It was a historic day for our data analytics program, our university and our community as Assistant Professor Eduardo Rodriguez was installed as the Sentry Insurance Endowed Chair in Business Analytics. View Photos Professor Rodriguez shared his vision for the new data analytics program, which has been made possible by Sentry’s $4 million gift, the […]
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Teen Leadership Portage County: Ben Formella
Guest blogger Ben Formella, a sophomore at Pacelli Catholic High School, is a participant in Teen Leadership Portage County who shadowed Dean Marty Loy for a day. As if Stevens Point wasn’t already enough a great community on its own, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point confirms this by having its own amazing virtues. Today I am […]
More...6 Secrets to Advising at UW-Stevens Point
Max Trzebiatowski This little bit of text comes right out of the UW-Stevens Point 2017-18 Catalog: “Ultimately however, it is your responsibility to meet all university requirements, rules, and regulations.” So, did you happen to know that at UWSP you cannot blame your adviser for screwing up your academic plan? Crazy, right? Well you have […]
More...UW-Stevens Point launches athletic training master’s degree program
The first University of Wisconsin institution to offer an athletic training undergraduate major, UW-Stevens Point is now transitioning the program into a Master of Science in Athletic Training (MS-AT). This new graduate program meets the national standard requiring athletic trainer education to be at a master’s degree level, starting in 2022. The first session of […]
More...Herr earns DPI Friends of Education Award
Assistant Professor of Education Maysee Yang Herr is among a select group of who are working to improve education and the lives of young people in Wisconsin schools and communities will receive 2017 Friends of Education awards during the State of Education address Sept. 21 in Madison. “The willingness of those who volunteer to mentor […]
More...Top 5 College Success Factors at UW-Stevens Point
Guest author Jacob Gilarski ’18, School of Business and Economics Peer Adviser The life of a college student is not something you are trained for growing up. Some students may not even decide that they want to venture into the college life until after they are out of high school, while others may spend a […]
More...Major Tokach takes command of UW-Stevens Point ROTC program
The Army ROTC program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point welcomed Major Wendy R. Tokach as the new department chair and assistant professor of military science in August 2017. MAJ Tokach was born and raised in Mandan, North Dakota. She enlisted in the North Dakota Army National Guard in 1995 as a photojournalist and after […]
More...Growth Through Summercise Internship
10 weeks, 9+ projects, 8 rotations, 7 interns, 6 Summercise classes, 5 dollar gas prices, 4 pounds of sea glass, 3 thousand miles, 2 villages and 1 adventure of a lifetime. Since I have returned back to the lower 48, and my home in Minnesota, the hardest question I have been asked is, “What did […]
More...Becoming a Hero
He who have never been to the Great Wall is not a true man. Today we waited until after lunch to become men. We started out the day by going to the Imperial College and then the Temple of Confucius. On our way to the Imperial College and Confucius Temple, a girl on the bus […]
More...Let the Adventure Begin!
Today was a very tiring day with lots of new experiences already! We all just jumped right in ready to explore! Tiananmen Square followed by the Forbidden City was on the agenda for today. Tiananmen Square was huge and had great view of the building of the people. Walking around there are many tourist groups […]
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