UWSP’s Basement Brewhaus, located on the lower level of the DUC, has undergone recent interior design updates and has plans to continue making changes to benefit students and other customers. The student manager of the Basement Brewhaus, Abby Morgan, said the Basement Brewhaus is a great place for students to hang out, do work and/or play games with their friends. ... Read More »
Like a first semester freshman’s Dawg Dollars balance, the number of students employed by Dining and Summer Conferences is declining. When Dining first transitioned into being self-operated in 2009, the goal was to employ more students. Suzette Conley, assistant director of Business Operations, said that while finding employees has never been easy, the difficulties have been increasing over the past ... Read More »
Working in college is now more frequent than not working in college. Michael Bialas, financial associate at Thrivent Financial, said the most successful people he encounters are those who work multiple jobs while in college. At the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, well over three thousand students work on campus in various positions, at all levels and in almost all departments. ... Read More »
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Food Pantry, better known as the Cupboard, is celebrating their fifth year this fall by adding perishable food items to their stock. UWSP Dining Services donated a refrigerator to the Cupboard. Michele Miller, volunteer coordinator of the Student Involvement and Employment Office, said that having perishable foods is new because they never had the capability ... Read More »
The University of Wisconsin – River Falls Food Science Program will soon be providing University Dining Services with cheese, ice cream and meat products. The products will have been made by students in the UWRF Food Science pilot plants under faculty and academic staff supervision. The pilot facilities include dairy manufacturing, fruit and vegetable processing and meat processing and all ... Read More »
Lower Debot did not always look as it does this year. Things such as table, booth and television placement were different and yes, there was carpeting. Last summer some heavy rain showers caused flooding in Lower Debot, and as a result the carpeting had to be removed in order to prevent molding. This is the cause of the state of ... Read More »
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