Category Archives: Alumni

Alum rides bike from London to Edinburgh and back

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Robert Booth ’89 tapped into his background as a health promotion/wellness student at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point to complete a milestone in just four and a half days. Booth, age 52, of Madison, Wis., successfully completed the 1400-km London-Edinburgh-London Randonneuring bicycle ride held July 28–Aug. 2 in the United Kingdom. Held every four years, […]

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Spring Commencement 2013

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The Class of 2013 walked across the stage as the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point held its commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 18 in the Health Enhancement Center. A total of 1,346 graduates from the four colleges, including the College of Professional Studies, earned associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees and clinical doctorates in audiology. [Photo Gallery] […]

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View From the Top: Peter Bushman ’80

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A 1980 Chancellor’s Leadership Award winner and third-generation UW-Stevens Point alum returned to campus to share his “View from the Top” perspective on Tuesday, April 23. Peter Bushman ’80 visited with UWSP School of Business & Economics students and discussed his 30 years of sales and marketing experience and encouraged students to “make an investment […]

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Alumni among Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Fellows

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Ten alumni from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point are among 100 teachers named to the 2013 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Fellowship program, chosen for their superior ability to inspire a love of learning in their students, their ability to motivate others, and for their leadership and service within and outside the classroom. Each fellow and […]

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IA alumna receives state design award

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A UW-Stevens Point interior architecture alumna has been honored for designing an alternative to home care for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. Kristy Yang ’99 received a Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Gold Award for her work in health care design at the 37th Annual ASID Celebration in Design […]

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Running Rudy Rack

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What started out as a $6/hour part-time job filing paperwork to make money for Spring Break quickly turned into being named company president and owning 26 percent of the company. That’s the success story alumna Tracie Roberson ’06 shared with UW-Stevens Point business students Friday, Feb. 22. The business administration and communication double major went […]

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New program improves English skills of families in Almond-Bancroft schools

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Spanish-speaking students in the Almond-Bancroft School District will be able to use technology to reduce communication barriers and improve academic performance thanks to a grant from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. [Photo Gallery] Lisa Vann, a 2007 graduate of UW-Stevens Point, spearheaded the effort to create online literacy labs to enhance the district’s English Language […]

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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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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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Alumna named Wisconsin’s Elementary Teacher of the Year

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(from the Pointer Alumnus) Marsha (Kostechka) Herman, ’82, Sun Prairie, received a wonderful surprise on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at a special all-school assembly at Westside Elementary in Sun Prairie, where she has taught for 20 years. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s State Superintendent Tony Evers announced that she had won Wisconsin’s Elementary Teacher of […]

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