A fifth-grade teacher at Adams-Friendship Elementary School is the recipient of the Wisconsin Agriculture in the Classroom’s Outstanding Teacher Award. UW-Stevens Point School of Education alumna Heather (Gayton) Grabarski ’13 was selected by members of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Agriculture in the Classroom program, which recognizes teachers for their efforts in teaching students the importance […]
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Alumna named state Elementary School Teacher of the Year
From the Wisconsin DPI: In a surprise ceremony at her school, Pamela Gresser ’97, a fifth-grade teacher at Rothschild Elementary School in the D.C. Everest Area School District, was named Wisconsin’s Elementary Teacher of the Year for the 2016‑17 school year. State Superintendent Tony Evers made the announcement during an all-school assembly [watch video]. As […]
More...Cadets commissioned into United States Army
The ROTC program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point commissioned eight new second lieutenants into the United States Army on Friday, May 20, 2016. Five will enter active duty and the other three have elected to go into the Wisconsin Army National Guard. [Photo Gallery] All five of the senior cadets seeking active duty were […]
More...Education alumna earns $25,000 Allen Distinguished Educators Award
Paul G. Allen Encourages Excellence in Classroom Innovation with $25,000 Award In the quest to ignite innovation in education, the Allen Distinguished Educators (ADE) program awarded $25,000 to an alumna of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point School of Education. Jodie Woodruff ’02, a teacher from Providence, Rhode Island’s Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, was recognized as […]
More...Set goals that match your values
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, […]
More...Alumni, faculty earn WHPE awards
Three UW-Stevens Point physical education alumni and a professor earned state awards from the Wisconsin Health and Physical Education at the WHPE Annual Conference Oct. 28-30 in Wisconsin Dells. Promising Professional: Eric Bieszk ’13 Eric lives in the Boulder Junction area and teaches physical education at Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua. Although a young […]
More...Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Lindsay Worley ’13 is originally from Sheridan, Wyoming, and received her bachelor’s degree in health promotion/wellness at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She is in the process of completing her master’s degree in public health/community health education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and will become a certified health education specialist in May 2016. Currently, […]
More...CPS alumni honored during UW-Stevens Point Homecoming
Two College of Professional Studies alumni will be among those honored for achievement and service as the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point marks Homecoming weekend. The Alumni Awards Banquet on Saturday, Oct. 3 will recognize a distinguished alumnus in each of the four colleges as well as the Trailblazer Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and Mary Ann […]
More...Alumni named Top 100 Health Promotion Professionals
Three University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point health promotion/wellness alumni have been named to the Top 100 Health Promotion Professionals by the Wellness Council of America (WELCO). Aaron Hunnel ’13 Hunnel currently works as a wellness coordinator for Network Health, a Health Insurance Company based in northeast Wisconsin. He help people live healthier lives by administering the […]
More...PE alumni, faculty earn WHPE awards
Four UW-Stevens Point physical education alumni and a professor earned state awards from the Wisconsin Health and Physical Education at the WHPE annual conference in October. Promising Professional: Erika Minzlaff ’12 (Dr. Benjamin Carson Academy of Science, Milwaukee) This award is given to a WHPE member who has been a practicing professional five (5) years […]
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