Monthly Archives: February 2013

I Work Out

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It is almost two months after you made your New Year’s resolutions. So how are you doing with these goals? If you are like me and many others, you haven’t exactly held to these goals perfectly. Yet, what time is better than now to get a second chance at restarting those resolutions? Here are some […]

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See UWSP in 3D

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Being able to virtually visit the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus just became a little more real thanks to the Facilities Planning office and three students. UWSP interior architecture students Lauren Hawkes and Sandra Rueda-Hernadez, along with Nick Krupp, a land use planning major, created a 3-dimensional model of UW-Stevens Point buildings in Google Earth. […]

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Friends Helping Friends

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With Valentine’s Day just over a week ago, it reminded me how important relationships are in our lives. Whether your relationships are professional, romantic, or even just friendships … they are each important in their own way. Sometimes though, it is difficult to make time for everyone you want to fit into your life. That […]

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WSHA honors communicative disorders students

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Three second-year communicative disorders graduate students from UW-Stevens Point were awarded scholarships at the Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association (WSHA) annual conference Feb. 21-23 at the Wilderness Hotel and Golf Resort in Wisconsin Dells. [Photo Gallery] Alyssa Blahnik earned the Judith H. and David. J. Ward Scholarship, while  Jennifer Sabally and Katherine Pensinger won […]

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Running Rudy Rack

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What started out as a $6/hour part-time job filing paperwork to make money for Spring Break quickly turned into being named company president and owning 26 percent of the company. That’s the success story alumna Tracie Roberson ’06 shared with UW-Stevens Point business students Friday, Feb. 22. The business administration and communication double major went […]

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Clapp earns WIAC Scholar-Athlete Award

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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point senior Joey Clapp (Faribault, MN) has been selected the recipient of the 2013 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Max Sparger Men’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete Award. A native of Faribault, Minn., Clapp owns a 3.60 grade point average and is majoring in physical education with a minor in health education. In […]

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IA and iPads

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Students in interior architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point put a new spin on finger painting. Prof. Kathleen Julin introduced the iPad app Brushes to her Architectural Watercolor (IA 331) class and the creative juices started flowing. [Photo Gallery] By simply taking a photo of their artwork with an iPad, students could edit and […]

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The final countdown

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In my final few months left at UW-Stevens Point I have laid awake many nights thinking about my time here–truly I have. I do not think much about the horrible classes I took, the ones I skipped or the times I excelled. I have mostly been thinking about who I was when I came here […]

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Lessons from Ireland

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This past weekend was a new adventure for me as it was my first time traveling outside England. A few of my friends and I decided to spend the weekend in Ireland and it was a good learning experience. After a three-hour train ride and another three-hour ferry, we made it successfully to Dublin. This […]

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Technology brat

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I’ve always known I was a nerd, but now I have come to embrace the geek side of me. (As weird as it sounds, there is a difference between the two.) This year more than any other, I’ve found myself using technology more and more in every aspect of my life. In the classroom, I […]

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