Each semester, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s best and brightest student leaders are presented with the Chancellor’s Leadership Award. This fall, 17 students from the College of Professional Studies have been selected for this honor. These students are a select group of graduating seniors who throughout their careers at the UWSP have contributed significant leadership, demonstrated […]
More...HPW Student Internship Experience – Brandon Elsner 15′ Interning at Regions Hospital in their employee wellness department was such a great well rounded experience. Regions has an outstanding wellness culture that’s growing every day. As a part of my internship I had the opportunity to lead group exercise classes, develop marketing and promotional materials, health […]
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Renee Schessler ’16 found her fit at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. While attending a different UW institution Schessler, from the Milwaukee area, she felt something was missing. She waited an hour to see an adviser, had large classes sizes, and said she felt like just a number. An aunt who lives in Stevens Point suggested […]
More...HPW Student Internship Experience – Jon Pahl 15′ Interning at J. J. Keller and Associates, has really made a difference in my life. I have found many new strategies to get to people and have learned a lot of different information. From taking over the ergonomic side of things for the whole company to working […]
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HPW Student Internship Experience – Brittany Richard 16′ While interning at the Northern Lights YMCA, I have been exposed to a variety of tasks and duties. Pertaining to office tasks, I have made numerous phone calls to individuals on waiting lists for chronic illness programs. I was also in contact with YMCA’s all across the […]
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HPW Student Internship Experience – Lue Chang 15′ Interning with Health Fitness at the AT&T Tower has been a great hands-on learning experience. I’ve had the opportunity to run a few programs such as our Biggest Loser challenge and the Climb for Children’s event where we raised money for the Children’s Hospital of Minnesota. I […]
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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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HPW Student Internship Perspective – Melissa Mady Interning at Olmsted County Public Health Services has given me the opportunity to experience everything that the public health department does. From taking what I learned in Epidemiology and getting to experience a pertussis (whopping cough) outbreak in the Rochester area which included calling cases and writing case […]
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HPW Student Internship Perspective – Tyler Cornell 16′ Interning within the Verizon Wireless Health and Wellness Center was an amazing experience! I was able to do a wide variety of things such as teach group fitness, personal train, coordinate events, perform fitness assessments, create a fitness incentive program, promote a healthy culture, and many more […]
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HPW Student Internship Perspective – Seth Dominick 16′ I was an intern at Anytime Fitness in Plover and Stevens Point. I had a ton of fun and learned so much about myself and my career path. I originally wanted to open up my own gym and start a franchise, I think that might still be […]
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