The School of Education hosted its annual Oscar W. Neale Celebration of Teaching and Learning on Monday, April 24 in the UW-Stevens Point Dreyfus University Center. The school presented 77 scholarships and awards, totaling $116,575 to current students and alumni. Congratulations to all the award winners and thank you to our donors for your continued […]
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UWSP hosts state Educators Rising Summit
Nearly 300 high school students from 30 school districts across the state explored future career opportunities in education at the 2023 Educators Rising Wisconsin Annual Summit and Competition Wednesday, March 1, hosted by the UW-Stevens Point School of Education. [View Photos] This year’s summit themed, “The Power of You,” was intended for students in grades […]
More...CPS Dean’s List Released for Fall 2022
A total of 564 undergraduate students had a GPA over 3.75–including 246 with a perfect 4.0–to earn dean’s list honors for the 2022 fall semester in the College of Professional Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Congratulations to all! CPS Dean’s List by major (number of 4.0): Accounting: 33 (16)Business Administration: 49 (19)Business Economics: […]
More...Logan earns UWSP Excellence in Teaching Award
Since 1894, UW-Stevens Point has been at the forefront of preparing future teachers. Today, there are growing enrollment numbers in both the School of Education undergraduate and master’s in education programs, and a 96 percent rate of immediate employment and job advancement among graduates. But teachers know it’s not about numbers—it’s about the students. That’s […]
More...Spring 2022 CPS Dean’s List Names Announced
A total of 543 undergraduate students had a GPA over 3.75–including 268 with a perfect 4.0–to earn dean’s list honors for the 2022 spring semester in the College of Professional Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Congratulations to all! CPS Dean’s List by major (number of 4.0): Accounting: 35 (17)Business Administration: 44 (18)Business Economics: […]
More...Fernholz’s literacy work in Nicaragua leads to CPS Faculty Heroes Award
Since 2015, Lynda Fernholz from the UW-Stevens Point School of Education has served in a leadership capacity with several non-profit organizations to increase the literacy proficiency rates of children and adolescents living in rural communities in Nicaragua. She travels to Nicaragua frequently to provide teacher training for Nicaraguan adolescents and adults who teach literacy skills […]
More...Operation Sparkle founder earns 2022 CPS Heroes Award
Emma (Dix) Geiser founded Operation Sparkle, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering the lives of area high school girls for a prom experience–free of charge. Emma believes every girl should be able to experience the magic and joy of simply being a teenage girl regardless of financial stability. The UW-Stevens Ponit School of Education student […]
More...School of Education honors students, alumni at 2022 Celebration of Teaching and Learning
The School of Education hosted its annual Oscar W. Neale Celebration of Teaching and Learning on Monday, April 25 in the UW-Stevens Point Dreyfus University Center. The school presented 92 scholarships and awards, totaling $130,340 to current students and alumni. Congratulations to all the award winners and thank you to our donors for your continued […]
More...School of Education hosts Academic Freedom in the Digital Age Thompson Speaker Event
Imagine our faculty members being put in prison–or even assassinated–just for being professors. That is what is happening in numerous countries around the world and was the topic at the “Academic Freedom in the Digital Age” event on Thursday, April 14 in the UW-Stevens Point Dreyfus University Center Theater. [View Photos] School of Education’s own […]
More...Educators Rising Summit held at UW-Stevens Point
High school students from 18 school districts across the state explored future career opportunities in education at the 2022 Educators Rising Wisconsin Annual Summit and Competition Wednesday, March 2, hosted by the UW-Stevens Point School of Education. [View Photos] Intended for students in grades 9-12, the event focused on the theme “To Plant a Seed […]
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