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An international multidisciplinary collective of artists called “Take Me to The River” will offer a wide variety of Stevens Point events beginning the week of Sept. 20, through a partnership between the city and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The guest artist residency is designed to engage students from kindergarten through 12th grade, university students, […]

Enjoy a guided birdwatching tour while learning about bird habitats and forestry at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Schmeeckle Reserve next month. The tour will be offered from 7 to 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 7, meeting at the reserve’s Visitor Center. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Center for Wildlife (WCW) and the Wisconsin Forestry Center at […]

Celebrate Hispanic culture at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with events marking Hispanic Heritage Month. A Drag Queen Loteria bingo game will kick off the month on Friday, Sept. 15, from 6-8 p.m. with free food and prizes and host Kawaii Canary. Tickets are $10 for the community and $2 for university students, staff and […]

Explore the changes of the seasons, animal behavior, teamwork in nature and other topics as part of the Junior Scientist program sponsored by the Museum of Natural History and the Allen F. Blocher Planetarium at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Museum programs will be held at 5:30 p.m. on select Thursdays in Room A113 of […]

The journey towards earning a college degree presents challenges for every student, but for first-generation students, it is a path toward the unknown. Brian Sloss, the dean of the College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, was himself a first-generation student. From tackling a sometimes complex and overwhelming application process to finding […]

Elliot Becker, a biochemistry and biology pre-medicine major, had three minutes to explain the methods, results, study conclusions and implications used in her reproductive biology research. She was competing in the WiSys Quick Pitch research competition held this spring at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, under the guidance of her faculty mentor, Professor Karin Bodensteiner, […]

Allison Schmidli visited the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus last fall during her senior year at Neenah High School and liked what she saw. What made the university her top choice was learning that UW-Stevens Point would offer varsity women’s lacrosse in the fall of 2023. “I was so excited to find out I could […]

Take a few cosmic journeys around the universe this September at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Allen F. Blocher Planetarium. Planetarium shows are offered at 2 p.m. on the Sundays of Sept. 10-24. Special youth-focused programs for families will be offered on select Sundays with story time followed by a show. All events are free […]

After earning undergraduate degrees in his native China, David Chunyu taught courses in social statistics and research methods as a sociology Ph.D. student at the University at Albany in New York. He joined the UW-Stevens Point Department of Sociology and Social Work in 2012 after completing post-doctoral research at Brown University. He now routinely teaches […]

Rural school districts looking to promote professional development for their faculty and staff may apply for a number of $10,000 grants through the Harju Center for Equity in Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. To apply, submit the following by Dec. 1, 2023, each at 250 words max: If accepted, the grant will be […]

When a member of the UWSP Facility Services team needs help, all they have to do is ask and John Kluck is there. As a custodial assistant supervisor, John will do what he can, from assisting with the custodial T.E.A.M program to demonstrating something on a computer for a colleague who needs help with technology. […]

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will take part in pioneering research to tackle the pressing challenges of water contamination, supported by grants from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin. Together, two grants will bring $165,000 to UW-Stevens Point to fund two research projects that focus on the elimination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) […]