Tag Archives: UW-Stevens point

UWSP Celebrates 200th Annual Flute and Tuba Concert

The music department at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point recently celebrated an important milestone as they hosted the 200th annual Flute and Tuba Concert. This longstanding UWSP tradition took place in the Noel Fine Arts Center and features exactly what the title would lead you to believe: flutes and tubas. No other instruments are used, which creates an interesting contrast between ... Read More »

Sarah Syphus Fights the Reimagining

Sarah I. Syphus, senior English and Spanish major, was planning to graduate in December 2018, but has decided to extend her stay at UWSP indefinitely in order to help fight the Reimagining. The Reimagining proposes to balance UWSP’s budget through the elimination of 13 majors and has stirred up a controversy on campus. Students throughout the university are fighting back ... Read More »

Don’t Let the Muggles Get You Down

The Encore in the Dreyfus University Center became the gathering place for the most devoted Harry Potter fans on campus the evening of March 8, as Centertainment hosted Harry Potter Trivia Night. The room was already filled, with only a few empty tables remaining, ten minutes before the start of the event. While those who had just arrived headed to ... Read More »

The Story Behind “American Creed” Star, Tegan Griffith

Tegan Griffith, veteran and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point communication student, recently starred in the documentary “American Creed.” Since then, she has been traveling from Pensacola, Pennsylvania to Austin, Texas. Griffith has done a lot of work for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America in Washington, D.C. During that time, she heard that the film company, Citizen Film, was looking for ... Read More »

Humans of Point

Maggie Burie is a junior communication sciences and disorders major. What’s your favorite book and why? One of my favorite books is a collection of Brer Rabbit stories our mom would read to us as kids. The book was incredibly old and some of the pages were ripped, but it was almost magical when she read those stories. Our mom ... Read More »

Farmshed to Host Beekeeping Workshop

Central Rivers Farmshed will be buzzing on Saturday, March 17, as Buzz Vahradian presents a beekeeping workshop. Vahradian, a 1979 graduate of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, has been beekeeping for 24 years and owns a small business, V’s Bees in Wautoma. The workshop will focus on a number of topics including honeybee biology, when and where to get bees, required ... Read More »

Local YMCA Searches for New CEO

The Steven Point YMCA is looking for a new executive director and CEO. Dave Morgan, the previous director and CEO, left the Stevens Point area to take over as president and CEO of the YMCA in Greater Kalamazoo, Michigan. He served the local YMCA for 13 years. “I will truly miss the people that made my job so easy there ... Read More »

Humans of Point

Morgan Jeidy is a sophomore double majoring in urban forestry and political science. What’s your favorite movie? My favorite movie, I would have to say, is “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” While I have a hard time choosing a favorite from the entire series, I have the deepest connection with Episode 7. If you could meet any actor/actress, alive or ... Read More »

Justice Week Brings Awareness About Human Trafficking to UWSP

The International Justice Mission chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will be hosting its annual Justice Week event this year on April 9-13 to shed light on modern day slavery to students on campus. The UWSP chapter was founded by individuals from the Campus Crusade for Christ. Since their creation, the chapter has hosted their own Justice Week at ... Read More »