Pointlife
Students overlook opportunity on campus
The Pointer
ataub878@uwsp.edu
Visiting a prospective college can play a big role in the decision process, offering insight on the programs and accomplishments of the university. But after arriving at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, do students soon forget the opportunities at hand and just follow a repetitive routine that disregards a lot of what this campus has to offer?
For some students, the answer is yes. Therefore, a reminder of what that tourguide explained oh-so-long ago may be necessary to jump-start student involvement at UW-SP.
Starting with the scenery, Stevens Point attracts people with its parks, streams, restaurants and shopping locations. Home to the Schmeeckle Nature Reserve, 275 acres available for fishing, walking, hiking, boating and wildlife watching, Stevens Point was ranked as one of the “Top 100 Places to Live” by Relocate-America.
In this city, populated by around 25,000 people, UW-SP boasts 400 acres and is home to campus activities, athletic programs and facilities that are utilized by the student body enrolled at the university.
Housing over 180 student organizations, including student government, academic and professional clubs, community service organizations and multicultural groups, students have the opportunity to be involved in many programs and to utilize many facilities.
The Health Enhancement Center is home to 54,000 square feet, lodging a multi-activity center with a climbing wall and track and tennis courts. An aquatic center and two full-sized gymnasiums, in addition to a Strength and Fitness Center, are also available for the 25 intramural sports and 22 club sports that are offered.
In addition to these student-created teams, the HEC, as well as other facilities, supports eight men’s sports and 10 women’s sports which are recognized in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III, Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association.
For students who make plays on stage, instead of on a court, Players, a student-run theater and dance organization, is open to all students. Productions in dance and theater are also available for viewing through the Performing Art Series at the Noel Fine Arts Center, a building which contains practice and performance facilities, as well as a recording studio and the Carlsten Art Gallery.
Other venues in entertainment are offered through the campus newspaper, radio and TV stations that are student-run and host the World’s Largest Trivia Contest every April.
Let’s not forget the brand-new Dreyfus University Center as a large attraction, which is also home to the Basement Brewhaus, a popular student hang-out.
Though these attractions are only a few of the many accessible on this campus, they are some of the many reasons that 8,800+ students chose to attend the UW-SP.
Revealed by tour guides every year, these attractions will continue to run strong; that is, if students do not forget the reason they chose this university in the first place.
