Category Archives: Education

Neale Fellowship funds amphitheater at local charter school

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Neale Fellowship

Thanks to a fellowship through the UW-Stevens Point School of Education, students at the Tomorrow River Community Charter School (TRCCS) will have a new outdoor performance space to showcase their popular plays that incorporates nature and blends into the natural environment. The Oscar W. Neale Fellowship is providing $10,000 for the construction of the amphitheater […]

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UWSP Science Education, local teachers team up with UWM WInSTEP Program to study earthworm movements

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WInSTEP Experiment

A group of 10 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point pre-service teachers and three science teachers from Ben Franklin and PJ Jacobs junior high schools recently participated in a two-day training session alongside professors Perry Cook and Krista Slemmons as a part of the Wisconsin Inquiry-based Scientist-Teacher Education Partnership (WInSTEP) program with UW-Milwaukee. [View Photos] Participants completed […]

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Podcast: Uncover what’s truly possible in your teaching

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Jay Benedith

A candidate in the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Sustainability program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point was a guest on a national podcast Oct. 3, 2021. Cohort 5 student Jay Benedith is featured on an episode of Truth for Teachers, a podcast transparently shares about the realities of K-12 teaching. Benedith talks about […]

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UW-Stevens Point launches natural science education major

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natural science education

The natural science education major at UW-Stevens Point will be launched beginning in fall 2021, one of the first within the University of Wisconsin System. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) approved this collaborative bachelor’s degree program. The new major natural science, science teaching certification is a collaboration among the School of Education, Departments […]

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Educational Sustainability doctoral program hosts annual residency in Stevens Point and Marshfield

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Residency

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point doctoral students recently came to Stevens Point and Marshfield from as far away as Germany and Hawaii and many places in-between to take part in a summer residency for a program unlike any other in the world. Starting its fifth year, the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Sustainability program at […]

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Dean’s List honors announced for Spring 2021

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Dean's List

A total of 571 students had a GPA over 3.75–including 264 with a perfect 4.0–to earn dean’s list honors for the 2021 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: 20 (8)Business Administration: 45 (21)Clinical Lab Science: […]

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Spring 2021 winners honored with Albertson Medallion, Chancellor’s Leadership Award

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Old Main

Two awards are regularly presented to the best and brightest graduates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point–the Albertson Medallion and Chancellor’s Leadership Award. For the spring 2021 semester, nine of the Albertson Medallion recipients and 28 winners of the Chancellor’s Leadership Award were students from the College of Professional Studies.  These students are a select group […]

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Bork receives UWSP Excellence in Teaching Award

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Pam Bork

Assistant Professor Pamela Bork from the School of Education for being presented the 2020-21 UW-Stevens Point Excellence in Teaching Award! (Watch at the 5:26 mark.) A true teacher’s teacher, School of Education Associate Professor Pam Bork empowers future educators through providing high quality learning experiences and modeling her own love for the profession. Bork has […]

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UWSP School of Education Celebrates Teaching and Learning via Virtual Banquet

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SOE Awards

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point School of Education celebrated teachers and future educators in the virtual Oscar W. Neale Celebration of Teaching and Learning on Monday, April 26. The School of Education awarded 76 awards totaling $104,125 as student award winners, alumni teachers, donors and cooperating teachers were recognized in a video presentation. Scholarship Descriptions […]

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Campus Connections Podcast features Ed.D. student

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Emily Norman

A candidate in the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Sustainability program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point was a guest on a national podcast March 17, 2021. Cohort 3 student Emily Norman is featured on an episode of Campus Connections, a podcast about education, culture and relationships. Norman, the director of Residence Life and […]

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