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.
Kim Westerman | November 2026
For Jim and Martha Schuh, education was more than a pathway to professional success. It was a means of opening doors, expanding horizons and helping young people discover possibilities they might never have imagin…
Kim Westerman | October 2026
Sarita Meinking arrived at UWSP in the fall of 2002 with a volleyball scholarship in hand and a roommate already lined up through a friend. She was a two-and-a-half-hour drive from home in Lake Holcombe, ready to play…
Kim Westerman
For nearly six decades, the Laird family has invested in a simple but powerful idea: that education changes lives, strengthens communities, and creates opportunities that extend far beyond the classroom. That belief…
Kim Westerman | August 2026
John Wenger never set out to become wealthy. He set out to watch birds. That simple fascination — born on a dairy farm in southwestern Wisconsin, where a three-year-old boy stood in a barn doorway mesmerized by swallo…
Kim Westerman | June 2026
When Mike Kryshak reflects on his time at UWSP, he doesn’t talk about grades or accolades. Instead, he talks about growth — personal, global, and lifelong. “Point gave me an opportunity to go to school where I got to…
Kim Westerman | April 2026
For four UWSP alumni, the phrase “Pointers for life” turned out to be less a slogan than a lived experience — one that would eventually shape families, friendships, and the arrival of a child whose story began years b…
Kim Westerman | March 2026
Justus Paul does not talk about his career in grand terms. He speaks instead about people, about moments when institutions choose collaboration over control, and about the responsibility that comes with being entruste…
Kim Westerman | March 2026
When Dr. Nancy S. Lind talks about StevPhoto of Dr. Nancy S. Lind with the sun in the backgroundens Point, she does so not as a nostalgic observer peering back through time, but as someone who has carried the place wi…
Kim Westerman | January 2026
When Steven Heller talks about his time at UWSP, he doesn’t start with a single class or moment. Instead, he points to the community of student organizations that shaped him —professionally, personally, and, ultimatel…
