HPW Internship: Old Mill Center

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HPW Student Internship Experience – Ava Barr Spring 17′ Interning at the Old Mill Center (OMC) has introduced me to many new aspects of health and has inspired me to look more in-depth at the barriers many families face regarding health. The Old Mill Center began as an integrated classroom and has since added four […]

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Top 5 College Success Factors at UW-Stevens Point

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Guest author Jacob Gilarski ’18, School of Business and Economics Peer Adviser The life of a college student is not something you are trained for growing up. Some students may not even decide that they want to venture into the college life until after they are out of high school, while others may spend a […]

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Major Tokach takes command of UW-Stevens Point ROTC program

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The Army ROTC program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point welcomed Major Wendy R. Tokach as the new department chair and assistant professor of military science in August 2017. MAJ Tokach was born and raised in Mandan, North Dakota. She enlisted in the North Dakota Army National Guard in 1995 as a photojournalist and after […]

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Sommer named head of School of Health Care Professions

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Rebecca Sommer has been named the associate dean of the College of Professional Studies and department head of the UW-Stevens Point School of Health Care Professions, announced CPS Dean Marty Loy. Sommer, who replaces Sue Raab as department head, holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and a B.S. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from UW-Madison. She previously […]

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Growth Through Summercise Internship

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10 weeks, 9+ projects, 8 rotations, 7 interns, 6 Summercise classes, 5 dollar gas prices, 4 pounds of sea glass, 3 thousand miles, 2 villages and 1 adventure of a lifetime. Since I have returned back to the lower 48, and my home in Minnesota, the hardest question I have been asked is, “What did […]

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Let the Adventure Begin!

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Today was a very tiring day with lots of new experiences already! We all just jumped right in ready to explore! Tiananmen Square followed by the Forbidden City was on the agenda for today. Tiananmen Square was huge and had great view of the building of the people. Walking around there are many tourist groups […]

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Village Travel in Alaska

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My Summercise internship is based out of the Diabetes Prevention Department at Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC). NSHC is the only health care provider in Nome, Alaska, and it carries no anesthesia! High risk pregnancies, surgeries and patients requiring more intensive care are medevaced to a better-equipped hospital in Anchorage. NSHC also serves as the […]

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Alaskan Adventures

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Although I have spent the last eight weeks of my Summercise internship in Nome, I sometimes forget that I am actually in Alaska! This village by the Bering Sea is a treeless grid of dusty streets, dirt hills and run down houses. However, three dead end gravel roads lead out of town, winding through mountains, […]

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Community Involvement in Nome

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I applied for this Summercise internship for three reasons. The first reason was the opportunity to work with kids to help them develop healthy nutrition and physical activity habits at a young age. The second reason was the chance to travel to Alaska and work with a unique minority and native population. The final reason […]

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