A research poster featuring data collected from one of UW-Stevens Point’s cornerstone courses, HPW 102: The Healthy American, earned the Award of Excellence – Research Poster at the 37th Annual National Wellness Conference. Three faculty members from the School of Health Promotion & Human Development – Tom Wetter, Ph.D., Kelly Schoonaert, Ph.D., and Annie Wetter, […]
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Katja Marquart was appointed as the associate dean and department head of the UW-Stevens Point Division of Interior Architecture, announced College of Professional Studies Dean Marty Loy. Marquart, an associate professor, has been at UWSP since 2005. She replaces Nisha Fernando, who is allocating her time to research. “It is an honor to be able […]
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Thomas E. McCaig, former professor and head of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point School of Education, passed away May 21, 2012. McCaig joined the faculty of the School of Education at the UW-Stevens Point in 1966. He served as associate dean and head of the School of Education from 1972-78. He received the UW-Stevens Point […]
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“There’s an app for that,” was a commonly stated phrase as the UW-Stevens Point College of Professional Studies celebrated the iPad pilot program for 2011-12. Faculty and staff presented on how they used tablet technology with their students, in and outside the classroom, and shared tips and tools they found useful. Corey Huck (Health Promotion/Wellness) […]
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The Historic Fire Station No. 2 was topped off with a new bell tower, designed by Tom Brown, a senior lecturer in the Division of Interior Architecture at UW-Stevens Point. Now a museum operated by the Portage County Historical Society, the fire station was built in 1885 and is the oldest municipal building in Stevens […]
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Faculty and administrators at UW-Stevens Point traded in their exams and projects for running shoes and medicine balls as the ROTC program hosted “Bring a faculty to PT” on April 18-19. Photo Gallery Al Thompson (Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs), Marty Loy (Dean of the College of Professional Studies), Daron Montgomery (Director of Athletics), Prof. […]
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Several College of Professional Studies staff members were honored for their service to UW-Stevens Point at the Classified Staff Spring Awards Ceremony in the Dreyfus University Center Alumni Room on Tuesday, April 17. Thank you for all the hard work and dedication to UWSP! Outstanding Work Performance Award The Outstanding Work Performance Award recognizes performance […]
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Offering an opportunity to bring together professionals and students in the wide variety of family life fields, the International Student Conference on Family Life Education and Wisconsin Council on Family Relations (WICFR) Annual Conference was held Thursday-Saturday at Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells. The event was organized by Sterling Wall, Ph.D., an associate professor from […]
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Yelling for an entire game, coaches are usually the ones hoarse in the post-game press conference, but athletes are also at risk for vocal cord problems as Mary Day, MS, CCC-SLP, clinical associate professor of communicative disorders at UW-Stevens Point, explained in her free presentation “Vocal Cord Dysfunction in Student-Athletes” at Ministry Health Care on Wednesday, […]
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The College of Professional Studies launched a new initiative that supports its continuing effort to promote excellence in teaching in the college. Café Chats are short coffee breaks that focus on a single teaching and learning topic through the Focus on Teaching program. Faculty gathered for the first topic of “Delightful D2L” led by Director […]
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