Scheduling!

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It’s April 16, and  it’s hard to believe that people are already scheduling their classes for fall 2012! Wow, where has the time gone? For those who have gotten into the classes they wanted, congratulations. I bet you remember the days of hoping and praying that you didn’t wind up having to schedule a class […]

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Interior Architecture students experience the designs of Chicago

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A group of second-year interior architecture students from UW-Stevens Point participated in a three-day study tour in Chicago with Prof. Nisha Fernando and Prof. Aaron Kadoch April 12-14. The trip included tours of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Studio and Home in Oak Park, Unity Temple by FLW, Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe, Ford Residence […]

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Students and professionals connect at family relations conference

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Offering an opportunity to bring together professionals and students in the wide variety of family life fields, the International Student Conference on Family Life Education and Wisconsin Council on Family Relations (WICFR) Annual Conference was held Thursday-Saturday at Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells. The event was organized by Sterling Wall, Ph.D., an associate professor from […]

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Athletes at risk of Vocal Cord Dysfunction

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Yelling for an entire game, coaches are usually the ones hoarse in the post-game press conference, but athletes are also at risk for vocal cord problems as Mary Day, MS, CCC-SLP, clinical associate professor of communicative disorders at UW-Stevens Point, explained in her free presentation “Vocal Cord Dysfunction in Student-Athletes” at Ministry Health Care on Wednesday, […]

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Cozzolino earns Heroes Award for sustainable food system efforts

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A passion for making sustainable foods available to all has earned a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point the College of Professional Studies Heroes Award. Layne Cozzolino, a candidate for a master’s degree in nutritional sciences, was honored for demonstrating courage, bravery or noble qualities to help others. As the executive director of […]

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UWSP Economics attends MBAA International in Chicago

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UW-Stevens Point was well represented at the 2012 Academy of Business Economics (ABE) 48th Annual Meeting, in conjunction with MBAA International, on Friday, March 30 at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. Aaron Konichek, an economics major, presented his paper “The Effects of Attraction on the Rational Consumer” in the Undergraduate Research Symposium on Empirical Economics. Professor […]

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Café Chats promote excellence in teaching

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The College of Professional Studies launched a new initiative that supports its continuing effort to promote excellence in teaching in the college. Café Chats are short coffee breaks that focus on a single teaching and learning topic through the Focus on Teaching program. Faculty gathered for the first topic of “Delightful D2L” led by Director […]

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UWSP honors 21 CPS students with Chancellor’s Leadership Award

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Each semester, the best and brightest student leaders at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point are presented with the Chancellor’s Leadership Award. This spring, 21 students from the College of Professional Studies have been selected for this honor. These students are a select group of graduating seniors who throughout their careers at the UWSP have contributed […]

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Overcoming stress

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Welcome back from spring break!!! I hope everyone got some much needed stress relief! We live in a time when high stress situations have become the norm in our lives. Mixing the work life, family life, personal life, and personal goals together can be one huge mixture for stress. How we choose to handle that […]

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