Pointers, This post is going to be a little more serious than my usual posts, and for good reason. April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), 23.1% of undergraduate females and 5.4% of undergraduate males experience rape or sexual assault on their college campus. In […]
More...Interior Architecture program hosts 2017 Golden Ruler Event
For the second year in a row, the UW-Stevens Point Division of Interior Architecture continued its tradition called the Golden Ruler Event: An Evening With Interior Architecture. The program recognized its 2016-17 graduates, student scholarship and award winners, donors, alumni and supporting professionals in the Noel Fine Arts Center Courtyard on Thursday, April 27, 2017. […]
More...Scheder, Olmsted earn University Awards
Excellence and service of UW-Stevens Point faculty and staff, including two from the College of Professional Studies, was recognized Tuesday, April 25 at the University Awards Reception in the Dreyfus University Center Alumni Room. Academic Staff Excellence Award Cathy Scheder, Ed.D. Administrative Program Specialist – School of Education Working in the school’s Office of Graduate […]
More...Student org earns Aspiring Educators of Wisconsin awards
The UW-Stevens Point Chapter of Aspiring Educators (formerly Student Wisconsin Education Association) received six WEAC Region 9 Aspiring Educators of Wisconsin awards at the April Representative Assembly and Leadership Training in Wisconsin Dells. Each award required a paper and two letters of recommendation. Outstanding Friend of Student WEA Award – Patricia Okray The friend of […]
More...HPW Internship: YMCA-Stevens Point, Wellness
Overall Goal of Internship At completion of this internship, the intern will gain an excellent understanding and knowledge of how the Stevens Point Area YMCA provides a variety of health and wellness programs to employees/community-sponsored events. The intern will gain experience in behavior change facilitation including Health Risk Assessment, intervention, and reassessment, and will create […]
More...Triplets pursue a passion for teaching at UW-Stevens Point
It’s not uncommon to find siblings attending the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. But not many sisters and brothers have the experience of starting college, taking nearly all their classes and preparing for graduation as a group of two – or three. As sisters and triplets, Rachel, Fran and Jackie Weiss have had this special university […]
More...HPW Internship: City of Boulder
Overall Goal of internship At completion of this internship, the intern will gain an excellent understanding and knowledge of how The City of Boulder provides a variety of health and wellness programs to employees/community- sponsored events. The intern will gain experience in behavior change facilitation including Health Risk Assessment, intervention, and reassessment, and will create […]
More...HPW Internship: It’s Time Texas
HPW Student Internship Experience – Alecia Ahrens Spring 17′ During my time at ITT, I was given many opportunities to interact with the community of Austin. I attended expos, taught after-school programs, and coordinated Choose Healthier Street Team. At the expos, I promoted It’s Time Texas and the health benefitting resources it provides for the […]
More...2017 HPHD Scholarship Celebration
The UW-Stevens Point School of Health Promotion and Human Development recognized its top students at the 2017 Scholarship Celebration on Thursday, April 13. Special thank you to our featured donor speaker Catherine Lader ’73, MS ’79 and alumni speaker Aaron Hunnel ’13 for inspiring all of us! [Photo Gallery] Dean’s Awards Family and Consumer Sciences Outstanding […]
More...CPS represented at Research in the Rotunda
Two exhibits of undergraduate research from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Professional Studies were on display at the 14th annual Research in the Rotunda event Wednesday, April 12, at the State Capitol in Madison. UW-Stevens Point athletic training undergraduates Nicole Slovensky, Tara Schmidt, Teri Edlebeck and Mitchell Willert presented their research on “Does Chronic […]
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