The grades are in for the 2014 fall semester and a total of 580 students had a GPA over 3.75, including 171 with a perfect 4.0, to earn dean’s list honors at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Professional Studies. Congratulations to all! Dean’s List by major (number of 4.0): Athletic Training: 29 (4) […]
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By Ashley Remington ’15 “I didn’t always know what an audiologist was, but I always knew I wanted to be one,” said Lucy Woerfel ’17. When she was in the fifth grade, her two-year-old cousin Billy was diagnosed as being severely hearing impaired, igniting a passion that would determine her education and future career. “It […]
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As winter break is upon us and many of us travel home for the holidays I’m sure we are all filled with excitement to have a break from classes and enjoy some time with family and friends. While the word Christmas holds different meaning for everyone I am going to share what Christmas means to […]
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Hello all and welcome to my blog! Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Katie Olson and I am a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. My majors are Spanish and secondary education and my minors are ESL (English as a second language) and international studies. During my time at UW-Stevens Point, […]
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Recognized for leadership and service to the campus and community, 32 December graduates will receive the 2014 Chancellor’s Leadership Award at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Chancellor Bernie Patterson presented the awards in a ceremony on Friday in the Dreyfus University Center Laird Room. [Photo Gallery] Established in 1978 at the urging of former Chancellor […]
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“You may come from somewhere, but you can go anywhere.” These are the words I heard while attending National Council on Family Relations (NFCR) Conference, a national conference in Baltimore Nov. 25-30, with other colleagues of mine. After hearing these words I felt like they were fitting to my own life. I grew up in a […]
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The state of today’s classroom is changing and teachers’ ability to adapt and meet the learning needs of their students will be mission critical. UW-Stevens Point, along with the Wisconsin Technology Initiative and other partners, co-hosted a two-day WTI Academic Forum Nov. 14-15 to help administrators, teachers and preservice teachers prepare for today’s classroom. [Photo […]
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On Nov. 4, 1979, Kevin Hermening ’13 was a 20-year-old Marine sergeant assigned to guard the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. In the blink of an eye, he was the youngest of the 52 Americans taken hostage and held for 444 days by Shi’ite Muslims in Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s revolution. After being psychological tortured and […]
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I’ve mentioned before that being a part of your major’s student organizations is a really good thing for a lot of reasons: it plugs you in with your peers and professors, it opens doors for you in terms of job networking, it will frequently include an element of service that will build you up as […]
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I feel that it’s very fitting that I write my first post of the 2014-15 school year about the UW-Stevens Point Student Government Association, since it’s probably the only thing I seem like I care about. In all fairness, I did become a student blogger in great part to share what I experience in SGA. […]
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