Category Archives: Faculty & Staff

Bork receives UWSP Excellence in Teaching Award

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Pam Bork

Assistant Professor Pamela Bork from the School of Education for being presented the 2020-21 UW-Stevens Point Excellence in Teaching Award! (Watch at the 5:26 mark.) A true teacher’s teacher, School of Education Associate Professor Pam Bork empowers future educators through providing high quality learning experiences and modeling her own love for the profession. Bork has […]

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DPT Curriculum Retreat

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DPT faculty

Progress is key when it comes to physical therapy … and that’s exactly what happened during the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) curriculum retreat this week as core faculty, affiliated faculty and an advisory board member reviewed every course, every classroom, every lab and every piece of equipment to prepare for a launch date of May 2022, […]

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Man Without a Country: Enes Kanter Fights for Justice

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Enes Kanter, a Turkish member of the Boston Celtics, joined University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point School of Education Prof. Uzeyir Ogurlu for a discussion in his ED 205 – Pluralism for Educators course about diversity in professional sports and Kanter’s struggle with his native country on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Born in Switzerland of Turkish origin, Kanter […]

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Alum returns to lead UW-Stevens Point ROTC program

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For just the third time since 1968, a decorated military alum has taken the helm of the Army ROTC program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. MAJ Dax Burroughs returns to campus and his hometown as the new department chair and professor of military science. MAJ Burroughs, who replaces LTC Wendy Tokach, was born and […]

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UW-Stevens Point is cooking up something special for students

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When COVID-19 took her food and nutrition students out of their kitchen classroom, a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point faculty member brought her kitchen to them. Senior Lecturer Deborah Tang has been cooking up videos in her own kitchen since the end of March to share with the 12 students in her Introductory Foods class. During […]

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Bud Eagon: 1919-2020

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Bud Eagon

Bud Eagon, former dean of academic support programs, died April 11, 2020, in Amherst Junction, Wisconsin. He was a member of the faculty at UW-Stevens Point from 1950 until he retired in 1984. He was a longtime administrator and teacher, and may have set a record in the number of different positions he filled. He […]

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Reynolds presented 2020 WSHA President’s Award

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Sondra Reynolds

In honor of her extraordinary support, leadership and service, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Clinical Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders Sondra Reynolds was presented the 2020 President’s Award at the annual Wisconsin Speech-Language-Hearing Association (WSHA) Convention on Feb. 29 in Pewaukee. Reynolds has been a part of the WSHA executive board for the past […]

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UWSP entry wins state RMA Article Writing Competition

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An entry written by Ludvika Gryskiewicz ’19, an accounting and management senior in the School of Business and Economics at UW-Stevens Point, and Accounting Lecturer Bo DeDeker won the Wisconsin Chapter Risk Management Association (RMA) Article Writing Competition and advanced to the national level. “Reflections of a Risk Management Analysis Case Study” The two main […]

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UWSP Athletic Training uses virtual reality hockey technology for research

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Jon Koth and Emily Miller

When graduate students Jon Koth ’20 and Emily Miller ’20 from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point athletic training program were exploring topics for their research project, they both knew they wanted to probe in the world of virtual reality. Koth and Miller previously worked with the Pointers hockey teams and were interested in concussion-related research. […]

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Getting into the business of undergraduate research at UW-Stevens Point

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As a junior majoring in both business administration and finance at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Tyler Hillery has set long-term goals for himself, such as earning a graduate degree and having a career as a business analyst. Hillery is learning the same “grit” that keeps him working toward his goals may also be key […]

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