Monthly Archives: October 2011

End of Phase 1

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Hello Everyone! We have now finished and submitted phase one of the Oxfam Headquarters project. Here is the final PDF file. It is always exciting to finish a phase in such a long process! As part of the space planning and conceptualizing we had to choose and define what approximately 400 square feet of our […]

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Eat Local: Jasia Steinmetz on NBC15

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UWSP food and nutrition professor Jasia Steinmetz, Ph.D., RD, CD, was featured on NBC15 in Madison on Monday, Oct. 10. Steinmetz’s book, “Eat Local: Simple Steps to Enjoy Real, Healthy & Affordable Food” explains how inexpensive food and the global food system are major contributors to many of the problems facing our country and planet […]

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IA 311 hitting the “Target”

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The Interior Architecture 311 (Interior Architecture III) class visited the Target Commercial Interiors dealership in Green Bay, Wis., on Monday, October 10. TCI is one of the largest commercial furniture dealerships in the country, specializing in Steelcase furniture. While on the tour, the IA students met with one of TCI’s senior interior designers Schawn Jubert, […]

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Ranger Challenge: ROTC’s Varsity Sport

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During the last weekend of September, Army ROTC cadets from universities across Wisconsin and northern Michigan descended on Fort McCoy for the annual Ranger Challenge Competition. The Ranger Challenge is an event that challenges cadets both physically and mentally, while testing their military knowledge and skills in a demanding team-oriented competition that enhances leader development […]

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Practice with the Pointers

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The UW-Stevens Point football team held an open “scrimmage” with Stevens Point Youth Area Football third and fourth grade teams on Thursday, Oct. 6 at Kotel Memorial Practice Fields. The Pointers broke into eight teams to face the youth players, who ran plays against UWSP. This was the fourth year the Pointers hosted YAF. Photo […]

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ROTC’s Joint Field Training Exercise – The Civilian’s Military Experience

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Cadet Kurtis Larson plots his points during the Land Navigation event at the ROTC Joint Field Training Exercise

By Cadet Thomas Fritz So maybe you’ve seen the signs around campus for Army ROTC and are wondering what the program is all about, what we do, and maybe you want to get a taste of the life. There’s good news—the Army ROTC program’s Joint Field Training Exercise (JFTX) might be just what you’re looking […]

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Education 378 poster presentations

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UW-Stevens Point School of Education Professor Patty Caro’s Education 378 (Parent, Home and Agency Involvement in Educating Children and Youth with Disabilities) students presented a poster conference to professionals in child care, preschool programs, Head Start, and family child care providers on Saturday, Oct. 1 in the CPS Café. Topics included language development, bullying, assistive […]

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Prof. Leschke presents business model at Focal Point

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John Leschke

UW-Stevens Point Assistant Professor of Business-Entrepreneurship John Leschke presented at a half-day research symposium hosted by the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology (WIST) and UWSP on Tuesday, October 4. The event, Focal Point 2011: Celebrating a year of successful collaborations, included presentations by 10 university faculty and staff engaged in research toward sustainability solutions. In […]

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Meet Elizabeth

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Hey Everybody! I am a  junior here at UWSP. Currently majoring in pre-physical therapy and also a minor in nutrition. I absolutely love learning about nutrition and think it’s super neat! I just changed my major from dietetics to pre-physical therapy so it’s really new to me, but I’m liking it so far.Whenever I decide […]

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