{"id":127000,"date":"2023-07-18T17:07:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/?post_type=news&p=127000"},"modified":"2023-07-18T17:07:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:07:30","slug":"uwsp-new-food-truck-23","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/news\/article\/uwsp-new-food-truck-23\/","title":{"rendered":"UW-Stevens Point to debut new food truck July 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is taking its culinary expertise on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stevie\u2019s food truck, University Dining\u2019s newest addition, will make its off-campus debut at the Stevens Point Brewery Point Patio on Friday, July 21, and on Saturday, July 22, at the Rosholt Bike Fest in downtown Rosholt. The food truck had a soft opening for guests parking at UW-Stevens Point for the U.S. Senior Open hosted by Sentry Insurance last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stevie\u2019s will offer a robust menu rotation from snacks and beverages to full course meal options. It will make appearances at outdoor community events, Pointer Athletics events, Homecoming and other UW-Stevens Point activities. The food truck is also available to rent for private parties, such as future Pointer graduation celebrations, neighborhood gatherings, festivals, weddings and alumni events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about future locations and booking the food truck for events, go to the food truck website<\/a> or search for Stevie\u2019s food truck on Instagram and Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUW-Stevens Point is excited to share its excellent dining services with the community and bring the Pointer spirit to a variety of events,\u201d said Chancellor Thomas Gibson. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to seeing Stevie\u2019s food truck at our campuses and our region\u2019s concerts, festivals and celebrations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stevie Pointer poses with the truck that bears his name.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The food truck project began with the work of Olivia Molle, Plover, a recent UWSP Master of Business Administration (MBA) graduate. Her MBA fellowship focused on finding a way to integrate the university into the community. Molle gathered members of the campus and community to discuss ideas on how to make that happen. This advisory board\u2019s input resulted in the food truck idea then transitioned into a formal proposal for the campus\u2019 leadership team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Molle and University Dining collaborated on researching food trucks and creating a business plan. The funds for the food truck were set aside by the campus for this expansion opportunity, to serve the campus community at large and increase future revenues.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud of this project,\u201d said Molle. \u201cIt was supported across campus and while it was hard work, it has been so rewarding to see it come to life. It brings a smile to my face knowing it will bring a lot of smiles to people in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStevie\u2019s food truck means a great deal to me and the entire University Dining staff. It\u2019s an exciting opportunity for us to share our culinary talents with our friends and neighbors on campus and in the community,\u201d said Marty Kalepp, associate director of University Dining. \u201cIt\u2019s also a perfect example of how University Dining is focused on listening to our students\u2019 ideas and helping make these ideas a reality.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is taking its culinary expertise on the road. Stevie\u2019s food truck, University Dining\u2019s newest addition, will make its off-campus debut at the Stevens Point Brewery Point Patio on Friday, July 21, and on Saturday, July 22, at the Rosholt Bike Fest in downtown Rosholt. The food truck had a soft […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":127155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"department":[11,359],"news_category":[86],"news_tag":[12,358],"class_list":["post-127000","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","department-student-affairs","department-university-dining","news_category-news-releases","news_tag-student-affairs","news_tag-university-dining"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/127000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=127000"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=127000"},{"taxonomy":"news_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tag?post=127000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}