Enriching Women Entrepreneurs and Trailblazers

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Mara Prausa

A trailblazer, as defined by the Cambridge dictionary, is the first person to do something or go somewhere, who shows it is also possible for other people. The School of Business and Economics, Continuing Education, and the MBA program from UW-Stevens Point are hosting their second annual Women’s Entrepreneurship Conference around this foundational idea of […]

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Students, professor help create translation guide for refugee families

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SLP students

Communication between Ukrainian refugees, their host families and agencies in European countries such as the Netherlands was helped by an unlikely source – the Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Two graduate students in speech-language pathology and a professor helped create a “Refugee Dictionary.” It is a compilation of 124 […]

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Future doctors of physical therapy exercise strengths

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DPT

Personal experiences often propel people to certain career paths. That is true for several students in the inaugural doctor of physical therapy program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The mothers of both Abby Scaffidi and Eric Bromeisl had physical therapy as part of their health care. After observing the mix of encouragement, personal will […]

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Developing Philanthropic Leaders

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Jeremy Solin, Executive Educator Co-owner, Tapped Maple Syrup, LLC

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at UW-Stevens Point (UWSP) has a strong culture around thriving communities and local economies. The culture of service found among MBA students, referred to as candidates, is remarkable. As of May, 2022 the alumni of the program work at 47 unique organizations, while volunteering at 79 unique organizations. […]

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Leader in Regional Economic Development

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Darrell Martin & Garrett Neta, MBA '21

The MBA program at UW-Stevens Point was developed with local economic impact in mind, including unique course offerings in business-to-business sales and marketing When the faculty members of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) School of Business and Economics (SBE) were exploring the addition of the Master of Business of Administration (MBA) degree, they knew […]

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UWSP earns National Wellness Institute’s Circle of Leadership honor

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National Wellness Institute Award

Known as the birthplace of wellness, UW-Stevens Point became only the second university to receive the National Wellness Institute’s Circle of Leadership Award distinction. Jennifer Hess and Prof. Brian Krolczyk accepted the honor at the 2022 National Wellness Conference in Orlando. UWSP and the National Wellness Institute have a long history of collaboration, including the […]

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Logan earns UWSP Excellence in Teaching Award

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Nikki Logan

Since 1894, UW-Stevens Point has been at the forefront of preparing future teachers. Today, there are growing enrollment numbers in both the School of Education undergraduate and master’s in education programs, and a 96 percent rate of immediate employment and job advancement among graduates. But teachers know it’s not about numbers—it’s about the students. That’s […]

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Global Gas Prices and Inflation

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Global Gas Prices and Inflation

It’s not just a U.S. thing, it is global. Increased gas prices and inflation are not just confined to the U.S. They are global problems because global factors have impacted gas prices and contributed to inflation. The unprovoked military attack by Putin against Ukraine created uncertainty in global energy markets given that Russia is the […]

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Bahr on WPR: Understanding the stock market’s big dip

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Stock Market

The S&P 500 dropped precipitously Monday, June 13, pushing it into a bear market. The drop was caused by investors selling off their assets in anticipation of the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates to control inflation. Prof. Kevin Bahr, chief analyst of the UW-Stevens Point Center for Business and Economic Insight, joined host Rob Ferrett […]

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UW-Stevens Point’s doctor of physical therapy program launches

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A doctor of physical therapy program has begun at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, with its inaugural cohort of 34 students attending classes. [Orientation Photos | Week 1 Photos] The only physical therapy doctorate in the northern two-thirds of the state, the program addresses regional and rural needs in northcentral Wisconsin. It is designed to recruit, […]

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