Several faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point have been recognized for excellence within their professional fields:
- Tyler Marchant, professor of theatre, acting and directing was recently appointed by Governor Evers to serve a three-year term on the Wisconsin Arts Board. The Wisconsin Arts Board is the state agency which nurtures creativity, cultivates expression, promotes the arts, supports the arts in education, stimulates community and economic development and serves as a resource of people of every culture and heritage. Board members are Wisconsin citizens recognized for their accomplishments in the arts, humanities, business, education or public service. The board includes members from urban and rural areas across the state and from diverse racial, economic and cultural backgrounds. Board members set policy for the agency and approve funding recommendations made by the peer review panels.
- Department of Geography and Geology Senior Lecturer Lisa Siewert is the recipient of a Wausau Distinguished Faculty Society Fellowship. She was selected for a Summer 2025 Fellowship and stipend in the amount of $3,500. As part of the fellowship, Siewert will develop an interactive geologic map of the Ice Age Trail with the goal of digitally mapping the trail’s geological features. The UW Wausau Campus Foundation selects faculty annually to receive the fellowship.
- Associate Professor Sarah Orlofske, biology, was recognized with the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal by the American Society of Parasitologists (ASP). The ASP Award is one of the highest honors bestowed within the field of parasitology. She will give a speech at the ASP annual meeting this summer. Orlofske is only the sixth woman to receive the award since its inception in 1959.
- Assistant Professor Freesia McKee, english, will join the 2025-26 Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars Program. McKee will receive a University Personnel Development Committee grant to cover expenses in the signature University of Wisconsin System signature career development program.
- Holly Schmies, Athletic Training program director and professor in the School of Health Sciences and Wellness, was awarded the Distinguished Service Award at the 50th annual Wisconsin Athletic Trainers’ Association (WATA) Symposium. This award recognizes a member of WATA for his/her service to the WATA and/or outstanding contribution to the profession of athletic training at the local, state, regional and/or national level. Schmies will also receive the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Athletic Trainer Service Award in June 2025. The Athletic Trainer Service award recognizes NATA members for their commitment to leadership, volunteer service, advocacy and professional activities at the local and state levels.
- Maggie Beeber was presented the 2025 Ethel and Ward Cable Family Faculty Heroes Award in the College of Professional Studies. The Ethel and Ward Cable Family Faculty Heroes Award honors one College of Professional Studies faculty or staff member each year who has done something heroic. In some cases the recipient has been heavily involved in an organization or community activity, in other cases they have developed a program to meet a community need or the needs of an individual; and in many cases they involved UW-Stevens Point students in their cause. The award will include a grant to advance the work of the program or cause. After 36 years of service advising future teachers in the UW-Stevens Point School of Education, Maggie will retire in 2025—but not before establishing the Maggie Beeber Future Educators Scholarship to support students in the School of Education who experience significant, unforeseen circumstances that threaten the continuation of their studies.