Category Archives: Faculty & Staff

Rodriguez installed as Sentry Insurance Endowed Chair in Business Analytics

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It was a historic day for our data analytics program, our university and our community as Assistant Professor Eduardo Rodriguez was installed as the Sentry Insurance Endowed Chair in Business Analytics. View Photos Professor Rodriguez shared his vision for the new data analytics program, which has been made possible by Sentry’s $4 million gift, the […]

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Herr earns DPI Friends of Education Award

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Assistant Professor of Education Maysee Yang Herr is among a select group of who are working to improve education and the lives of young people in Wisconsin schools and communities will receive 2017 Friends of Education awards during the State of Education address Sept. 21 in Madison. “The willingness of those who volunteer to mentor […]

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Major Tokach takes command of UW-Stevens Point ROTC program

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The Army ROTC program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point welcomed Major Wendy R. Tokach as the new department chair and assistant professor of military science in August 2017. MAJ Tokach was born and raised in Mandan, North Dakota. She enlisted in the North Dakota Army National Guard in 1995 as a photojournalist and after […]

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Sommer named head of School of Health Care Professions

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Rebecca Sommer has been named the associate dean of the College of Professional Studies and department head of the UW-Stevens Point School of Health Care Professions, announced CPS Dean Marty Loy. Sommer, who replaces Sue Raab as department head, holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and a B.S. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from UW-Madison. She previously […]

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Scovill earns NWI Circle of Leadership Award

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UW-Stevens Point Associate Professor of Health Promotion/Wellness Sallie Scovill received the National Wellness Institute Circle of Leadership Award Tuesday, June 20 from Professor Emeritus John Munson at the National Wellness Conference in St. Paul. The award recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations for their contributions to the field of wellness, and specifically, for their efforts to […]

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Huck named head of School of Health Promotion and Human Development

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Corey Huck, Ph.D., CSCC was appointed as the associate dean of the College of Professional Studies and department head of the UW-Stevens Point School of Health Promotion and Human Development, announced CPS Dean Marty Loy. Huck will lead the HPHD faculty, staff and students with the mission to develop professionals who study, promote and model […]

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CPS collaboration helps build Pacelli Fitness Center

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When Pacelli Catholic High School in Stevens Point had a need to create a new fitness facility, it knew the faculty experts and students from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point would be a goldmine of knowledge to tap into. [Photo Gallery] Members of the Pacelli Big Red Booster Club reached out to UWSP School of […]

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2017 School of Education Awards Banquet

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The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point celebrated teachers and future educators at the 2017 Oscar W. Neale Celebration of Teaching and Learning in the Dreyfus University Center Laird Room on Friday, May 5. [Photo Gallery] The School of Education awarded $83,500 to 73 scholarship award winners, honored alumni teachers and recognized donors and cooperating teachers at […]

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Scheder, Olmsted earn University Awards

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Excellence and service of UW-Stevens Point faculty and staff, including two from the College of Professional Studies, was recognized Tuesday, April 25 at the University Awards Reception in the Dreyfus University Center Alumni Room. Academic Staff Excellence Award Cathy Scheder, Ed.D. Administrative Program Specialist – School of Education Working in the school’s Office of Graduate […]

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Student org earns Aspiring Educators of Wisconsin awards

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The UW-Stevens Point Chapter of Aspiring Educators (formerly Student Wisconsin Education Association) received six WEAC Region 9 Aspiring Educators of Wisconsin awards at the April Representative Assembly and Leadership Training in Wisconsin Dells. Each award required a paper and two letters of recommendation. Outstanding Friend of Student WEA Award – Patricia Okray The friend of […]

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