Category Archives: Business and Economics

Technology: Taken for granted?

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Max Trzebiatowski As we begin to get geared up for the school year and our SBE Academic and Career Advising Center gets ready for all of the new and returning students, we find that more and more of what we do in our office is technology based. This summer we embarked on a project to digitize […]

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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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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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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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Finding Jobs: Where to Look and What you Need

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Max Trzebiatowski Hi there! Today’s conversation starts with the overall economy and funnels down into how you can become visible in today’s job market. If you’ve ever taken an economics course before, then you’ve heard of the unemployment rate. This is a measure of all the men and women in the workforce who are unable to find […]

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Spring 2016 Dean’s List announced for College of Professional Studies

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Dean's List

Spring 2016 semester grades are in and a total of 493 students had a GPA over 3.75, including 198 with a perfect 4.0, to earn dean’s list honors at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Professional Studies. Congratulations to all! Dean’s List by major (number of 4.0): Athletic Training: 21 (7) Accounting: 24 (11) […]

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What Do You Bring to the Table?

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Max Trzebiatowski One of the best things that I get to see throughout the four-year college process is students informing me about the dream internship they got or a job offer that they received that completely exceeded their expectations. The job process itself has all the parts of a great movie. There are points that make […]

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This isn’t Wisconsin anymore, or is it?

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I’m in London, England! With more emotions than I could identify, I arrived into London listening to “Home” by Phillip Phillips. If you don’t immediately know the song I’m referring to, my apologizes, here’s a link to it on YouTube so you can live a blissful life once again. I’m huge into matching music with […]

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Here comes goodbye

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Hello friends! I am filled with an abundance of emotions as you’ll be able to see in my first blog. I have now moved out of Stevens Point, back home to Hatley, and have a week before I leave for my internship with The Route City Wealth Club in London, England. I hope that this internship […]

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2016 Albertson Award Recipients

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Thirteen students from the College of Professional Studies were among the 21 recipients of the 2015-16 Albertson Medallion Award at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. [Photo Gallery] This is the highest award given by our university; less than one percent of the graduating classes has been selected. These students are a select group of graduating […]

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