Tag Archives: food

Marshfield Clinic Health System, UW-Stevens Point partner to expand health-related majors, clinical training program

Written by UWSPcps - September 17, 2018 at 3:23 pm. Comments Off Tags: athletic training, audiology, dietetics, family relations, FCS, food, health, health care, nutrition, speech-language pathology, Stevens Point, University of Wisconsin, UW-Stevens Point, UWSP, wellness

Marshfield Clinic Health System and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have entered a partnership that will advance the development of the health care workforce by providing new education and training opportunities for students. [View Photos] The partnership is focused on UW-Stevens Point’s academic programs with MCHS’s clinical training opportunities, and to further develop UW-Stevens Point’s […]

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2018 UWSP College of Professional Studies Faculty Heroes Award: Annie Wetter

Written by UWSPcps - April 19, 2018 at 6:00 pm. Comments Off Tags: dietetics, FCS, food, health, nutrition, Stevens Point, University of Wisconsin, UW-Stevens Point, UWSP

As a founding member and president of Portage County Can, Annie Wetter, Ph.D., guides the organization to improve the well-being of the community through development of partnerships that promote healthy eating and active living. Her passion and energy pulls the community together with UW-Stevens Point students who share their talents. For her efforts, the professor […]

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How I got sucked into the CPS

Written by Vida, Amy E - December 5, 2013 at 2:43 pm. Comments Off Tags: College of Professional Studies, FCS, food, Stevens Point, University of Wisconsin, UW-Stevens Point, UWSP

As I keep saying and saying and saying, I started my first year here as an English and German double major–and stick with me, I’m going somewhere with this. I can actually pinpoint the moment in my first UW-Stevens Point German class where I began to think that while I loved the language, teaching it […]

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Family & Consumer Sciences

Written by Vida, Amy E - November 15, 2013 at 3:02 pm. Comments Off Tags: family relations, FCS, food, health, nutrition, SOE, Stevens Point, teaching, University of Wisconsin, UW-Stevens Point, UWSP

At stronggggg advisal from my parents, I spent my first year of college at a two-year in the UW system, about a 15-minute drive from the town where I grew up, Slinger, Wis. I commuted in my beat-up old Dodge Neon and lived at home. I transferred to UW-Stevens Point for my sophomore year rather […]

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Veggin’ Out

Written by Cerniglia, Courtney M - September 2, 2013 at 3:52 pm. Comments Off Tags: CPS Cafe, eat local, food, Stevens Point, University of Wisconsin, UW-Stevens Point, UWSP

I recently read an article in the Vegetarian Times August 2013 issue, “The Cafeteria Report” by Juliet Pennington about a New York City public school that implemented an all-vegetarian meal plan for students. The initiative is a step in the right direction. There’s been a lot of buzz lately about healthy diets. Terms like vegetarian, […]

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Foodie Adventures in London

Written by UWSPcps - February 8, 2013 at 9:22 pm. Comments Off Tags: food, London, Study Abroad, UW-Stevens Point, UWSP

It is hard to come to a city as diverse and multicultural like London and not notice that each different community has brought a taste of their own country to London. To do justice to my time here, I decided to go on some foodie ventures and see what different cuisines the world had to […]

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Watch out Iron Chef!

Written by Xiong, Song - November 13, 2012 at 10:52 am. Comments Off Tags: dietetics, food, nutrition, Stevens Point, UW-Stevens Point, UWSP

I look at the clock and there are 10 minutes left. My heart is pounding and I’m sure everyone within a mile can hear it, yet I calmly give directions: plate the pumpkin cheesecake and garnish it with whipped cream and a mint leaf. I can only imagine how the Iron Chef contestants feel. Being […]

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Cozzolino earns Heroes Award for sustainable food system efforts

Written by UWSPcps - April 9, 2012 at 2:12 pm. Comments Off Tags: Central Rivers Farmshed, food, nutrition, Scholarships, Stevens Point, University of Wisconsin, UW-Stevens Point, UWSP, volunteer

A passion for making sustainable foods available to all has earned a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point the College of Professional Studies Heroes Award. Layne Cozzolino, a candidate for a master’s degree in nutritional sciences, was honored for demonstrating courage, bravery or noble qualities to help others. As the executive director of […]

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Women & Science Day showcases careers to area students

Written by UWSPcps - February 24, 2012 at 3:51 pm. Comments Off Tags: dietetics, food, health, nutrition, science, Stevens Point, UW-Stevens Point, UWSP, wellness

More than 400 area seventh and eighth grade girls came to UW-Stevens Point to learn more about future careers in the sciences from women who are experts in their field on Women & Science Day on Friday, Feb. 24. A keynote address, “An Education in Science Opens Many Doors,” was presented by Laura Nelson, a […]

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Collecting food through the Community Weight Race

Written by UWSPcps - February 22, 2012 at 11:46 am. Comments Off Tags: food, nutrition, UW-Stevens Point, UWSP, wellness

The School of Health Promotion & Human Development (HPHD) at UW-Stevens Point is an active partner of wellness in the community. One featured partnership with Ministry Health Care is the Community Weight Race, a program that not only encourages people to help lose weight and become healthier, but also helps those in the community who […]

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