Monthly Archives: February 2016

Okray Colloquium: Tested

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Education students from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point got an inside look at fairness of educational opportunities for students with racially and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds during the annual School of Education Okray Colloquium on Tuesday, Feb. 23. View Photos “Tested” filmmaker Curtis Chin spent the day on campus discussing his documentary and helping future educators […]

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SBE presents Kickstart Your Career!

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From Networking 101 to a resumé clinic and LinkedIn guest speaker, the UW-Stevens Point School of Business and Economics hosted its first “Kickstart Your Career!” programming Feb. 15-23, thanks to a sponsorship by Northwestern Mutual. The highlights also included two career roundtable senior banquets. View Photos  

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HPW Internship: HealthPartners

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HPW Student Internship Experience –  Hailey Kunavich 16′ My internship at HealthPartners showed me all aspects of worksite wellness and health coaching. Health Partners is an insurance company that also offers health care for its members, meaning they have a true interest in the well-being of their clients. In my time here I worked for […]

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HPW Internship: Roberts and Associates Physical Therapy

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HPW Student Internship Experience – Dana Krug 16′ Interning at Roberts & Associates Physical Therapy allowed me to truly grow not only as a person, but as a health promotion professional. I worked in a variety of different sites, performing different roles and responsibilities. I was the gym manager at Inertia Fitness, which is the […]

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HPW Internship: Interra Health

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HPW Student Internship Experience – Analese Grimm 16′ Interning at Interra Health was an interesting experience because I got to delve into a few different areas of the company. My time was split between in office projects and conducting on site health screens at our clients’ locations. The health screening process involved traveling to various […]

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HPW Internship: Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center

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HPW Student Internship Experience – Matt Gerber 16′ Dress up dance parties, white water rafting, canoeing, kayaking, high ropes course, rock wall, rock climbing, and adaptive cycling. Interning at the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center (BOEC) will have you adapting all these activities and tailoring them to groups of individuals with disabilities. Since June I have […]

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HPW Internship: Plover Fire and Rescue

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HPW Student Internship Experience – Mitch Fromm 16′ The Plover Fire Department (PFD) is an internship ripe with opportunity to test new ideas, learn about the emergency services, and work directly with many members of the community. Some of the ongoing programs include the American Red Cross smoke detector drive, fire inspections, and fire safety […]

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HPW Internship: Oneida County Health Department

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Overall Goal of Internship At completion of this internship, the intern will gain an excellent understanding and knowledge of how Oneida County Health Department provides a variety of health and wellness programs to employees/community-sponsored events. The intern will gain experience in behavior change facilitation including Health Risk Assessment, intervention, and reassessment, and will create promotional […]

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HPW Internship: Central Rivers Farmshed

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HPW Student Internship Experience – Brody VanDeventer 16′ Interning at Central Rivers Farmshed has been both an exciting and rewarding experience. Working with Farmshed I have been able to meet and talk with so many community members and business, such as the National Wellness Institute (NWI) and Sentry. During the first few weeks I did […]

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Welcome Back

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My fellow Pointers, First things first: Sorry for such a delay in blogging! It’s been a pretty hectic winter break and start to the semester. Next: I hope you all had an amazing and safe holiday season and that your semester is off to a good start. Third: Here’s what happened to me over break […]

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