Category Archives: Academics

UWSP honors 21 CPS students with Chancellor’s Leadership Award

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Each semester, the best and brightest student leaders at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point are presented with the Chancellor’s Leadership Award. This spring, 21 students from the College of Professional Studies have been selected for this honor. These students are a select group of graduating seniors who throughout their careers at the UWSP have contributed […]

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Taste of NFL founder inspires business students

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The founder of Taste of the NFL challenged business students to bump up what inspires them and pass it along. “Be an individual who brings out the best in those around you and the best will come around you,” said Wayne Kostroski, a native of Stevens Point, who presented to over 50 UW-Stevens Point students […]

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Using social media in Adapted Physical Education

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As learning and technology simultaneously advance, students and faculty are learning to incorporate the latest trends into education. Two students in Prof. Kristi Roth’s PEX 445 Seminar in Adapted Physical Education class at UW-Stevens Point are using social media for their class projects. Adapted physical education (APE) is physical education that has been adapted or modified […]

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Social Media in Health Care: Business vs. Patient

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Two chief information officers address nearly 50 professionals and UW-Stevens Point School of Health Care Professions students about the future of social media in the health care industry at the Central Wisconsin Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) networking event in The Encore of the Dreyfus University Center Wednesday, March 14. Co-sponsored by the UWSP […]

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Seniors conclude clinical practicum with presentations

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Concluding their clinical practicum, 28 seniors from the UW-Stevens Point clinical laboratory science (CLS) program presented their case studies and research projects to hospital program directors and School of Health Care Professions faculty and staff at the annual Student Presentation Day on Monday, March 12, 2012. During students’ fourth year in the CLS program, they […]

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Students present research at Posters in the Rotunda

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UW-Stevens Point College of Professional Studies students joined more than 100 other students and faculty advisers at the Capitol Rotunda to share their undergraduate research with legislators, state leaders, UW alumni, and other supporters. Posters in the Rotunda is a wonderful opportunity to learn about the exciting research going on throughout the state and to […]

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UWSP alumni attend state speech-language conference

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Nearly 100 UW-Stevens Point alumni were in attendance at the 10th Annual CESA 5 School-Based Speech-Language Pathology Institute March 5-6 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. The state-wide conference provides speech-language pathologists (SLPs) hands-on, ready-to-replicate strategies and techniques to benefit the students they serve with speech-language disabilities. The conference also provides an opportunity for […]

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Women & Science Day showcases careers to area students

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More than 400 area seventh and eighth grade girls came to UW-Stevens Point to learn more about future careers in the sciences from women who are experts in their field on Women & Science Day on Friday, Feb. 24. A keynote address, “An Education in Science Opens Many Doors,” was presented by Laura Nelson, a […]

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Collecting food through the Community Weight Race

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The School of Health Promotion & Human Development (HPHD) at UW-Stevens Point is an active partner of wellness in the community. One featured partnership with Ministry Health Care is the Community Weight Race, a program that not only encourages people to help lose weight and become healthier, but also helps those in the community who […]

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