The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has a long history of promoting international educational experiences for its students and faculty members. In March 2026, Tobias Barske, assistant dean of the School of Humanities and Global Studies and professor of German, had the opportunity to connect with fellow international educators in Taiwan and bring back new ideas for students […]

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point School of Humanities and Global Studies invites the public to examine times of parting and the various farewells we all make in life. Guest lecture “Practicing Farewell” will be presented on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m., featuring emeritus professor of philosophy Dr. Scott Davison of Morehead State University. The […]

Lessons of Philosophy Given Wide Attention through Professor’s Scholarship      Professor of Philosophy Joshua Horn hopes to demystify the discipline of philosophy. He wants his students to be cognizant of how often they use philosophy in their daily lives. His newest scholarship, the edited volume “The Last of Us and Philosophy: Look for the Light,” […]

Local author and emeritus professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Neil F. Payne has launched his latest book, “Wildlifer: Wisconsin Origin to Climate Change”. The compelling new work published by UW-Stevens Point’s Cornerstone Press explores Wisconsin’s wildlife profession’s beginning, habitat diversity and the vast importance wildlife ecosystem management relative to climate […]

Two University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students are waiting to learn where they will live and work in Spain next fall. Spanish undergraduate senior Kylie Newton and junior Morgan Hansen have been accepted into the RVF International program to teach English to native Spanish speakers. It won’t be their first time living in Spain. The pair […]

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 […]

When the School of Humanities and Global Studies (SHGS) at UW-Stevens Point was restructured in 2020, Tobias Barske, a professor of German and applied linguistics, had to find a way for four previously autonomous departments to function in a shared framework. Barske was named assistant dean for the school; he had been serving as the […]

When 2023 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point English graduate Dylan Potter, Crandon, began his independent research with History Professor Rob Harper, he had no expectation where the work would take him – just a curiosity of how the Native American indigenous people made a life and left a mark around the Stevens Point area.  Two years […]

In the fall of 1971, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Professor J. Baird Callicott, whose teaching emphasis was ancient Greek philosophy, volunteered to lead an ethics course exploring human interactions with the natural environment. It was unchartered territory – no syllabus, no textbooks – just his desire to lead the first course. Five decades later, the […]

More than 50 years ago, when most textbooks were written by men, most courses were taught by men, and women’s history wasn’t discussed, the Women’s Studies program began at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Just one year prior in 1970, the first women’s studies program in the nation had begun at San Diego State University. […]