Monthly Archives: July 2016

Healthy Lifestyle Challenge: My Mother’s Journey Begins

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Losing weight and keeping it off has never been easy for my mom. She has tried time after time to drop a few pant sizes and it only lasts a few months before she returns to her starting weight. However, today she embarks on day one of a new challenge: a healthy lifestyle challenge. There […]

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Prost to my weekend in Munich, Germany

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With some mild sunburn, my voice completely lost to the point where I couldn’t even make a sound (pollen was floating around in the air the size of quarters), and a broken romper later (my strap got caught as I was standing up and broke), I really enjoyed my weekend in Munich, Germany. We have […]

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Defining Professionalism: Step One

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Max Trzebiatowski One of the questions that we ask peer adviser candidates when they apply to become a peer adviser for the School of Business and Economics is, “How would you describe professionalism in your own words?” Professionalism is defined by Merriam-Webster as the skill, good judgment and polite behavior that is expected from a […]

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Do you know your ABCs?

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I wish there was a catchy tune to help us all remember the benefits and sources of vitamins, but I have yet to come across it. Even if there was, we all can’t sing nor dance like the Jackson 5 (keep this in mind for later… I’m quiet the jokester)! Anyway, many times medical webpages […]

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Ciana Rose: Finding her bliss

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As a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point first-year orientation peer mentor, Ciana Rose met many incoming students in June, where she challenged them to think differently.Although many students will think of failure only in classroom terms, Ciana wants students to realize failure exists outside of the classroom, and a fear of it can keep us from […]

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My first delivery

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This past week the Havenetts decided that it would be a great idea to bring both us interns along on a delivery. I was beyond excited to go and after that day I was not only grateful but even more in love with interior architecture. Being able to see a project go on first hand, […]

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Study and Safety: Go Abroad Prepared – A Student’s Perspective

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For students studying abroad it’s the ultimate adventure. For their parents the level of excitement takes equilibrium with the worry. By now, the news regarding the death of the UW-Madison student Beau Solomon has reached national and world attention. How tragic and devastating for the friends and family of Solomon. My prayers and thoughts go […]

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Six Degrees of Separation

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Max Trzebiatowski Have you ever heard of the six degrees of separation theory? My blog today talks about the idea that you are way more connected that you think. Even after you drop all technological devices; your family, friends and connections all have family, friends and connections, too. This past weekend my family and I attended […]

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First day as an intern

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My name is Monica Castillo and I am from South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I will be a junior at UW-Stevens Point and I am an interior architecture major with an international studies minor with an emphasis on Latin Countries. I actually chose UWSP due to all the study abroad options it offers, I will be studying […]

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HPW Internship: Wisconsin Athletic Club-North Shore

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HPW Student Internship Experience – Haley Palubicki 15′  My time here at the North Shore Wisconsin Athletic Club (WAC) has been the best and broadest experience. At the start of my 10 week journey, the WAC was just beginning to go through a company-wide change of paper contracts to a paper-free computer system MotionSoft. Being […]

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