Giving News

Events

  • Banquets

    Spring is Scholarship Banquet time for the College of Professional Studies. Awards and scholarships are presented to recipients in front of family and friends. Often students and awardees have the opportunity to meet their benefactors. Scholarship banquets are a meaningful time that brings tradition and history to the table with those who represent the future of a profession.

    For more information about banquets, call Kathy B. toll-free at 1-866-201-5707 or 715-346-2130.

    2007 Banquet Schedule
    • Interior Architecture: March 9
    • Health Sciences: April 2
    • Health Promotion & Human Development: April 13
    • Health, Exercise Science & Athletics: April 20
    • Communicative Disorders: April 28
    • Military Science: April 29
    • School of Education: May 17

  • Former Faculty Fest

    Each year retired and former faculty associated with the College of Professional Studies gather to hear news of the college, reestablish connections and friendships and share news of their own. This year former faculty will meet on June 18th from 10 - 2:30 PM. Contact Dean Joan North for reservations at jnorth@uwsp.edu or 715-346-2947.

  • Athletic

    • Baseball

      Join current and former players, VIP donors and friends of Pointer baseball for an alumni celebration on the field April 28th. Call head coach Pat Bloom at 715-346-4412 for details.

    • Milestone Reunions

      Mark your calendar for June 22 & 23rd as the campus marks milestones for the Classes of 1957, 1982 and 1997. We will be honoring championships athletic teams from those years. Watch your mail for details.

News

  • Scholarships

    • Belongia Family Scholarship

      After Reuben Belongia died on March 16, 2006, daughters Kathy Ralston of Wausau and Karen Nichol of Colorado acted on behalf of their father's family. Four of the seven Belongia children growing up in the Depression era near Green Bay attended UW-Stevens Point (Central State Teachers College at the time). Reuben, his brothers Eugene and Blair and his sister Doris valued their education. Reuben's daughters decided it was time to honor that family sentiment.

      "Dad's father Omer stressed education," says Kathy. "And his mother Dora wanted to 'do the right thing'. My Dad told me that the most important day in his life was when he left for Stevens Point."

      Thanks to Kathy and Karen, over the next ten years the Belongia Family Scholarship fund will provide a $1,000 scholarship to School of Education students.

      Reuben's philanthropic involvement with the College of Professional Studies (which includes Athletics) began many years ago. Like many student-athletes, he had a particularly strong connection to his basketball coach. "Basketball enabled me to get a college education," recalled the 6'3" Reuben in an autobiographical memoir. Coach Eddie Kotal found Reuben a job and "played me at center for four years." Reuben was one of the original charterers of the Eddie Kotal Scholarship, which provides support to physical education majors.

    • Carol Huettig Memorial

      The field of adapted physical education lost an extraordinary individual October 9, 2006 when Dr. Carol I. Huettig passed away. Because of her, the lives of many children with disabilities have been enriched. Her research focused on ways to improve services to children with disabilities and she shared that information by authoring many articles and books, and speaking at conferences throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.

      Carol taught and coached at UW-Stevens Point from 1981 to 1989. She was a masterful leader who inspired her students and athletes to continually raise their goals and perform to their maximum. Her students remember her for her wonderful sense of humor, for making every class interesting and engaging, and for bring treats on exam days.

      Jean Pyfer has created the Carol Huettig Memorial scholarship to honor her companion of 20 years, and to provide a scholarship for physical education majors with an emphasis in adapted physical education.

    • Arlene W. Thoyre Education Scholarship

      Arlene and her husband Howard have recently established the Arlene W. Thoyre Education scholarship to benefit student in the School of Education with a particular interest in grades four through six.

      Arlene taught 4th, 5th and 6th grade students in North Dakota, Madison and Stevens Point, Wisconsin, for more than 30 years. From her first days in a classroom, she knew she would love teaching. In retrospect, she can't imagine spending one's life in a career lacking the daily stimulation from watching elementary students grow intellectually and socially.

      Her teaching career began in a small North Dakota coal mining town where her first class of sixth graders consisted of nine girls and 20 boys, two of whom were on probation from a juvenile correctional facility. It was a challenging year, but, as it turned out, an invaluable experience. She credits much of whatever success she enjoyed over the rest of her career to what she learned in that first classroom. She learned the importance of developing an environment where all students believe that not only their teacher respects and values their contributions, but so do their peers. In her view there are few, if any, more important classroom management goals.

    • Robert G. Zach, M.D. Memorial

      Robert Zach was a radiologist and a veteran; his widow Margaret attended the Marquette School of Nursing and was a Cadet Nurse for three years. Three of their five sons - John, James and Michael - have direct connections to UW-Stevens Point. The Robert G. Zach, M.D. Memorial will benefit students who major in Health Sciences.