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Learn how prescribed fire can be used as a tool to benefit forest ecosystems and restore the environment as the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Wisconsin Forestry Center continues an online speaker series on prescribed fire forest management. Offered free of charge, the year-long webinar series, “Prescribed Fire for Forest Management,” is held monthly from 8:30-10 […]

Enjoy a laser light show set to music, from pop to classic rock, this April at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Allen F. Blocher Planetarium. The shows will be offered at 7, 8, 9 and 10 p.m. on select Wednesdays through Saturdays, April 3-13. Tickets will be available at the door starting at 6:30 p.m. […]

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Cornerstone Press, one of five publishing houses in the United States staffed by undergraduate students, will mark 40 years with a gala event next month. Open to alumni, students and community members, the free event will be held from 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, April 5, in the Alumni Room of the […]

The world famous 54-hour trivia contest is set for its 54th year at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s student-run radio station 90FM WWSP as it hosts “Trivia 54: Very Superstitious” April 12-14. The world’s largest trivia contest 2024 theme poses “an exciting twist that is leaving everyone in anticipation,” said Dave Coulthurst, 90FM trivia coordinator. […]

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is hosting an event next month that will bring together two seasoned political analysts for a discussion of the American political landscape. Donna Brazile, former chair of the Democratic Party, and Republican strategist Ana Novarro will present “The Health of American Democracy in a Polarized World” at 7 p.m., Monday, […]

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is taking sustainability to the next level in 2024 by developing a Climate Action and Resilience Plan and kicking off a task force that will help the university work toward carbon neutrality in years to come. Chancellor Thomas Gibson has signed a Resilience Commitment with Second Nature, a national organization […]

The third segment of a lecture series about the sustainability and resiliency impacting Wisconsin communities will be offered in March through the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The lecture, “Navigating Solar Energy Deployment in the Urban/Rural Divide,” presented by Brian Ross, vice president of renewable energy at Great Plains Institute, will be held at 6:30 p.m., […]

For the past 40 years, a small central Wisconsin publishing house has produced more than 100 titles in various genres, from short fiction to poetry collections, which have won awards and brought authors national and international recognition. But what really makes Cornerstone Press stand out is that it is one of five publishing houses in […]

Last September, a film crew came to spend a week at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with the goal of highlighting current students, programs and locations to create a comprehensive guide to the university to share with prospective students across the globe. The College Tour, an award-winning TV series that offers an insider view of […]

A recent legislation will require financial literacy education courses in Wisconsin high schools starting the fall of 2024. In response, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point junior Henry Niedbalski will present his investigations on the current state of financial literacy education in schools at the 20th anniversary Research in the Rotunda event on Wednesday, March 6. Held […]

A gift from an alumni couple will help reestablish the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s natural history museum in a new location inside the university’s Science Building. Don and Judi Olson of Stevens Point gave a donation valued at $450,000 to the museum, which has been renamed the Olson Museum of Natural History in their honor. […]

By Veonna King UWSP and NTC hosted an event to announce a new partnership together — allowing students at NTC to earn a bachelor’s degree in several tech fields.  Administrators from both schools met at Greenheck in Wausau to sign the agreement for those that complete the credit equivalent at NTC will gain entry at […]