Marty's Message: Supporting Students
I am impressed by the great work happening in the College of Professional Studies in response to COVID-19. Faculty are busy transforming their courses in ways that ensure students will receive a high quality online learning experience. Check out the examples featured in this Monday Message.
Our advisers are awfully busy right now too, reassuring, supporting and advising students. Adviser Becky Konietzki reported that students seem to be doing pretty well given the circumstances, but some are faced with truly challenging situations. “Their hours have been cut, their kids are home, they don’t know when things will return to normal, they are hands-on learners attempting to do classes online, their sports seasons were canceled, etc."
Likewise, SGA Vice President Rayvn Knipple described the student challenges. “Not doing very well and stressed beyond belief–everything from food, filling out forms for unemployment and how to pay the rent; this could make or break a college education.”
As a result, scholarship dollars are being raised and donations accepted for the Cupboard food pantry. This week, faculty and staff will join Carie Winn and Dr. Jason Siewert from the UWSP Counseling Center during this week’s CPS Coffee Hour via Zoom on the topic of Supporting Student Needs During COVID-19: Financial Considerations and Mental Health. I look forward to seeing the supports that result from these discussions.
As difficult as this time is for all of us, I am proud that we continue to prioritize the challenges and needs of our students first.
Marty Loy, Dean
College of Professional Studies
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CPS alternative teaching moments
Our faculty has been developing creating alternatives to in-person teaching for their classes. Check out a few examples:
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First Ed.D. student defends dissertation
The Ed.D. in Educational Sustainability hit a milestone today when Belinda Rudinger, a third-year doctoral student from Dallas, gave a public defense of her dissertation, "Beyond Access: Technology, Blindness, and Self-Determination." She is the first student in the history of the program to publicly defend her dissertation. Read More
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NSSLHA donates $1,500 to client
Members of UW-Stevens Point National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) Chapter recently donated $1,500 to Wheels for Traeh to help Traeh Paulin's family purchase a wheelchair-accessible vehicle which will allow her to continue therapy at our Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic. Read More
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IA student earns state award
IA senior Sydney Rall earned gold in the commercial design category of the Design Excellence Awards from the Wisconsin Chapter of American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) for her design of “Whispering Hills.” The project was from her senior studio course IA 418 – Advanced Interior Architecture II from fall 2019. Read More
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SBE student earns leadership award
School of Business and Economics student Annie Schirmer '20 was selected as the winner of the Heart of Wisconsin IMA’s Student Leadership Award for the second year in a row. Annie is a senior from Marengo, Illinois, with a 4.0 GPA while double majoring in accounting and business administration-finance, insurance and real estate (FIRE). Read More
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