As you know, I’ve been studying social entrepreneurship in my Business 390 course, Business Ethics, with Professor Lyna Matesi. A few weeks ago, we had Wayne Kostroski, Taste of the NFL founder, come into our classroom for a two-part presentation on social entrepreneurship, ethical business practices and general life lessons. He drew on his life […]
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A group of 27 family & consumer sciences students from UW-Stevens Point and UW-Stout attended the Wisconsin Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Student Unit Conference on Nov. 9 in Stevens Point. The event was student planned and included three guest speakers who spoke of the value and importance of an FCS education, discussed various […]
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I’ve always been big on signing up for things. This is probably the first thing and possibly the most important thing to understand about me, other than my awful, dry, and sarcastic sense of humor. My friend Ryan Specht, with whom I worked on an independent writing credit, suggested last spring semester that I consider […]
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Hola chicos! Happy November! I hope everyone is getting ready and excited for the holiday season, I can’t believe we are already to that time of the year again. A year ago at this time I was getting ready to go to Spain, but I feel like it was just yesterday. This last year has […]
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I absolutely hate the Tate Modern Art Gallery. Absolutely hate it. I know hate is a strong word, but I’m not going to relinquish that statement and I’ll tell you why. First off is the building itself. It is absolutely repulsive–a giant square brick building with a brick tower in the center that hovers over […]
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Hi! My name’s Amy, and I’m an English and family & consumer sciences education double major (who really wishes she could pick up German as a third). I am going to graduate from UW-Stevens Point in December 2016. I really, really like education. A lot. A lotttt, apparently. (send help) I’m from Slinger. It’s a […]
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Almost 900 volunteers woke up bright and early last Saturday to meet at Stevens Point Area Senior High (SPASH) to grab a warm cup of coffee and addresses to over 150 local residents in Portage County. A bright-eyed team of 12, including myself, packed into two cars loaded with rakes and garbage bags ready […]
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Hola chicos! Since it is around midterm time, I know everyone is probably a little more stressed than usual. I know I have been crazy stressed out lately for a variety a reasons and today I took a minute to try and think about what I typically do to relieve some stress. So here are […]
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I’m currently engaged in a rivalry with a mouse–a number of them actually. I’ve actually only seen one, but Jake says there’s three. He always sees them, but they never show themselves when I’m around. They know he doesn’t have what it takes to do anything about it. I, on the other hand, am looking […]
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Providing a greater understanding of how a child’s mind works, Matthew Peterson, Ph.D. spoke with local educators, parents, community members and UW-Stevens Point education students about brain science and learning on Monday, Oct. 21 at the Ben Franklin Junior High School Auditorium. The event was the first of a three-part community series called Point in […]
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