Have your soil screened and learn about nutrients, composting, how to get the most from your soil at a special event Saturday, May 14. Soil and waste resources faculty, students and alumni from the College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will provide educational sessions and activities. This event is part of […]

UW-Stevens Point alumni have been on the leading edge of research on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness, and they are doing their work right here in central Wisconsin. The Integrated Research and Development Laboratory at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute ran more than 7,000 COVID-19 tests weekly during the height of the pandemic. As the only lab in […]

The popular Candlelight Hike Festival will return to Schmeeckle Reserve at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point this spring. The event will be held Friday, May 6, from 7-9:30 p.m. This year’s festival theme is “Schmeeckle: The Musical.” UW-Stevens Point students will present brief programs and skits and lead craft stations in and around the Visitor […]

A deadly fungus has been impacting the bat population throughout the United States since 2006. White-nose syndrome (WNS) is what the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says is to blame for the drastic decline of the state’s cave bat population. “In 2014 white-nose showed up in Wisconsin and that year we saw an 85 […]

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will develop their online programs in freshwater science with $460,125 in support from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin. The funding is part of a statewide initiative, backed by the Wisconsin State Legislature and Gov. Tony Evers, to tackle 10 grand water challenges and support curriculum development, undergraduate research opportunities, career […]

WSAW Channel 7 Wausau – Jan. 21, 2022 ​By Hannah Borchert  Students learned how to train raptors in a workshop with the River Valley Raptors non-profit sponsored by the Wisconsin Center for Wildlife. “I’ve never been more excited about something happening in a class in my life,” said Cinna Smallwood, University of Stevens Point senior. […]

From a young age, Heather Berklund ‘00 had gravitated toward jobs and volunteer opportunities that involved working with people while allowing her to enjoy time in the natural world. Her first job out of college was as a forester with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Recently, Heather was appointed chief state forester for the […]

UW-Stevens Point is the only UW campus to have compost bins in every academic building on campus. Keeping up with composting is a group effort. “We take our 73 hundred students and they all go back to their own communities and they can show their friends and their family and kind of expand this whole […]

Faculty and staff members at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have been recognized for achieving excellence in their fields during the fall 2020-2021 semester: Professor Paul Doruska, forestry, was elected to the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association Board as the college/university forestry educator, as of Jan. 1, 2021. The organization represents members in Wisconsin and […]

Soil students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have been recognized nationally for their expertise and skills as future soil scientists. A team of 19 students placed second overall in the 2021 National Soil Judging Contest, the highest placement ever for the UW-Stevens Point Soil Judging Team. The group also took first for identification and […]

A commitment to excellence at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has resulted in the following honors for the university and members of the faculty. Christine Thomas, professor emeritus and retired dean of the College of Natural Resources, was recently named Wisconsin Outdoor News Conservationist of the Year for her key roles in the Wisconsin and national […]

An associate dean in the College of Natural Resources has been selected as the next dean of the nationally acclaimed college at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.  Brian Sloss, associate dean of Outreach, Extension and Extramural Funds, will become dean of the college, effective July 1. He succeeds Christine Thomas, who has served as dean […]