Continuing Education

A Baby is Born and the Nurse Behind the Scenes

Kathy Weaver, RNC, BSN

Aspirus Wausau Hospital, New Beginnings Birthing Center

See the important role a registered nurse has! In just one of a huge variety of areas to choose from, see what happens in the Labor and Delivery Room and in the Nursery. See a video of a birth and actual equipment used to deliver babies, whether "natural" or by cesarean section!

Archaeology or Anthropology Anyone?

Laurie Reser

Discover the many tasks of these two scientific fields and determine which might suit you better.  A series of activities will help sort out the differences.

Basic Aerodynamics:  What makes Airplanes Fly?

Terese Barta,  PhD

UWSP Department of Biology

Humans have long been fascinated with the magic of flight.  Terese Barta, Biology Professor, private pilot, and advanced ground instructor, will lead students through some simple aerodynamics experiments that show the scientific behind the magic.

Be a Surgeon For a Day...It May Become a Lifetime!

Theresa Cheng MD, PhD

Neurosurgeon, Affinity Health Systems

Have fun today!  Play the Wii and perform "live" trauma surgery.  See what it feels like to be in control of the scalpel!  Suture wounds.  Remove bullets.  Fix patients up so that they are as good as new!

Becoming a Psychology Detective

Jeana L. Magyar-Moe, PhD

UWSP Psychology Department

In this workshop students will learn how to be a psychology detective, and will be given a variety of psychology assessment tools to use to do their detective work. In addition, students will learn their own personality style!.

Captive Wildlife & Education

Ginamaria Javurek

UWSP Graduate Student

Explore the interesting world of rehabilitation and education.  Find out about chances to hold live bald eagles, hummingbirds and trumpeter swans, as well as teaching the public about wildlife.  Meet a live educational Great Horned Owl and learn about the programs that it is involved in.

Colloids, Cellulose and Paper Marbling

Robin S. Tanke

UWSP Associate Professor of Chemistry

Explore how dyes interact with water, foams and paper to create a beautiful marbled postcard.

Designer Sneakers

Sue Hall

Polymer Ambassador, American Chemical Society

Join a design team and make a gym shoe for the sport of your choice.  Learn about the wonderful world of polymers and how athletic shoes help a foot strike the ground 10,000 times a day.  You'll get a "kick" out of this activity!

The Environment:  Your Impact & Responsibility

Melissa Rickert

Outreach Specialist, WI K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP)

UWSP Wisconsin Center For Environmental Education

Join Melissa as she has you calculate your "carbon footprint" and discuss how human actions impact the earth.  You will brainstorm easy, no-cost ways to reduce your negative impact on the earth.  Find out what other students around the state and nation are doing in their schools to make a difference.  Finally, take a pledge to lower your "carbon footprint!"

Fun with Photoshop & Images

Lisa Keller, UWSP Help Desk & Web Designer

Jessie Draper, UWSP Help Desk Manager

Students will be shown how to do a variety of tasks with Adobe Photoshop. Learn things such as color correcting, red-eye reduction, merging images together, and how to use filters.

Fun with Tessellations

Dr. Susan T. Talarico

UWSP Mathematics & Computing Department

This workshop will explore a beautiful connection between art and mathematics. We will explore the art of making tessellations! The word "tessellation" comes from the Latin word 'tessera', which means a small stone cube. These cubes were used to make up 'tessellata' - the mosaic pictures forming floors and tilings in Roman buildings. We will be making tessellations from pictures or tiles, commonly in the form of animals and other life forms. We will use these forms to cover the surface of a paper in a symmetrical way to create beautiful tessellations!

Into the Universe

Amy Wilder

UWSP Physics & Astronomy Department

Join Amy as she discusses what she had to do to write and produces this planetarium show.  In this workshop, you will be able to view our current night sky, and take a look through the past, present and future of the NASA space program.

Learning to Think Like a Psychologist

Debbie Palmer, PhD

UWSP Assistant Professor of Psychology

Participants will learn firsthand how Psychologists use scientific methods to gain information and knowledge about human thinking and behavior.  Through  the completion of a series of hands-on activities participants will learn more, and possibily appreciate better, their own impressive abilities and skills.  Participants will walk away with a greater understanding of what it means to think like a Psychologist.

Magic Chemistry

Shuhua Ma

UWSP Assistant Professor of Chemistry

In this workshop, students will learn how to test the acidity of their breath, and learn to identify various chemicals from scrambled bottles.

Mice, Ice, and Rats

Betsie Graham, “The Rat Lady”

UWSP Zoology Coordinator

We will conduct a brief metabolism experiment using live mice - comparing the metabolism of a “warm mouse” to that of a “cold mouse.” Each group and, if possible, each student is responsible for animal handling briefly.

Nursing Next:  Nurses in Health Care Today & Tomorrow

Pamela Voyce Gedney, MSN, FNP-BC, RN, APNP

Investigate the many options for nurses and nursing practice starting with a review of the different types of nursing practice.  Then try your hand and test your skills at the following:  Heart & Soul - Listening to the Heart and Lung Sounds.  Knee Bone's Connected to the Neck Bone - Checking Reflexes.  Operation 101 - Knot tying with Forceps, Hemostats, & Rubber Gloves.  Can You Here Me Know? - Hammers, Anvils, & Drums in Your Head.

The Potato:  Junk Food or Health Food?

Shelley Jansky

Research Geneticist, US Department of Agriculture

The potato has gotten a bad rap in recent years due to press reports about high fat, high glycemic index, and acrylamides in chips and fries.  However, the potato is actually a healthy vegetable with important nutritional qualities.  In this session, we will learn how researchers are enhancing the nutritional quality of potatoes.

The Science Behind Ice Cream

Dr. Meredith Seiler

Scribner Scholar of Biology Education, UWSP Department of Biology

Explore how salt lowers the freezing point of water, and how that knowledge can be used to make ice cream!

The State of the World

Susan Ermer, Global Environmental Teachings Program Coordinator

UWSP Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education

Natural scientists and ecologists play a very important role in understanding the environment worldwide.  Come learn about the current condition of the global environment and learn how it affects us all.  Find out what scientists are doing to study the environment and learn how we have gained more understanding about the world because of their work.  Fun and engaging activities will be shared to help understand the global environmental movement.

Women in Natural Resources

Sue Kissinger, Coordinator of Advising and Recruitment

UWSP College of Natural Resources

With a career in natural resources, you can play an important role in the environmental challenges facing our rapidly growing world. "20 Questions" game will be played with prizes given away! 

Wild World of Veterinary Medicine

 

The many opportunities that veterinary medicine offers. Students will view radiographs, various lab samples, and a live animal or two.

Women in Herpetology

Jesse Davis

UWSP Herpetology Society President

Enjoy a live reptile show, and learn about some influential women in the study of reptiles and amphibians.

Wonderful World of Wound Care

Stephanie W. White MSN, APNP

Ministry Medical Group

Discuss nursing in general, what advance practice consists of and a larger section on wound care and treatments.  Take your temperature, blood pressure, and learn to wrap wounds.

You are a Rocket Scientist!

Cindy Byers

Rosholt Elementary School

Become an engineer and design a heat shield that will have to protect your space craft as it reenters the Earth's atmosphere after exploring space!  You will get materials for your design and then test them using a propane torch to see if they can withstand the heat (caused by friction) of reentry into the atmosphere.  You will also get to see a real heat tile from the Space Shuttle.