Overall Goal of Internship At completion of this internship, the intern will gain an excellent understanding and knowledge of how Health Fitness Corporation provides a variety of health and wellness programs to employees/community-sponsored events. The intern will gain experience in behavior change facilitation including Health Risk Assessment, intervention, and reassessment, and will create promotional and […]
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HPW Student Internship Experience – Elissa Albert 15′ As an intern at Ridge to Reef farm I came in knowing next to nothing about how to farm. With eagerness and excitement, Farm Manager Andy Pac showed me the way. I began week to week shadowing one of the five farm hands and learning their part […]
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Overall Goal of internship At completion of this internship, the intern will gain an excellent understanding and knowledge of how SPYMCA provides a variety of health and wellness programs to employees/community-sponsored events. The intern will gain experience in behavior change facilitation including Health Risk Assessment, intervention, and reassessment, and will create promotional and marketing projects […]
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Three University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point health promotion/wellness alumni have been named to the Top 100 Health Promotion Professionals by the Wellness Council of America (WELCO). Aaron Hunnel ’13 Hunnel currently works as a wellness coordinator for Network Health, a Health Insurance Company based in northeast Wisconsin. He help people live healthier lives by administering the […]
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by Emily Verbeten ’14, Farm to School in Winnebago County Serving my time as an AmeriCorps Farm to School member for re:TH!NK in Winnebago County, thus far, has been an exceptionally rewarding experience. Coming from a health promotion/wellness background, child obesity has always been a passion of mine. To choose merely one story, with the purpose […]
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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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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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“You may come from somewhere, but you can go anywhere.” These are the words I heard while attending National Council on Family Relations (NFCR) Conference, a national conference in Baltimore Nov. 25-30, with other colleagues of mine. After hearing these words I felt like they were fitting to my own life. I grew up in a […]
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The grades are in for the spring semester and a total of 506 students had a GPA over 3.75, including 173 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: 17 (5) Accounting: […]
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Record number graduate from UW-Stevens Point More than 1,400 students earned their degrees from UW-Stevens Point Saturday, as Peter McPartland, CEO and chairman of the board at Sentry Insurance, told grads to create their own job market. View Photos Faculty get one last goodbye Students walk through a tunnel of supporting faculty at commencement. […]
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