{"id":10573,"date":"2020-11-02T10:01:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=10573"},"modified":"2020-11-04T10:02:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T16:02:07","slug":"uw-stevens-point-at-marshfield-meets-active-students-business-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2020\/11\/02\/uw-stevens-point-at-marshfield-meets-active-students-business-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"UW-Stevens Point at Marshfield meets active student’s business goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jack Bezlyk’s mantra is “stay busy, stay creative.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 20-year-old student at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Marshfield lives this refrain. He completed his associate degree this spring and now has his sights on earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration at the Marshfield campus<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An all-conference player on the Marauder men’s basketball team, Bezlyk owns a home and recently celebrated his first wedding anniversary. In addition, he works 25 to 30 hours a week during the school year (more during the summer) as a safety administrative assistant at Masonite Architectural, a Marshfield commercial and residential door manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He heeded his mother’s advice to start his college education at UW-Stevens Point at Marshfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I don’t want to find myself in a lot of debt after I graduate,” the 2018 Spencer High School graduate said. “My mother is a kindergarten teacher. She went to a private liberal arts college. Her experience factored into my college choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I also was able to stay close to home and have been able to see my younger brothers (ages 18, 16 and 12) on a weekly basis. Growing up together, we formed a good bond,” said Bezlyk, who still helps coach his youngest brother’s school basketball team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has also had some great professors, he said. One of his favorite instructors is James Servi<\/a>, who teaches project management and organizational behavior courses at the university’s Marshfield and Wausau campuses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He is always learning, continuing to evolve by educating himself. I like that approach,” said Bezlyk, who took Servi’s Business Leadership for Managers course last spring. “Plus, he encouraged problem solving and entertaining new ideas. It was a fun and enjoyable environment.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the university bringing the business administration major to Marshfield in 2019, Bezlyk was weighing his options on where to complete his four-year degree. He was considering transferring to the main campus in Stevens Point or to UW-Stout. However, both choices would impact his lifestyle and pose added financial costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was unsure of what I was going to do. Will I be able to continue working, support my wife, and stay up on my studies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Going to college and being so close to where I live is something I do not take for granted,” said Bezlyk, who plans to start a photography or clothing design business after earning his bachelor’s degree. “I now have the ability to continue my education at a really good university and get into a great program.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courtesy of University Marketing and Communications<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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