My fellow Pointers, First things first: Sorry for such a delay in blogging! It’s been a pretty hectic winter break and start to the semester. Next: I hope you all had an amazing and safe holiday season and that your semester is off to a good start. Third: Here’s what happened to me over break […]
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More than 100 attendees–including students, faculty, staff and local health care professionals–learned motivational interviewing skills from expert speaker Laura Saunders, MSSW, at the first of three motivational coaching workshops Friday, Feb. 5 at UW-Stevens Point. [View Photos] Saunders discussed concepts and skills in motivational interviewing, a goal-oriented, client-centered counseling style with workshop attendees and introduced concepts […]
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“Appreciating the Value of Higher Education: Engaging our Students, the Community, and Ourselves” was the overarching theme at the 20th Annual University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Teaching Conference held in the Dreyfus University Center on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. [Photo Gallery] The Teaching Conference Planning Committee assembled various panel discussions and presentations that demonstrate UW-Stevens Point’s […]
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From experiential learning with stroke survivors to using data collection technology for monitoring Schmeeckle Reserve in forestry classes to providing an opportunity for your students to stay on schedule, faculty members from various disciplines presented their pedagogy for the 2015 Teaching Partners program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. [Photo Gallery] Teaching Partners at UW-Stevens […]
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As I look out the window at the snow falling, it’s hard to believe that only three months ago I was living in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. I like to think back to my first and last day at school because I felt a change from when I had my first introductions to my final […]
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Fall 2015 semester grades are in and a total of 527 students had a GPA over 3.75, including 194 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: 19 (4) Accounting: 32 (10) […]
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Associate Professor Kym Buchanan, Ph.D., has been named the associate dean of the College of Professional Studies and department chair of the School of Education, announced Dean Marty Loy. As associate dean and department head, Kym Buchanan will lead the faculty, staff and students in the School of Education (SOE). Its mission is to develop […]
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by Lindsay Worley ’13 With the New Year upon us, many of us reflect back on 2015 considering goals that were or were not accomplished. We begin developing New Year’s resolutions and, course, for most of us, those resolutions don’t make it past the first new month. Almost half of Americans set New Year’s resolutions, […]
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Joann Wolfenberg came to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point looking to follow in the footsteps of her father, brother and sister-in-law, all business owners.“They inspire me because of how hard they work and how successful they’ve become with their businesses,” Wolfenberg said. “Eventually I want to have my own business.” The Plymouth senior is majoring […]
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Hey! Hey! I hope you all had a great and safe Thanksgiving. Last week, our main training event was CWST (Combat Water Survival Test). What this means is that we all go into the pool and complete a set of tests in the water. The tests included a 15-meter swim with full equipment, a blindfolded […]
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