Central Wisconsin employers want the right fit for their organization and students are looking make themselves marketable in the workforce. UW-Stevens Point business administration senior Jordan Stuart presented his research on “Understanding Employability: A Mixed Methods Study of Hiring Decisions in Central Wisconsin” at the 15th annual Research in the Rotunda event Wednesday, April 11, at […]
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John Bernd: 1922-2018
Retired UW-Stevens Point Professor of Education John Bernd died Jan. 28, 2018, at the age of 95. He was selected as the first chair of the then Department of Education in 1965. Education was the fulcrum of his life. It started with his own education in La Crosse, at Central High School and La Crosse […]
More...WSAW Sunrise 7 starts day in CPS Café
As a part of its Your Town: Stevens Point coverage, WSAW NewsChannel 7 reported live from the CPS Café during Sunrise 7 on Friday, Dec. 8. Reporter Stacia Kulakowski interviewed Prof. Jasia Steinmetz and dietetics students Trevor Drake and Emily Tauschek about learning and working in the CPS Café. Read more: WSAW NewsChannel 7
More...Rodriguez installed as Sentry Insurance Endowed Chair in Business Analytics
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 […]
More...Herr earns DPI Friends of Education Award
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 […]
More...Major Tokach takes command of UW-Stevens Point ROTC program
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 […]
More...Sommer named head of School of Health Care Professions
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 […]
More...Scovill earns NWI Circle of Leadership Award
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 […]
More...Huck named head of School of Health Promotion and Human Development
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 […]
More...CPS collaboration helps build Pacelli Fitness Center
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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