As the summer begins, every Pointer has a different plan. Some will take a summer English course, others will work at day camps, and maybe a few are even planning a weekend excursion to the Dells. May 25 begins my summer plans as I takeoff for Namibia, Africa! When I began my studies at UW-Stevens […]
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Arrival in Rome First sign that it was going to be a great trip: no luggage lost! The group boarded the charter bus and headed straight to Rome for some free time and following with a tour of the city. We were introduced to Elena, our Italian guide who will be with us for the […]
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Namibia, Africa, is not a destination on many people’s traveling bucket lists, but to me this was a place I have wanted to travel to for over three years. As a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, I met a young lady that was majoring in special and elementary education, just like me while […]
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I am one day away from completing a dream that has been tickling my brain since I was 15-years-old. Today was spent with a loving family and friends who have been around since the diaper days. Thank goodness for the 78 degree weather in Chicago which led us to a cookout. Since the weather was […]
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Packing. An exciting process because you are one step closer to leaving for your trip. It is also a frustration: getting everything to fit, struggling to zip the bag close, trying to remember if you packed your deodorant, ripping apart the entire bag to find that pesky necessity, finding the deodorant, sighing in relief, and […]
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by Ashley Remington ’15 Friday was a special day of the week this spring for children with special needs at Jefferson Elementary School in Stevens Point. Every Friday, a different team from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Department of Athletics visited the school to spend time with the children, describe what it is like to […]
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Each semester, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s best and brightest student leaders are presented with the Chancellor’s Leadership Award. This spring, 16 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 UWSP have contributed significant leadership, demonstrated […]
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“Imkeli kaj oondoza ji etele iikulja” => “Peace fattens more than food” Cinco de Mayo brought more than the typical smell of tacos in the air. Today was the last meeting before we travel across the ocean to Namibia, Africa. The countdown of 20 days has begun and the room was filled with busy questions […]
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This declaration and dedication for you alumni speech and language and audiology heroes of Communicative Disorders, is now and forever, one of truth and reality. Perhaps you came to study at UW-Stevens Point determined to become a specialist who could help the handicapped, and it was communicative disorders wherein you became enwrapped. As students, whichever […]
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By Ashley Remington ’15 Graduate school is challenging in itself, but not too much for University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point speech-language pathology student Alysa Firkus—even while fighting the battle of a lifetime. In March 2014, during her second semester in the UW-Stevens Point School of Communicative Disorders master’s program, Alysa was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Choosing […]
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