The Ed.D. in Educational Sustainability program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point hit a milestone today when Belinda Rudinger, a third-year doctoral student from Dallas, gave a public defense of her dissertation, “Beyond Access: Technology, Blindness, and Self-Determination.” She is the first student in the history of the program to publicly defend her dissertation. Keep […]
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A senior interior architecture student at UW-Stevens Point earned a state award for her design of a senior living facility. Senior Sydney Rall earned gold in the commercial design category from the Wisconsin Chapter of American Society of Interior Designers Design Excellence Awards for her design of “Whispering Hills.” The project was from her senior […]
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Amidst undergraduate students from around the UW System, UW-Stevens Point students Emily Gruber ’23 (accounting, finance) and Cassandra Ostertag ’20 (interior architecture) along with UW-Stevens Point at Wausau students Ana Capetillo ’24 and Kieran Talley ’22 shared their work with legislators, regents, faculty and fellow student researchers at the 17th annual Research in the Rotunda […]
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Part 2 of this blog discussed the Congressional Research Bureau’s report on the change in real wages between 1979 and 2018 across percentiles and demographics (Table 1). That report also goes a step further and breaks down the real wage changes across the various demographic groups across four time periods. Table 2 below depicts what […]
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Another week that began with stock market turmoil. 7%, 13% and 20% – those are the magic drops in the S&P 500 that trigger “circuit breakers” for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Circuit breakers are when stock market trading is halted to give investors and traders a breather to assess what is going on […]
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In 2019 the Congressional Research Service (CRS) released an analysis of real wage trends over the period 1979-2018. The Congressional Research Service is part of the Library of Congress and works exclusively for the United States Congress. The goal of the CRS is to provide nonpartisan analysis on relevant policy issues and legal analysis to […]
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The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point School of Business and Economics presented its inaugural Business and Society Lecture featuring Bethany McLean, journalist at Vanity Fair and CNBC, on Tuesday, March 3, in a sold-out Dreyfus University Center Theater. [View Photos] McLean presented “Why Business Goes Bad: Lessons from 20 years of covering frauds, scams and other […]
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After an extensive interview process with health care organizations, 21 students in the clinical laboratory science (CLS) program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point are set to be placed at facilities around the state for six- and nine-month clinical practicums beginning in fall 2020. [View Photos] The CLS program at UW-Stevens Point is among the […]
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In honor of her extraordinary support, leadership and service, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Clinical Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders Sondra Reynolds was presented the 2020 President’s Award at the annual Wisconsin Speech-Language-Hearing Association (WSHA) Convention on Feb. 29 in Pewaukee. Reynolds has been a part of the WSHA executive board for the past […]
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What a week – global stock markets around the world tanked as fears and health concerns increased over the coronavirus – including both the spreading of the virus and preparedness for the virus. Pick a country – Germany, Japan, France, Canada, Mexico, England, China, United States – all the markets were down significantly, generally 10% […]
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