A National Geographic Fellow who is a 2000 alum of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will address graduates and their families at the spring Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 18. Corey Jaskolski, founder and CEO of RAIC Labs and world traveler with National Geographic, will speak to more than 1,200 graduates from the three UW-Stevens […]

Outstanding faculty and staff members were recently recognized at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for their work during the 2023-24 academic year. The Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship and Service Award was given to Professor and Department of Political Science Chair Jennifer Collins. She works closely with students and empowers them to explore new ideas and […]

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has long been on the forefront of cutting-edge programs that provide students with the needs of an ever-changing job market. With the launch of the online Cannabis Science graduate certificate program, UW-Stevens Point is the first institution within the Universities of Wisconsin to offer the opportunity to become a leader […]

Travel the greater universe this May at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Allen F. Blocher Planetarium. Planetarium shows will be offered on the Sundays of May 5-12. A special-youth focused program for families will be offered at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 5, with story time followed by a show. All events are free and […]

The final installment of the lecture series highlighting sustainability and resilience issues facing Wisconsin communities will be offered in April through the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. “Sustainable and Resilient Communities” is the UW-Stevens Point College of Letters and Science community engagement series offered free of charge and open to the public. It welcomes anyone interested […]

Explore the teaching and research collections at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point as part of the Olson Museum of Natural History 2024 Collection Crawl next month. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 6, beginning and ending at the Olson Museum of Natural History, 2001 Fourth Ave., Stevens Point. […]

Journey to the sun and watch a solar eclipse this April at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. A partial solar eclipse will pass over UW-Stevens Point on Monday, April 8. A free viewing session of this partial eclipse will be held that day for students and local community at Colman Field, located on the corner […]

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 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 […]

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. […]