Written by Cadet Heffernon Cadet Troop Leadership Training (CTLT) is an internship program for cadets following their junior year of college. Cadets are typically given a platoon leader position in charge of 30 or more soldiers and their equipment totaling millions of dollars. This is a lot of responsibility for a cadet but the 3- […]
More...Spine Board Training
Senior-level students and athletic training staff from UW-Stevens Point joined forces to complete their yearly spine board training on Tuesday, August 14. This training, led by Lt. J.B. Moody and assistant paramedics Jason Pettis and Glynn Novak, is used each year as a way to prepare the students for their future careers, while serving as […]
More...DCLT Summer Training
Written by Corey Mueller The Army ROTC program offers a wide variety of leadership programs for cadets to participate in. Among these programs is the DCLT program, which offers cadets the opportunity to learn leadership roles as a 2nd lieutenant. In this leadership role, I got to lead a basic training unit as they went […]
More...Training Overseas: Seeing the world from a new perspective
Written by Cadet Thomas Fritz, MSIII This summer I was afforded the opportunity to participate in the Army’s Cultural Understanding and Language Program (CULP). In a nutshell, cadets that are selected for this training opportunity are sent outside of the continental United States, usually to a developing country, to participate in humanitarian work or foreign […]
More...Kluetz earns ASID Honorable Mention
Prof. Pat Kluetz, who retired from the UWSP Division of Interior Architecture at the end of the 2011-12 school year, is adding one more award to her collection. Kluetz was named Honorable Mention National ASID Faculty Advisor of the Year. The ASID Student Chapter Awards are given to outstanding student members and chapters responsible for […]
More...Fitness and Health in College Students
A research poster featuring data collected from one of UW-Stevens Point’s cornerstone courses, HPW 102: The Healthy American, earned the Award of Excellence – Research Poster at the 37th Annual National Wellness Conference. Three faculty members from the School of Health Promotion & Human Development – Tom Wetter, Ph.D., Kelly Schoonaert, Ph.D., and Annie Wetter, […]
More...Bye Bye Brazil, Hello Memories
A group of 15 UW-Stevens Point speech-language pathology graduate students are on a 12-day trip to the Center for Cleft Lip and Palate Care (CAIF) in Curitiba, Brazil. By Pam Terrell, Ph.D. The perfect journey is circular…the joy of departure and the joy of return. ~Dino Basili I am finally getting around to a final wrap-up […]
More...501 students named to CPS Dean’s List
The 2012 spring semester was another huge success for students in the College of Professional Studies at UW-Stevens Point. A total of 501 students were named to the Dean’s List for earning a GPA over 3.75, including 141 with a perfect 4.0. Congratulations to all! Students with 4.0 by major: Elementary Education: 39 Early Childhood […]
More...Marquart takes over as head of Interior Architecture
Katja Marquart was appointed as the associate dean and department head of the UW-Stevens Point Division of Interior Architecture, announced College of Professional Studies Dean Marty Loy. Marquart, an associate professor, has been at UWSP since 2005. She replaces Nisha Fernando, who is allocating her time to research. “It is an honor to be able […]
More...Cleft Palates, Crouzon Syndrome & Curta Curtitiba
A group of 15 UW-Stevens Point speech-language pathology graduate students are on a 12-day trip to the Center for Cleft Lip and Palate Care (CAIF) in Curitiba, Brazil. By Pam Terrell, Ph.D. Today we all stayed together in one big group as we watched 11 nasoendoscopies to assess velopharyngeal function (where the soft palate should come […]
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