We visited business administration senior Jennifer Haack at the Ten Pines Family Farm where she went from interning at the farm to living with the family and helping run the business with what she's learned in the classroom. (Warning: This video contains cute animals!) Watch Video

Support the CPS Café & the Pointers during Spud Week

All this week, the CPS Café is celebrating Spud Week, featuring delicious potato recipes developed to promote the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association. Stop by for free samples from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Then cheer on the UW-Stevens Point football team against UW-La Crosse at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29 in the annual Pink Game and Spud Bowl. The game will also feature a silent auction at halftime featuring UWSP game-worn jerseys and the first 1,000 fans receive a free potato!

6 Ways to Steamroll Gossip and Blame

Check out this article by Matt Cooke (aka Creative Warrior Yoga), a 200 hour-Kripalu Certified Yoga teacher and senior majoring in health promotion/wellness and musical theater. Read More

Busy weekend for CPS events

The very first Ciclovia WI was a great success on Sept. 22 and we’d like to thank all our volunteers for making the event run smoothly. It was great to see students and families outside enjoying the route and various activities throughout the seven-mile loop. Despite the snow earlier that morning, there were a lot of smiling faces and positive attitudes … We’re looking forward to next year’s event!

A total of 42 golfers braved the cold on Sept. 22 for the inaugural SHRM Golf Outing at Glacier Woods Golf Club in Iola. All profits go to scholarships for UWSP business and communication students who are members of SHRM.

Advising update

CPS academic advisors are very busy this time of year. The College of Professional Studies requires all new students (first-year students and transfer students) in a CPS major to attend a CPS New Student Advising Meeting. These group advising meetings are designed to introduce new students to academic advising resources available at UWSP.

In addition, advisors are using a pilot program called MAP-Works that UWSP has implemented to track student progress, assess risk factors and red flag students at high risk. The focus will be on first-year students to help retention/success rates. Students will be asked to take a few surveys and the data provided by the surveys will be extremely valuable.

Benefits meetings announced

In an attempt to make sure every employee gets the information they need to make sound benefits decisions for 2013, Julie Hayes, benefits specialist, will conduct small group meetings for CPS faculty and staff. Mark your calendars!

• Wednesday, Sept. 26, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (CPS 326)
• Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2-3:30 p.m. (CPS 116)
• Tuesday, Oct. 9, 1-2 p.m. (CPS 322)

Recent faculty publications & presentations

• Prof. Sallie Scovill recently published a case study of the Employee Wellness practicum and its link to learning theory in American Journal of Health Sciences.
• Scovill also published a research paper with Prof. Dan McCarty titled "Health characteristics of inland waterway merchant marine captains and pilots" in Occupational Medicine.
• Prof. Sterling Wall co-authored “Recollected Parental Care and Fear of Intimacy in Emerging Adults” for publication in The Family Journal.
• Portage County CAN was invited to present "Steps for Sustainability: Helping Your Coalition Move Forward" at the Leading the Way conference, hosted by the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Wisconsin Partnership Program.
• Prof. Tom Wetter's "Respiratory system limitations to performance in the healthy athlete: some answers, more questions!" was published in Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin.
• Prof. Corey Huck's "Vitamin C status and perception of effort during exercise in obese adults adhering to a calorie-reduced diet" appeared in Nutrition.