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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Taste of NFL founder inspires business students

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The founder of Taste of the NFL challenged business students to bump up what inspires them and pass it along. “Be an individual who brings out the best in those around you and the best will come around you,” said Wayne Kostroski, a native of Stevens Point, who presented to over 50 UW-Stevens Point students […]

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Using social media in Adapted Physical Education

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As learning and technology simultaneously advance, students and faculty are learning to incorporate the latest trends into education. Two students in Prof. Kristi Roth’s PEX 445 Seminar in Adapted Physical Education class at UW-Stevens Point are using social media for their class projects. Adapted physical education (APE) is physical education that has been adapted or modified […]

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Connecting across the nation

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Throughout my college career, I have been told countless times to network, network, network. It wasn’t any different when I started my spring break in Charlotte, N.C., as the UW-Stevens Point Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter representative at the PRSSA National Assembly. Now this is no small matter. PRSSA is the largest […]

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