Category Archives: Education

Dean’s List released for College of Professional Studies

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The grades are in for the 2014 fall semester and a total of 580 students had a GPA over 3.75, including 171 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: 29 (4) […]

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Point to the Future! Trends in Teaching and Learning

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Teach. Learn. And learn to teach. That’s what the faculty and staff did at the 19th Annual UW-Stevens Point Teaching Conference “Point To The Future! Trends in Teaching and Learning” held in the Dreyfus University Center on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. [Photo Gallery] The Teaching Conference Planning Committee assembled various panel discussions and presentations that […]

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Adventures of a Student Teacher

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Hello all and welcome to my blog! Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Katie Olson and I am a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. My majors are Spanish and secondary education and my minors are ESL (English as a second language) and international studies. During my time at UW-Stevens Point, […]

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UWSP honors students with Chancellor’s Leadership Award

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Chancellor Patterson

Recognized for leadership and service to the campus and community, 32 December graduates will receive the 2014 Chancellor’s Leadership Award at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Chancellor Bernie Patterson presented the awards in a ceremony on Friday in the Dreyfus University Center Laird Room. [Photo Gallery] Established in 1978 at the urging of former Chancellor […]

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Classroom Evolution: WTI Academic Forum

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The state of today’s classroom is changing and teachers’ ability to adapt and meet the learning needs of their students will be mission critical. UW-Stevens Point, along with the Wisconsin Technology Initiative and other partners, co-hosted a two-day WTI Academic Forum Nov. 14-15 to help administrators, teachers and preservice teachers prepare for today’s classroom. [Photo […]

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1 Month Later…

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It is unbelievable to think that we arrived back from Namibia just over a month ago! Since “relaxation” doesn’t exist in my vocabulary, I have seen just shy of four days at home since arriving stateside. Work  has me doing what I love and traveling all over to dance, giving me little to no time […]

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Goodbye Learners!

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On Wednesday we said our goodbyes to the learners and teachers at The School For the Visually Impaired. It was bittersweet. I have no idea where the last three and a half weeks went, but I enjoyed every second of it. The day started very quiet, as the students knew later on they would have […]

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Goodbye to Namibia

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Today we said goodbye to the learners at The School for the Visually Impaired in Namibia. Our hearts broke, to say the least. I can’t believe the month is already up and that we are headed back to the United States tomorrow. The students have learned so much from us, but we have learned even […]

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Wrapping Up Week Three

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        Last week everyone rotated classrooms. We were all assigned a new classroom that did not have university students. We wanted all the learners to feel involved. As much as we were just getting to know our first class, we really did not want to make any of the learners feel left out. Our first […]

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NISE

For the past 20 days we have been working within the School for the Visually Impaired. Over the duration of this week we were able to tour Moreson, the School for the Mentally Impaired, and the School for the Hearing Impaired, all incorporated under National Institute for Special Education (NISE). These three special schools are […]

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