HPW Student Internship Experience – Julia Farley Fall 17′ Interning at Cascade I.D. & Infusions was a great learning experience for me that provided me with many opportunities to utilize and improve upon my professional and personal skills. I worked specifically in the infectious disease portion of the clinic with other medical professionals by primarily […]
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HPW Internship: QuadMed
HPW Student Internship Experience – Jake Damask Fall 17′ Interning at QuadMed has been eye opening and also a learning experience. While working for QuadMed I have been primarily stationed in Wausau at the Greenheck Onsite Health Center. During my internship I have had varying responsibilities. These responsibilities have included: wellness coaching, personal training, group […]
More...HPW Internship: Hilton Head Health
HPW Student Internship Perspective – Shauna Bollinger 16′ Interning at Hilton Head Health has been a wonderful experience, helping me grow as a professional and person. H3 has given me many tools that I can take with me in my future. During my time at H3, my intern responsibilities varied through each week. The beginning […]
More...HPW Internship: YMCA-West Bend
HPW Student Internship Experience – Wesley Titus Spring 17′ Interning at the Kettle Moraine YMCA was an amazing experience to learn from people working with many different wellness journeys. I was able to work at West Bend Mutual insurance, Alloy training at the Y, group training, live strong, Diabetes Prevention training, and was able to […]
More...HPW Internship: Portland Parks and Recreation
HPW Student Internship Experience – Samantha Schmitz Spring 17′ Pictured above is a small group of clients and I after the Strength and Movement course I instructed. One of my internship goals was to facilitate a project on behavior change, in the physical dimension of wellness. I was asked to develop curriculum for an adaptive […]
More...HPW Internship: North Central Area Congregations Organized to Make an Impact (NAOMI)
HPW Student Internship Experience – Alec Priewe Spring 17′ Working with NAOMI as a Community Organizer Intern was a unique and insightful experience. NAOMI is an interfaith organization that builds power for change through congregational organizing. That being said I got to work with many different groups in conjunction with our Poverty, Treatment Instead of […]
More...HPW Internship: Wausau Academy of Dance
HPW Student Internship Experience – Brittany Penn Spring 17′ Interning at Wausau Academy of Dance was a wonderful experience for coordinating and implementing a wellness program for a site that has never had a wellness program. I was a part of the process from the beginning of creating what the program would look like for […]
More...HPW Internship: St. Cloud State University-Campus Recreation
HPW Student Internship Experience – Rogue Larson Spring 17′ Quite the experience interning at SCSU. If you have never heard the saying, “hit the ground running,” you would here. I was immediately involved in professional staff meetings, worker staff meetings and meetings with other people around campus to assist in organizing and running big campus […]
More...HPW Internship: HealthSource Solutions
HPW Student Internship Experience – Drew King Spring 17′ Interning with HealthSource Solutions was an incredibly beneficial opportunity to both expand upon and utilize previously acquired knowledge from coursework at UWSP. I chose the worksite wellness direction for my internship and was able to essentially act as part of the team alongside wellness coordinators, wellness […]
More...HPW Internship: Ministry Health Care: Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Department
HPW Student Internship Experience – Marie Krengel Spring 17′ My internship at cardiopulmonary rehab gave me a multitude of opportunities and new experiences. On a daily basis, I got to implement and supervise physical exercise programs for heart disease and pulmonary patients. I did this by taking blood pressure measurements at rest and during exercise, […]
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