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Arriving in Brazil

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A group of 15 UW-Stevens Point speech-language pathology graduate students are on a 12-day trip to the Center for Cleft Lip and Palate Care (CAIF) in Curitiba, Brazil. By Pam Terrell, Ph.D. We arrived safe and sound, with all of our luggage, on Saturday afternoon. We took some time to unpack, shower, and rest a bit […]

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Brown designs new bell tower at historic firehouse

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The Historic Fire Station No. 2 was topped off with a new bell tower, designed by Tom Brown, a senior lecturer  in the Division of Interior Architecture at UW-Stevens Point. Now a museum operated by the Portage County Historical Society, the fire station was built in 1885 and is the oldest municipal building in Stevens […]

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Bring a faculty to PT

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Faculty and administrators at UW-Stevens Point traded in their exams and projects for running shoes and medicine balls as the ROTC program hosted “Bring a faculty to PT” on April 18-19. Photo Gallery Al Thompson (Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs), Marty Loy (Dean of the College of Professional Studies), Daron Montgomery (Director of Athletics), Prof. […]

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Classified Staff Appreciation Week 2012

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Several College of Professional Studies staff members were honored for their service to UW-Stevens Point at the Classified Staff Spring Awards Ceremony in the Dreyfus University Center Alumni Room on Tuesday, April 17. Thank you for all the hard work and dedication to UWSP! Outstanding Work Performance Award The Outstanding Work Performance Award recognizes performance […]

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Weaving Hmong culture through literacy

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Every culture has a different story to tell that builds America into the melting pot it is today. Students throughout Stevens Point elementary schools are getting a unique taste of these tales that promote literacy and culture. The UW-Stevens Point Student Education Association (StWEA) received a $1,000 Community Learning Through America’s Schools (CLASS) Grant, which […]

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Athletes at risk of Vocal Cord Dysfunction

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Yelling for an entire game, coaches are usually the ones hoarse in the post-game press conference, but athletes are also at risk for vocal cord problems as Mary Day, MS, CCC-SLP, clinical associate professor of communicative disorders at UW-Stevens Point, explained in her free presentation “Vocal Cord Dysfunction in Student-Athletes” at Ministry Health Care on Wednesday, […]

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Cozzolino earns Heroes Award for sustainable food system efforts

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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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Social Media in Health Care: Business vs. Patient

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Two chief information officers address nearly 50 professionals and UW-Stevens Point School of Health Care Professions students about the future of social media in the health care industry at the Central Wisconsin Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) networking event in The Encore of the Dreyfus University Center Wednesday, March 14. Co-sponsored by the UWSP […]

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UWSP alumni attend state speech-language conference

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Nearly 100 UW-Stevens Point alumni were in attendance at the 10th Annual CESA 5 School-Based Speech-Language Pathology Institute March 5-6 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. The state-wide conference provides speech-language pathologists (SLPs) hands-on, ready-to-replicate strategies and techniques to benefit the students they serve with speech-language disabilities. The conference also provides an opportunity for […]

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