Editor’s note: Because of staffing issues early in the fall 2022 semester, several stories that were completed in a timely fashion were unfortunately not published when they should have been. Because Pointer staff members still feel them to be important for-the-record stories, we are publishing them as we can without shifting their focus from the time period in which they ... Read More »
An all-faculty meeting on Friday, Feb. 8 approved a collective statement of disapproval toward UWSP’s administration. “The faculty hereby expresses its collective dissatisfaction with UWSP’s administrative leadership during the administration’s response to budgetary issues,” the statement’s opening paragraph says. In the first half of this document, the statement presents several criticisms of the Point Forward proposal and, in large, administration’s ... Read More »
For the past several years, a policy at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has divided the students and faculty, the attendance policy. Students with the Student Government Association have made a joint effort with university faculty to amend the university’s attendance policy. Faculty want to keep their flexibility, while students demand a uniform policy for the entire campus. An attendance ... Read More »
What’s the best thing about UWSP? SR: I would say my colleagues and the students. JZ: I did my undergraduate here, so it’s interesting to be on the other end of things. The varied opportunities UWSP has historically offered literally changed my life. The wonderful people, the students and faculty. Interacting with students and faculty is fantastic. RS: The students. ... Read More »
An outpouring of community members, alumni and professors attended the Campus Town Hall meeting with Representative Katrina Shankland at the Dreyfus University Center Theater on Tuesday night to express concern over the program cuts proposed by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Among those in attendance were Mayor Mike Wiza, Todd Goode, associate dean for the College of Letters and Science, ... Read More »
Some staff members go above and beyond from their own workload, which is why the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point presents recognition awards. These awards aim to recognize faculty, academic staff and university staff members for their incredible work. Students have ideas for what makes these members so great. Some students believe that doing more than just normal duties makes them ... Read More »
This year is the first installment of mandatory annual cyber security training for all faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The Cyber Security Training became mandatory on July 21, 2017, when UW-System Administrative Policy 1032 was revised. The trainings are intended to protect the security of UWSP’s database by educating faculty, staff and student employees. Chad Johnson, ... Read More »
Sitting in The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Basement Brewhaus on Sept. 26 at 8 p.m., finger snapping, knee tapping, melodious jazz tunes could be heard at the first Jazz Jam Night of the year. Zachary Finnegan, senior and president of The Jazz Society, came up with the idea to start a partnership with The Basement Brewhaus in order to host ... Read More »
At approximately 7:48pm on March 17, The Stevens Point Police Department responded to a call of possible gunshots fired. A former University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student was shot within blocks of campus in what police are calling a suspected drug deal. The victim, Deonta M. Lezine, died on March 25. The shooting occurred in the 2700 block of Fifth Avenue, ... Read More »
The new Voluntary Separation Incentive Policy, introduced April 2, will offer a select 280 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point employees an opportunity to retire with a severance and will be used to reduce costs and minimize layoffs and terminations. Employees were selected by Chancellor Bernie Patterson, and he must approve each applicant. Eligible candidates are those appointed as a faculty member ... Read More »
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