Welcome to The Cupola Post, featuring stories about members of our Pointer family, our campus community and all things related to our Central Wisconsin home.
The Cupola atop Old Main has served as a symbol of our university since 1894. First-year students seal their covenant with the university by touching a wooden replica of the cupola as they depart Convocation, at the start of their journey as Pointers. This hands-on tradition is repeated at Commencement, as graduates mark their transition from students to alumni.
Touching the cupola is a symbol of the lasting connection between UWSP and members of the Pointer family. In much the same way, we hope The Cupola Post reaffirms that connection and helps you “keep in touch” with your alma mater.
Jeanne Nagle | Profiles | October 2021
The timing of Alumni Generations scholar Maggie Weiland’s decision to enroll at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point turned out to be something of a dichotomy—it was a moment just a few hours, and yet several yea…
Jeanne Nagle | Profiles | October 2021
Asked to share a few words she might use to describe herself, Pam Jewell ’14 comes up with a number of strong options: Exacting. Enthusiastic. Daring. Hard-working. There’s one descriptor, however, that tops them all…
Jeanne Nagle | Profiles | September 2021
The Challenges, says Pacific Market International Chief Supply Chain Officer Brent Denniston ’91, were “unprecedented.” Denniston had been in his position with the durable drinkware and food container manufacturing co…
Jeanne Nagle | Profiles | September 2021
Pardon the academic pun, but it seems as if University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point alumnus Corey Jaskolski ’00 has been on quite an “honor roll” of late. Last year he was named the 2020 Rolex National Geographic Explor…
Jeanne Nagle | Profiles | August 2021
In theory, as the classic sightless lady holding scales is meant to personify, justice is supposed to be blind. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. In practice, even those who have sworn to uphold the law are n…
Jeanne Nagle | June 2021
Talk about your lifechanging moments. At age 19, when he was an undergraduate studying geology at Northern Illinois University, Nick Hylla (M ’03) underwent emergency surgery to fix a hereditary defect in his large in…
May 2021 | Campus and Community
Now that the most recent Pointer graduates have “turned their tassels,” we invite you to join us in celebrating the university’s newest alumni. To put things in perspective, check out the profile below introducing the…
Jeanne Nagle | Campus and Community | May 2021
Consider it one Stevens Point institution helping another in the most delicious way possible. On May 4, the featured flurry at Belts’ Original Soft Serve was its cookie dough and hot fudge brownie concoction nicknamed…
Jeanne Nagle | April 2021 | Helping Out
There are many ways for University of Wisconsin Stevens Point sports fans to show that they actively root-root-root for their home teams. For instance, pre- and post-pandemic, they could gather at any of the fields…
Laura Gehrman Rottier | Profiles | March 2021
They say if you throw a pebble into the ocean, the small ripple it creates can become a tidal wave on the other side of the world. For Lauren (McGrath) Conaboy ’05, that adage comes with a twist. Her ripple started no…
Ashlee Weidman | March 2021
“There is a long history of state foresters that have helped shape and impact the status of our forested landscape and industry we have today,” says Heather Berklund ’00. As Wisconsin’s first female forestry chief, Be…
UWSP Staff | February 2021
Friction between black and white students on the part of the administration, were among those demands. “Ultimately, we received funds for an annual Black Culture Week, for recruiting African American students and for…
Jeanne Nagle | February 23, 2021
Fifty years ago this month, a new student organization burst onto the Wisconsin State. University-Stevens Point campus without much fanfare—but with plenty of purpose. The arrival of Black Student Coalition, now known…
