University of Wisconsin Stevens Point News

Today 1,342 students walked onto the stage at UWSP as college students, and walked off of it as graduates.

Carmela Rios will join the Wauwatosa School Board after she was chosen to fill a vacancy left by 37-year board member Lois Weber, reported Wauwatosa Now.

Things are starting to look very quiet on the UW Stevens Point campus following the end of finals.

This 12.5x photo of fossilized accumulations of cyanobacteria on a substrate received an honorable mention in the 2012 Nikon Small World Photomicrophotography Competition.

Professor Carlos Castillo-Chavez, once a cheese factory worker, now a math professor who wants to stop the spread of disease through mathematics.

After a long economic downturn, experts say the job market is improving. New survey findings show more job openings this year than others, and in several different fields.

Cemeteries can be a fascinating source of historical and cultural information. Take a walk through Forest Cemetery and journey through Stevens Point's rich past.

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The recent Festival of the Arts was a huge success with an attendance not seen in many years.

To qualify for the state festival, students earned a "starred first" rating in a Class A piece at one of 225 WSMA District Music Festivals held over the last six months.

The DNR says the sturgeon started spawning at the Shawano Dam Wednesday and their crews handed more than 350 fish.

For more information, call 715-422-5136. * The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Department of Theatre and Dance will stage the musical comedy "The Producers" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and May 8 to 10, and at 2 p.m. Sunday in Jenkins Theatre of the Noel Fine Arts Center, 1800 Portage St., Stevens Point.

Two city meetings in May could have an impact on our area. The City Plan Commission will meet at 6 p.m., May 6 in the Lincoln Center.

The world premiere of a new musical composition, "Enchanted Moonscape," by Charles Rochester Young, recently was presented by the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra.

Learn about the options to earn a four-year degree at the Bachelor's Degree and Degree Completion Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County Commons, 2000 W. 5th St., Marshfield.

"Piers Plowman" is a retelling of a classic Medieval tale in the original Middle English.

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In the wake of campus shootings the past five years, police throughout the nation are using text alerts to deliver warnings and advice to students in emergency situations.

Four area students are scheduled to perform in the 43rd annual Senior Honor Recital at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave., Sheboygan, at 2 p.m. May 5. The event will feature Sheboygan North High School senior Rebecca DenBoer singing soprano, Sheboygan South High School senior Houa Lee singing soprano, Plymouth homeschooler ... (more)

Parents of the couple are Steve and Jennie Holmes, of Sheboygan, and Dave and Mary Jo Opgenorth, of Sheboygan.