{"id":8115,"date":"2017-10-27T14:28:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T19:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=8115"},"modified":"2017-10-30T11:13:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T16:13:36","slug":"teen-leadership-portage-county-ben-formella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2017\/10\/27\/teen-leadership-portage-county-ben-formella\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Leadership Portage County: Ben Formella"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/teenformella.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8116\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/teenformella.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/teenformella.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/teenformella-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/teenformella-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/teenformella-136x70.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Guest blogger Ben Formella, a sophomore at Pacelli Catholic High School, is a\u00a0participant in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisp.k12.wi.us\/education\/club\/club.php?sectionid=1317&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teen Leadership Portage County<\/a> who shadowed Dean Marty Loy for a day.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>As if Stevens Point wasn\u2019t already enough a great community on its own, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point confirms this by having its own amazing virtues.<\/p>\n<p>Today I am lucky enough to spend the day at UW-Stevens Point and explore what this outstanding university is all about. Here at UWSP it is all one connected community. Instead of just being caught up in one\u2019s own agenda, people really look out for each other, which creates a warm and welcoming environment.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a dedication to work here that can\u2019t be compared to anything else. Apart from the amazing people, the environment here is fantastic. The technology is absolutely superb and I haven\u2019t seen any other place with such top-notch tech, especially in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/cps\/Pages\/InnovationSpace\/default.aspx\">Innovation Space<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/cps\/Pages\/JoanNorthPlace.aspx\">Joan North Place<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rooms are all nicely renovated creating a comfortable space, whereas some work places can seem like a prison.<\/p>\n<p>UWSP isn\u2019t just run by adults however, the students have a huge role in this community. There are so many hands-on activities here for students and it really brings out the best in people, instead of students being isolated just to do their own work.<\/p>\n<p>Together with the fantastic community and people, amazing environment, and hardworking students, UW-Stevens Point is a place where everyone can feel at home.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EaMCAeODfbA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest blogger Ben Formella, a sophomore at Pacelli Catholic High School, is a\u00a0participant in Teen Leadership Portage County who shadowed Dean Marty Loy for a day. As if Stevens Point wasn\u2019t 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,18,19],"tags":[482,256,305,341,343,344],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8115"}],"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=8115"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8121,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8115\/revisions\/8121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}