Category Archives: Academics

Alumna named state Middle School Teacher of the Year

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From the DPI: In a surprise ceremony at her school, Amy (Mroczenski) Traynor ’98, a mathematics teacher at DeLong Middle School in Eau Claire, was named Wisconsin’s Middle School Teacher of the Year for the 2012-13 school year. State Superintendent Tony Evers made the announcement during an all-school assembly. As part of the Teacher of […]

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Students attend state SHRM meeting

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Two UW-Stevens Point business students, Sarah Wilkerson and Dan Konicek, accompanied by Prof. Elizabeth Martin, recently attended the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Society for Human Resources Management. Drawing HR professionals from around the state, the conference took place in Wisconsin Dells, on October 3-5. The students were active participants in the conference, assisting with […]

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UWSP designers impress state association

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Fourth-year UW-Stevens Point interior architecture student Meg Buchmann (second from left) received a $1,000 scholarship award from the Wisconsin Chapter of American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) on Thursday, Sept. 27. Also pictured are IA alumni Amanda Krause ’11 (far left) and Nicole Greuel ’11 (center). In addition, Veta Traxler ’09 was awarded the ASID […]

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It’s not just business, it’s personal: Jennifer Haack ’12

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UW-Stevens Point School of Business and Economics student Jennifer Haack ’12 went from interning at a local farm to living with the family and helping run the business with what she’s learned in the classroom. At the UW-Stevens Point School of Business and Economics: It’s not just business, it’s personal.

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Grant Spurs Development of Technology Center at UW-Stevens Point

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An exciting new development has arisen for the College of Professional Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point after successfully acquiring a Wisconsin Technology Grant in the amount of $75,000 to develop the Center for Collaborative and Interactive Technologies (CCIT). The College of Professional Studies is committed to the development of faculty and students who […]

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Cadet Troop Leadership Training in South Korea

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Written by Cadet Heffernon Cadet Troop Leadership Training (CTLT) is an internship program for cadets following their junior year of college. Cadets are typically given a platoon leader position in charge of 30 or more soldiers and their equipment totaling millions of dollars. This is a lot of responsibility for a cadet but the 3- […]

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Spine Board Training

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Senior-level students and athletic training staff from UW-Stevens Point joined forces to complete their yearly spine board training on Tuesday, August 14. This training, led by Lt. J.B. Moody and assistant paramedics Jason Pettis and Glynn Novak, is used each year as a way to prepare the students for their future careers, while serving as […]

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DCLT Summer Training

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Written by Corey Mueller The Army ROTC program offers a wide variety of leadership programs for cadets to participate in. Among these programs is the DCLT program, which offers cadets the opportunity to learn leadership roles as a 2nd lieutenant. In this leadership role, I got to lead a basic training unit as they went […]

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Training Overseas: Seeing the world from a new perspective

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Written by Cadet Thomas Fritz, MSIII This summer I was afforded the opportunity to participate in the Army’s Cultural Understanding and Language Program (CULP). In a nutshell, cadets that are selected for this training opportunity are sent outside of the continental United States, usually to a developing country, to participate in humanitarian work or foreign […]

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