Students represent Family & Consumer Sciences at state meetings
UWSP was represented by family & consumer science education students at the Wisconsin Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (WAFCS) and Wisconsin Council on Family Relations (WICFR) meetings in Warrens, Wis. Sarah Navarro '15 (president), Danielle Graser '15 (secretary) and Dayleen Yoerger '14 (student development chair) were also elected as the state's new student leadership of WAFCS. View Photos
Design Charrette takes on Children's Museum project
On Friday, April 4, interior architecture students completed a whirlwind eight-hour design charrette by generating design remodeling concepts for one of the exhibits located in the Central Wisconsin Children's Museum (CWCM) in downtown Stevens Point. Students worked in groups to create design concepts for a redesign of the farm and sustainable house area of the museum. View Photos
Students assist at Ben Franklin Wellness Fair
UWSP health science and health promotion/wellness students conducted a skills course challenge at the Ben Franklin Junior High Wellness Fair last week. Dan Malcheski '15, Justin Pilger '14 and Jillian Mann '14 timed students on a drill involving balance, agility, power, coordination and speed while also providing information on adolescent health. View Photos
PE students volunteer with YMCA members
A group of UW-Stevens Point physical education students volunteered to work with young visitors from the Wausau and Weston YMCAs on April 1 in the Health Enhancement Center. View Photos | Watch Vine
Students capture athletic training quiz bowl title
With wins at the state and district level, three students from UW-Stevens Point will represent the Great Lakes region at the National Athletic Trainers’ Association convention (NATA) in Indianapolis this June. Athletic training seniors Jon Pickos, Michael Kurek and Seth Kuhn won the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers Association (GLATA) Quiz Bowl on Friday, March 14 in Wheeling, Ill. Read More
After seasons of pain, Schultz again finds joy on the basketball court
Josi Schultz '14 made the playoffs all three years that she competed — sometimes through excruciating pain — as a UW-Stevens Point basketball player, but she never made it to the finals. The physical education senior did, however, make it to the Final Four coaching a very special team. Read More
Business student capture B.A.S.S. championship
Cody Hahner '16 and Mark Hugus '17, both business administration-marketing students, won the 2014 Carhartt College Midwest B.A.S.S. Regional with 32 pounds, 13 ounces. Read More
Design Fundamentals 2 and Presentation Techniques 2
UW-Stevens Point students in IA 201 Design Fundamentals 2: Line, Plane and Volume Charrette and IA 204 Presentation Techniques 2: Watercolor and Perspective showcase their work in the Agnes Jones Gallery. View Photos
Mom, business student benefits from YMCA support
Senior Jamie Clarkson '14, a triple major in the School of Business & Economics, said without the help of the Stevens Point Area YMCA she and her two children would have struggled to make it after moving here four years ago. Read More
Alum earns state teaching award
“Science should be an experience, not a task.” Sam Kutzler '09, a physics and science teacher at Bradley Tech High School, recently received the Wisconsin Association of the Colleges for Teacher Education Early Career Education Award. Read More
Point in Common: The Talent Code
What i
s the secret of getting really good at something? How do we unlock it? Daniel Coyle, journalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code and The Little Book of Talent, will address the community at Sentry’s Theater@1800 from 7-8:30 p.m. April 29 as a part of the Point in Common speaker series. Free child care is available at the Schmeeckle Reserve Visitor Center. Read More | Free Registration
