Now that we covered the academic portion of my summer, let’s cover the ROTC portion, shall we? This summer I attended CLC, which stands for Cadet Leadership Course. This is the culminating events for juniors who are headed into their final year of ROTC. The Army ships us all down to Ft. Knox, Kentucky, where […]
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Hey Pointers! First, I want to apologize for taking so long to catch you up on my summer! Let’s dive in: Colorado was amazing and extremely tough. Hannah (the girl who I went to Australia with last winter) introduced me to this internship and we went together! Let me just remind you what I was […]
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A camp organized by UW-Stevens Point Associate Professor of Education Maysee Yang Herr and alum Yauo Yang ’08 has been selected for a state award. The American Camp Association Wisconsin Local Council of Leaders has selected Camp Phuoojywg-Friend to receive the Excellence in Program Recognition award. Camp Phoojywg-Friend is a two-week camp that offers basic […]
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Max Trzebiatowski If you’ve ever played a sport in your life, you’ve probably heard the saying, “Practice like you play.” or “Every repetition matters.” Whether it’s a swing, slapshot, jump shot, throw, kick, juke, jump, sprint or toss, you need to be focused and do it like you are in your top game form. […]
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They say that the early bird catches the worm and that couldn’t be more true for the farmers market in Stevens Point. The market is held daily downtown on the Square, but Saturdays are the busiest. You need to be up early if you want to get the best pickings! Did you know that the […]
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Former UW-Stevens Point Professor of Education Robert (Bob) Rossmiller of Stevens Point died Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, at the age of 95. Bob was born June 16, 1921, the fourth child of Melvin (Bud) and Mary (Gruno) Rossmiller. He grew up on a farm in Honey Creek before moving to East Troy with his family […]
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The Army ROTC program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has a new department chair and professor of military science in Army Lieutenant Colonel Rochell Maier who started with the Pointer Battalion in August 2016. LTC Maier received her Army commission in Aviation through ROTC and has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-La […]
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From the Wisconsin DPI: In a surprise ceremony at her school, Pamela Gresser ’97, a fifth-grade teacher at Rothschild Elementary School in the D.C. Everest Area School District, was named Wisconsin’s Elementary Teacher of the Year for the 2016‑17 school year. State Superintendent Tony Evers made the announcement during an all-school assembly [watch video]. As […]
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Well, we are off to quite the rainy and chilly start here at Point! Good news, fall is tumbling in and that means the hunters are polishing up those barrels and fall flavors are in flock! I don’t know about you guys, but the fall season transforms me into a baker! Good thing I had […]
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Summer of 2016 is a summer that I will always cherish, and that would mostly be because of Haven Interiors LTD. Every day since the end of May to early August, I made my 21-minute commute to one of the best places I could ever work at–Haven Interiors in Milwaukee. At Haven, I worked alongside 11 extremely […]
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