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Three University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point faculty members are among the 2023-24 Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars. UW System recently announced that Associate Professor Lauren Gantz, English and Women’s and Gender Studies; Assistant Professor Sarah Ross, Theatre Design and Technology; and Assistant Professor Erica Ringelspaugh, English, will participate in the program. Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars […]

“Danstage 2022,” an evening of new dance created by faculty and guest artists, will close the spring season of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Department of Theatre and Dance on May 6-8 and 11-13. It features choreography by Assistant Professor Sarah Olson and Professor Michael Estanich as well as guests Pamela Luedtke and Aysha Upchurch. […]

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 […]

Flexibility, adaptability and kindness. These words were a motto to Helen Luce, D.O., and her team in UW-Stevens Point Student Health Service for the past two years. They dispensed large doses of each. Five months after Dr. Luce became medical director of the Health Service, a novel coronavirus appeared that changed the world. Everyone has […]

The Chinese National women’s ice hockey team may not be the first team you’d cheer on at the Olympics. But this team has the strongest ties to northcentral and western Wisconsin.  It is coached by Brian Idalski, and Hailey Rock is its athletic trainer. Both are University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point alumni, and Rock is from […]

One hundred years ago, Wisconsin was second in the nation for growing hemp. Grown mostly for its fiber and cannabidiol (CBD) oil, hemp is used to make rope, fabrics, plastics, medicines, health products and construction materials. While growing hemp was banned in 1970 under the federal Controlled Substances Act, it has restarted in recent years […]

One of the challenges in dealing with chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal brain infection in deer, elk, moose, reindeer and caribou, is the disposal of infected animals. A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, UW Madison, Michigan State University and the Wisconsin and Michigan Departments of Natural Resources is working to […]

The educational legacy of a retired University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point professor goes further than his thirty-one years of teaching and mentoring soil and waste resources students in the College of Natural Resources. Last year, Professor Emeritus Milo Harpstead donated 22 acres of his land in nearby Polonia to the UWSP Foundation, continuing its use as […]

Faculty and staff members at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have been recognized for achieving excellence in their fields during the fall 2020-2021 semester: Professor Paul Doruska, forestry, was elected to the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association Board as the college/university forestry educator, as of Jan. 1, 2021. The organization represents members in Wisconsin and […]

The following faculty and staff members at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have been recognized for excellence: Professor Paul Doruska, forestry, was recently awarded Fellow status through the Society for American Foresters, recognizing his more than 30 years of service to the organization on the local, state and national level. As a Fellow he will […]

Congratulations to the 67 UW-Stevens Point faculty and staff members who retired between Oct. 1, 2019, and Dec. 31, 2020! Thank you for your many years of service and dedication to UW-Stevens Point, UWSP at Marshfield and UWSP at Wausau. You have played a significant role in shaping and transforming the lives of our students […]

Thomas Gibson officially begins his duties as the 15th chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s three campuses today (Jan. 11, 2021).  He is focused on three key goals: Enhancing academic excellence Expanding diversity, equity and inclusive excellence Increasing enrollment and growth “These three imperatives will guide our institution into the future,” Gibson said. He will […]