Category Archives: Health Sciences and Wellness

South Wood County Collaboration feature at UWSP Foundation Board Meeting

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Tami Swenson and Corey Huck present to the UWSP Foundation Board

The UW-Stevens Point School of Health Sciences and Wellness hosted the UWSP Foundation Board of Directors on Nov. 4 in the CPS Café. College of Professional Studies Dean Marty Loy welcomed the board and provided updates, followed by a presentation from Professor Corey Huck and our new Legacy Endowed Professor of Population Health Tami Swenson […]

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Food historian, author brings ‘High on the Hog’ to UW-Stevens Point campuses

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Jessica B Harris

The culinary historian who wrote the book that inspired the Netflix miniseries “High on the Hog” visited the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Oct. 25-27, 2022. [View Photos] Jessica B. Harris, who is considered by many to be one of the ranking authorities on the food of the African Diaspora – or scattering of the culture, […]

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Students, professor help create translation guide for refugee families

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SLP students

Communication between Ukrainian refugees, their host families and agencies in European countries such as the Netherlands was helped by an unlikely source – the Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Two graduate students in speech-language pathology and a professor helped create a “Refugee Dictionary.” It is a compilation of 124 […]

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Future doctors of physical therapy exercise strengths

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DPT

Personal experiences often propel people to certain career paths. That is true for several students in the inaugural doctor of physical therapy program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The mothers of both Abby Scaffidi and Eric Bromeisl had physical therapy as part of their health care. After observing the mix of encouragement, personal will […]

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UWSP earns National Wellness Institute’s Circle of Leadership honor

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National Wellness Institute Award

Known as the birthplace of wellness, UW-Stevens Point became only the second university to receive the National Wellness Institute’s Circle of Leadership Award distinction. Jennifer Hess and Prof. Brian Krolczyk accepted the honor at the 2022 National Wellness Conference in Orlando. UWSP and the National Wellness Institute have a long history of collaboration, including the […]

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UW-Stevens Point’s doctor of physical therapy program launches

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DPT

A doctor of physical therapy program has begun at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, with its inaugural cohort of 34 students attending classes. [Orientation Photos | Week 1 Photos] The only physical therapy doctorate in the northern two-thirds of the state, the program addresses regional and rural needs in northcentral Wisconsin. It is designed to recruit, […]

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Spring 2022 CPS Dean’s List Names Announced

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Dean's List

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: […]

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UWSP students assist with HEAR Wisconsin’s Mobile Audiology Clinic at Special Olympics

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HEAR Wisconsin

Special Olympics Wisconsin announced a new partnership for its Healthy Hearing programming this spring. HEAR Wisconsin—the state’s “premier provider of comprehensive services and resources for children, adults, and seniors who are deaf or hard of hearing”—will showcase new and innovative tools and techniques at select Special Olympics Wisconsin sporting events. UW-Stevens Point Doctor of Audiology […]

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Issues in Aging students experience Virtual Dementia Tour

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Dementia

In partnership with the Aging & Disability Resource Center of Portage County and Dementia Care Specialist Carley Prochaska ’15, UW-Stevens Point students in HS 410 – Issues in Aging gained experiential learning last week to a Virtual Dementia Tour (VDT). The VDT is a sensory tour using technology designed to alter the senses to the […]

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Dietetics graduates matched with internships

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Dietetics Seniors

It was a perfect match this spring as all seven dietetics students from UW-Stevens Point who applied for a dietetic internship were successfully matched for their 1,200-hour supervised internship that is a necessary prerequisite for becoming a Registered Dietitian. Six students will graduate in May, while one graduated from the program in December 2021. This […]

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