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The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is offering a variety of music concerts at its campuses in Stevens Point, Marshfield and Wausau this month. UW-Stevens Point concerts will be performed at 7:30 p.m. at the UW-Stevens Point Noel Fine Arts Center Michelsen Hall, 1800 Portage St., Stevens Point, unless otherwise noted. Tickets are $17 for general […]
A talk on the historic relevance of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine will be the first in a series of lectures during the spring semester by faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wausau. “Hank Talks,” named for Hank the Husky campus mascot, will be offered on various Tuesdays at 7 p.m. on […]
George Orwell’s parable of totalitarianism set on a farm will be shared by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Department of Theatre and Dance in February, with staged readings of the play on campuses in Marshfield, Stevens Point and Wausau. “Animal Farm” will be performed at UWSP at Marshfield at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 9; at […]
As the spring semester begins and students return to the three University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campuses, the need for assistance in food, school supplies and other items also returns. According to Feeding America, 39% of undergraduate students are low income, and nearly 8 million college students across the nation are at risk of facing hunger. […]
Commemorating his work for racial equality and social justice, Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be celebrated this month at two public events, at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wausau on Monday, Jan. 16, and at UW-Stevens Point main campus on Tuesday, Jan. 24. “Reverend King embraced social justice and overcoming fear to face […]
Improvisational jazz music and adventure racing are not often spoken about in the same sentence or found to have much in common. That is, unless you know Tim Buchholz, an associate professor of music at UW-Stevens Point campuses in Wausau and Stevens Point. “Both require prerequisite knowledge, multi-tasking, flexibility, a willingness to make mistakes and […]
From WSAW, Wausau, by Jade FluryAs the City of Wausau continues to grow and expand into what it is today, so has higher education in the area. “The UW has been offering courses in Wausau since 1933,” said Brett Barker, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wausau. Those courses began as […]
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is offering a variety of music concerts in December at its Stevens Point and Wausau campuses. UW-Stevens Point concerts will be performed at 7:30 p.m. at the UW-Stevens Point Noel Fine Arts Center Michelsen Hall, 1800 Portage St., Stevens Point, unless otherwise noted. Tickets are $17 for general public, $15 […]
Faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wausau are again sharing their expertise in a series of lectures this fall. “HANK Talks,” named for Hank the Husky (campus mascot), will be offered at 7 p.m. on the stage of the James F. Veninga Theater in the UW Center for Civic Engagement on the […]
Students, faculty and staff members at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have been recognized for excellence and achievement: Voice students were honored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, with seven students advancing to the national preliminary rounds and one advancing to the national semi-formal round. Chris Eaton, a second-year baritone studying with Professor […]
Danielle Beschta Taking on extra duties this year, including handing the event management system for all three UWSP campuses, earned Danielle Beschta the Outsanding Work Peformance Award.As the event coordinator in Campus Reservations, Danielle took on the work of two people while a co-worker was on medical leave and after their retirement. She is instrumental […]
A new campus executive has been named at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wausau. Ozalle Toms will begin her new role Tuesday, July 5. Formerly the assistant vice chancellor for Student Diversity, Engagement and Success and an education faculty member at UW-Whitewater, Toms has also served as a high school special education teacher. She […]