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The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and its faculty and staff members have been recognized for achievement and excellence.

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have been honored for achievement and excellence in their field of study. Roy Thorson, Wausau, a business administration major with minors in political science, law and policy and music, won the 2023 Tommy G. Thompson Leadership Scholarship. The award is given to a student at each UW System […]

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 […]

Students in biology courses with assistant professor Sarah Orlofske learn critical thinking skills and the types of questions to ask in order to gain a better understanding of anything they are learning.  “I hope they all learn how to ask good questions about what they are learning and can be critical of data,” Orlofske said.  […]

Since 1894, UW-Stevens Point has been at the forefront of preparing future teachers. Today, there are growing enrollment numbers in both the School of Education undergraduate and master’s in education programs, and a 96 percent rate of immediate employment and job advancement among graduates. But teachers know it’s not about numbers—it’s about the students. That’s […]

A commitment to serving students and her community has been a driving force for Laurie Petri during her 20 years as a librarian at the UWSP at Marshfield campus. From serving as adviser of several student organizations and on numerous university committees to creating educational exhibits in the library and presenting lectures to students in […]

Assistant Professor of English Erica Ringelspaugh is described often as an extremely supportive, dedicated educator. Teaching is second nature to her, having eavesdropped on the conversations between her parents. Her mother, Betty, taught family and consumer economics and her father, John, taught auto mechanics and drafting. While her parents were finishing work in the Tomah […]

Sheila Bannister-Gross has spent more than 37 years with the Continuing Education (CE) program at UW-Stevens Point, helping people “grow and go,” she said. “I’ve been involved in every aspect of that process,” she said. “That is what Continuing Education is about. Continually educating, continually growing, continually building relationships. That has always been a value […]

As an undergraduate student, Rebecca Franzen realized the importance of building relationships between people and between people and the environment. She carried this belief in creating community through the rest of her education and into her classrooms today as an Associate Professor within the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Management discipline within the College of […]

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 […]

Over the course of a semester, Professor Robert Sirabian said his 19th century literature students will discover that issues and debates our communities wrestle with today—related to, for example, housing, pollution, labor, gender, and education—have parallels to the passionate debates about these topics during the 19th century. He became enthralled with the vibrant Victorian period […]

Professor of Physics and Astronomy Adriana Durbala accompanied two senior students on a research workshop this month at the renowned Green Bank Observatory. The National Science Foundation owns the facility within a radio quiet zone in West Virginia, featuring the world’s largest steerable radio telescope, the size of a football field.   After a three-year travel […]