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MBA and CREATE Portage County team up for Thriving Cultures Micro-Certificate at UW-Stevens Point

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Thriving Cultures

A Thriving Cultures Micro-Certificate is now offered through the MBA program at UW-Stevens Point and CREATE Portage County. This Executive Education Series includes courses that can be taken separately or together for the full certificate. Each class is one credit and is taken in four weeks with course materials such as podcasts, readings and notes […]

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Turgeson featured on The Produce Moms Podcast, shares career opportunities in Family and Consumer Sciences

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Susan Turgeson

When you think of family and consumer sciences you probably time travel to home economics classes in middle and high school. These classes originally taught life trades to young adults such as culinary skills, nutrition, and personal finance. FCS in recent years has developed into much more than that, especially with the addition of the […]

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Dean’s List honors announced for Spring 2021

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Dean's List

A total of 571 students had a GPA over 3.75–including 264 with a perfect 4.0–to earn dean’s list honors for the 2021 spring semester in the College of Professional Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Congratulations to all! CPS Dean’s List by major (number of 4.0): Accounting: 20 (8)Business Administration: 45 (21)Clinical Lab Science: […]

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UWSP students accepted into dietetic internships

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Internship

The end goal of becoming a Registered Dietitian is one step closer for nine students who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in May 2021 as they have been matched with dietetic internships, a 1,200-hour supervised internship that is a necessary prerequisite for the profession. This year’s 77% placement rate (10 out of 13, […]

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The Economy – Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

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The Economy – Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

This article was originally a part of the Center for Business and Economic Insight Spring 2021 Presentation. The United States is emerging from one of the most challenging and unique economic periods in its history. This challenging economic period was different from others. The economic downturn wasn’t the result of financial market problems or other […]

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CBEI Central Wisconsin Spring 2021 Report

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Report

Looking to the Future The Center for Business and Economic Insight staff is looking forward to getting back to normal and that means reviving our bi-annual face-to-face breakfast meetings and physical publications, starting this December! As we look to the future, Chief Analyst Kevin Bahr provides needed context in The Economy–Where We’ve Been and Where […]

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Spring 2021 winners honored with Albertson Medallion, Chancellor’s Leadership Award

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Old Main

Two awards are regularly presented to the best and brightest graduates at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point–the Albertson Medallion and Chancellor’s Leadership Award. For the spring 2021 semester, nine of the Albertson Medallion recipients and 28 winners of the Chancellor’s Leadership Award were students from the College of Professional Studies.  These students are a select group […]

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Yenter to retire from UW-Stevens Point after 44 years with ROTC program

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Judy Yenter

by Cadet Isabel Moritz After 44 years of committed service with the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Army ROTC program, Judy Yenter, office manager for the department and lifelong friend of the cadre and cadets, has announced her retirement. As the third longest-serving employee in the university’s history, she has helped commission over 500 officers into […]

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UWSP School of Business and Economics Virtual Internship Expo – Spring 2021

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Internship Expo

The largest group of interns in program history–59 students–presented about their internship experiences during the virtual UW-Stevens Point School of Business and Economics Internship Expo Tuesday, May 11. Interns shared about what their duties were, what they learned, how courses prepared them and more. Placement of internships ranged from small family-owned accounting firms to insurance […]

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Inaugural School of Health Sciences and Wellness Scholarship Presentation

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SHSW Awards

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point School of Health Sciences and Wellness celebrated students and donors in its inaugural awards ceremony on Friday, May 7, presenting 88 awards totaling over $75,000 in a video presentation. Program Book Photo Gallery Special Recognition Health Scholars Program 2021-22 CohortSponsored by Marshfield Clinic Health SystemMikayla Amundson: Pre-NursingJoshua Brown: Health Science […]

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