surveys and performance testing via Counter-Movement Jump (CMJ) assessments. The study found that afternoon athletes consistently reported longer sleep durations and higher peak performance, while morning athletes demonstrated better sleep quality and more consistent performance across sessions. Afternoon participants experienced higher stress in mid-sessions, whereas morning participants reported elevated stress in the final session. Additionally, recovery scores indicated that morning athletes felt more fatigued, particularly at the end of the training cycle. These findings align with existing literature on circadian rhythms, sleep quality, and athletic performance. The results suggest that training time plays a significant role in both physical readiness and mental wellness. Coaches and athletic staff should consider adjusting training schedules to support recovery, optimize performance, and reduce athlete stress. Recommendations for future research include larger sample sizes, biometric tracking, and long-term studies across full athletic seasons
CE 695 Syllabus: Capstone Project
Full text linkThis course structures the completion of a major capstone paper in collaboration with the student’s academic advisor and serves as a transition from the role of student to that of professional
Let the Light Shine: Reclaiming Public Space Through Digital Projection
Full text linkAmid the racial uprisings of 2017 and 2020, digital projections emerged as a mode of protest contributing to the calls for removal of Confederate monuments. These digital projections, I argue, created a dialogue between the contested Confederate monuments (the past) and their contemporary surroundings (the present). By examining the digital projections that were cast upon the Albert Pike Memorial in Washington, D.C. and the Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond, Virginia, I demonstrate how they employed a palimpsest to facilitate discourse concerning public memorialization practices and to re-contextualize and reclaim contested sites into spaces for community engagement
Darius Atefat-Peckham: A Reading
No full textAs part of the John S. Lucas Great River Reading Series (GRRS) Darius Atefat-Peckham read and discussed his poetry on October 23, 2025. The presentation was located in Stark auditorium at 7pm.
The John S. Lucas Great River Reading Series brings poets, fiction writers and non-fiction writers to WSU each year. The writers visit creative writing and literature classes, meet with students, and give a public reading.
Event host and coordinator was Dr. Deb Cumberland, English Department, Winona State University
Dr. Richard B. Pearce Flora of the Driftless Area: A Biography
Full text linkDr. Richard Bowman Pearce (1950-2018) was a cell biologist, immunologist, writer, and botanist with a particular focus on documenting plants in the southern Driftless Area and pioneering the use of a high-resolution scanner for image production.
This biography of Dr. Pearce written by Cory Ritterbusch
Reading Sound: Freedom and Constraint within Music Media Designs
Full text linkDr. Lohmeyer’s presentation explores how emerging media designs (such as the phonograph) gave way to new musical practices in the 20th-century and beyond. The literacies emerging from various new media designs changed our orientation to music as technology shifted how sound would be represented, recorded, and transmitted by and for people. Dr. Lohmeyer’s talk examines how “the act of reading sound presents both freedoms and constraints for the reader” and carry important implications for self-expression and democracy
Literary Comparison of Patient Reported Outcomes in Patients with Shoulder Impingement
No full textMultiple treatment options exist for patients with shoulder impingement pathology, however there is a lack of consensus regarding the best method of treatment. The purpose of the appraisal was to determine whether surgical or conservative treatment was more effective in improving patient reported outcomes. Our focus was to explore the effect of surgery versus conservative treatment on creating pain free movement using patient reported outcomes in patients with shoulder impingement pathology. All studies included patients above the age of fifteen who had subacromial shoulder impingement. Exclusion criteria were patients who had shoulder surgery or had previously completed shoulder impingement rehabilitation. PubMed was used to find research studies. Search terms included subacromial, shoulder, impingement, pathology, surgical, non-surgical, conservative, treatment, pain free movement, and patient reported outcomes (PRO). PEDro scores of the six studies ranged from 5/10 to 8/10, with most studies lacking blinding of the subjects, assessors, and/or therapists due to inclusion of the surgical intervention. Three of the studies were rated an Oxford Level 2 and the other three studies were a Level 3. The studies given a score of Level 3 was due to the studies being lower quality. The major key finding was that in 5 of the 6 studies, neither surgical intervention nor conservative treatment with rehabilitation showed to be more beneficial than the other. Follow-ups for participants and the number of participants within the studies were found to be a strength of the evidence. Weaknesses of the studies included differences in surgical techniques for shoulder impingement decompression and high participant dropout rates. Both surgical and conservative measures can be helpful treatments for shoulder impingement by acknowledging that neither was more beneficial than the other. The strength of recommendation (SORT score) is A. The findings within these articles can impact clinical practice by giving the patient options on how they want to go about treating their specific case of shoulder impingement. The impact of this result should inspire feature research into the outcomes within specific populations, such as throwing athletes, different age groups, and genders. This may result in more concrete evidence per patient population rather than the generalized information provided already
Constructivism Made Easy Using the Consider, Construct, Confirm Learning Cycle
Full text linkShifting from didactic, teacher-led instruction to a student-centered, constructivist classroom is often a daunting task for teachers. The Consider, Construct, Confirm Learning cycle is a framework for teachers to organize their planning—be it individual lessons, units of study, or whole courses. The CCC Learning Cycle framework shifts the format of a typical lesson from didactic instruction leading to short-term renting of knowledge through memorization, to student-centered, lived experiences resulting in students owning their new knowledge
Student Senate Meeting Minutes March 31, 2025
Full text linkThis document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes for March 31, 2025
Preseason Changes in Peak Relative Propulsive Force, Takeoff Velocity, and Time to Takeoff in Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics
Full text linkPreseason Changes in Peak Relative Propulsive Force, Takeoff Velocity, and Time to Takeoff in Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics
Kalli Van Tassell1 and Hailey Meyers1
Assistant Professor Becky Heinert1: Health, Exercise, and Rehabilitative Sciences Department, Winona State University, Winona, MN
Purpose: Lower extremity strength is crucial for the sport of gymnastics. Female gymnasts require explosive strength, quick speed, and flexibility for high competition performances. Muscular function is used to monitor fitness during preseason training to prepare athletes for in-season competitions. The primary focus of the CMJs is during propulsive phase which is the moment when an athlete propels themselves upwards into the air, creating an explosive jump. This motion measures force production and force transfer efficiency. The purpose of this study was to examine lower extremity strength of women gymnasts during 8 weeks of preseason training. Methods: Eighteen NCAA Division III women’s gymnasts (age 19.44±1.2 years, height 163±4.55 cm, body mass 62.2±4.73 kg) tested twice weekly. Each test session included three CMJs with hands on hips with feet shoulder width apart. Two portable force platforms (Hawkin, sample rate: 1000 Hz) were used to collect vertical ground reaction forces (GRF). The kinetic output of Peak Relative Propulsive Force (PRPF) and kinematic outputs of Time to Takeoff (TTT) and Takeoff Velocity (TV) were identified for analysis. Results: Each dependent variable was influenced by Week 1 (PRPF pConclusion:The key metric observed in this study was time to takeoff shown in Table 2. This is a positive indicator of greater explosive power and neuromuscular efficiency. Faster time to takeoff allows for a more efficient use of force during a jump