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The following University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students, faculty and staff have been honored for excellence and achievement: 

Inspiring Curiosity in the Classroom and Beyond  Since joining UW-Stevens Point in 2020, Assistant Professor Sean Mooney-Leber has earned some of the highest student evaluations on campus.  An incredible asset to the UW-Stevens Point Department of Psychology faculty, Mooney-Leber shares his enthusiasm for science through his courses and through teaching students who are interested in […]

She is recognized for winning one of this year’s University Excellence in Teaching Awards, yet Heather Molenda-Figueira, associate professor of psychology, characterizes her early teaching experiences on campus as “a rough start.” Having only taught one previous course in bio-psychology as a post-doctoral fellow at Michigan State University before starting her position at UW-Stevens Point, […]

When Assistant Professor Ellen Meier, psychology, learned of her selection as a 2023 recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award, her first thought was to analyze what is working well and evaluate ways to continue to improve her courses for this summer and fall.  She teaches Health Psychology in the summer session and four other […]

As he does each Veterans Day, Professor Justin Rueb, psychology, will reflect on the loss of friends in the military who he met serving in the U.S. Air Force. The military shaped the first 25 years of Rueb’s career, teaching him lessons he would bring to UW-Stevens Point.  Rueb, and his sister Candy, followed their […]

Experience, Engagement, Service-Learning As far back as high school, Jeana Magyar has been a shoulder to lean on. She was voted by her student body as the best “peer listener.”   Professor Magyar is a trusted advisor now to hundreds of UW-Stevens Point psychology alumni who keep in touch with her as they begin and grow […]

In March we celebrate Women’s History Month and honor the women of our past, present, and future. The UWSP Women’s and Gender Studies Advisory Committee has nominated Professor Emerita Nancy Bayne as an honoree this year on our campus in recognition of Women’s History Month. The Women’s Studies minor, now called the Women’s and Gender […]