{"id":18,"date":"2011-08-05T09:40:30","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T14:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=18"},"modified":"2011-08-05T09:40:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T14:40:30","slug":"new-health-and-wellness-management-online-degree-program-from-uw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2011\/08\/05\/new-health-and-wellness-management-online-degree-program-from-uw\/","title":{"rendered":"New Health and Wellness Management online degree program from UW"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/wellness2011-08_960.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"wellness2011-08_960\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/wellness2011-08_960.jpg\" alt=\"Wellness\" width=\"576\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Students across Wisconsin can now earn a bachelor of science degree in health and wellness management from the comfort of their own home.<\/p>\n<p>The new online bachelor\u2019s degree completion program was developed by UW-Extension in collaboration with UW-Stevens Point\u2019s School of Health Promotion and Human Development (HPHD), UW-La Crosse, UW-River Falls and UW-Superior.<\/p>\n<p>This program is all online and designed for students with an associate degree or 60 transferable credits. It will prepare students for careers developing and managing wellness programs for private companies and public agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the classes are 100 percent online, this program provides flexibility for non-traditional students who can earn a quality UW degree from wherever they live and at times that are convenient for them,\u201d said Vicki Carlson, outreach program manager of UW-Stevens Point College of Professional Studies Continuing Education.<\/p>\n<p>The health and wellness profession is rapidly growing. According to a 2009 survey by Integrated Benefits Institute, well over half of the responding employers plan to increase their resources for health and productivity initiatives over the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe skills and knowledge gained in this degree are enormously applicable to a variety of settings:\u00a0 corporate, community agencies, insurance, medical,\u201d said Annie Wetter, head of HPHD.<\/p>\n<p>Classes are to begin January 2012.<\/p>\n<p>For more information including application instructions, call 1-877-UW-LEARN or email <a href=\"mailto:hwm@uwex.edu\">hwm@uwex.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students across Wisconsin can now earn a bachelor of science degree in health and wellness management from the comfort of their own home. The new online bachelor\u2019s degree completion program was developed by UW-Extension in collaboration with UW-Stevens Point\u2019s School of Health Promotion and Human Development (HPHD), UW-La Crosse, UW-River Falls and UW-Superior. This program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":62,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,15,20],"tags":[171,237,341,343,344,358],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}