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Welcome to the CPS Monday Message - an enewsletter from the UW-Stevens Point College of Professional Studies Dean's Office.
UWSP College of Professional Studies

Welcome back! Convocation, Move-in and State of the University Address

ConvocationThe University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point welcomed 1,800 first-year students at today's Convocation ceremony. Convocation serves as a distinctly academic introduction to university study, a complementary bookend to the Commencement ceremony that celebrates the achievements of our graduates. View Photos | Watch Video

UW-Stevens Point students, faculty and staff helped first-year students move into the residence halls to this past weekend. View Photos

Chancellor PattersonLast week, Chancellor Bernie Patterson addressed issues such as the state budget, shared governance, tenure, differential tuition and student success during the State of the University Address in the Laird Room at Dreyfus University Center. View Photos | Watch Video

CPS all-college meeting and photo

CPSEach August, the faculty and staff of the College of Professional Studies kicks off the school year with the annual college meeting. Led by Dean Marty Loy, this year's meeting focused on lessons of the past and moving ahead in the new year. View Photo

Cabinet Retreat focuses on the small things and salsa

RetreatThe CPS Cabinet made salsa at Central Rivers Farmshed as a part of the annual retreat team builder on Aug. 13. Special thanks to Farmshed staff and CPS students Layne Cozzolino (M.S. nutritional sciences) and Greg Petz (health promotion/wellness) along with alumna Megan Ball '15 (dietetics) who planned this awesome experience for our leadership! View Photos

Major webpages get facelift

WebpageEach one of our majors got an online facelift this summer! Now you can find detailed information about courses, careers, study abroad, student orgs and alumni information on each of our major pages. Read More

Business study abroad internship in China

ChinaMany CPS students spent their summers interning or traveling. Dan Diebitz '15 did both and documented his study abroad internship experience in China on his GoPro camera. Dan and the School of Business & Economics group spent four weeks traveling and learning in Beijing, Guilin and Shanghai. View Photos | Watch Video

Wetters lead by example

WettersProfessors Tom and Annie Wetter from the School of Health Promotion and Human Development recently completed the Standhope Ultra Challenge, a four-day stage race in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho. The total race was about 88 miles of running and an elevation change somewhere over 25,000 feet.  Tom placed seventh overall with a time of 22 hours, 39 minutes and 30 seconds while Annie was 11th overall at 24 hours, 2 minutes and 2 seconds. View Photo

Spine board training with the FDSP

Spine videoUW-Stevens Point athletic training students and staff practiced emergency spine board procedures along side the Stevens Point Fire Department before the fall sports season gets underway. View Photos | Watch Video

Digital Learning JumpStart Conference

JumpStartEducators from around the state got a jump start on the upcoming school year by learning about new technology at the UW-Stevens Point Digital Learning JumpStart Conference on Monday, Aug. 10, sponsored by Wisconsin Technology Initiative. Read More | View Photos

Donohoo coaches Special Olympics team at Packers Family Night

Family NightCPS's own Eva Donohoo (front row, third from left) made her Lambeau Field coaching debut Saturday night. Eva, the assistant to the dean for communication, helped coach the Wausau Metro flag football team as part of Special Olympics Wisconsin and the Green Bay Packers ‪Family Night‬ event. View Photo

Marty's Message

One of my favorite moments at the beginning of each academic year is Convocation. At UW-Stevens Point, Convocation brings our entering students together to begin a social and academic connection to our university. It is also an opportunity for students to meet faculty and staff who stand ready to support them as they pursue their education.

This year, the largest class of new students in UWSP history heard Ron Strege deliver a message entitled: “You Matter Here.” As the title suggests, Ron’s message let every new student know that our faculty and staff care about them and are committed to their success. Ron gave a fantastic talk.
 
Some may think the message is cliché. After all, don’t all universities care about student success? Sure they do. However, in this case, the message was delivered by a man who always has students’ best interests in mind; and in a venue where our students were surrounded by nearly 800 faculty and staff. None of them were required to attend–they did so because our new students truly matter to them.  
 
Marty Loy,
Dean

Upcoming Events

Sept. 2
Fall semester begins

Oct. 3
Homecoming
 
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