School of Health Sciences and Wellness University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Welcome. This is Learn Well for Student Success out of Student Success Center in the School of Health Sciences and Wellness at UW Stevens Point. It's our mission to support the whole student, honoring individual experiences and getting each person access to tools and resources that will help them achieve their goals.
If you have ever struggled to get going on an assignment, have ever been challenged to set goals, felt overwhelmed, or as felt as though you were imposter in your own major, then this an invitation from us to you. We understand the inherent challenges of being a college student and we know that with supports and connection, you can make your college experience one that is full of opportunity and growth.
Listen in as we talk to campus and community experts and students about their strategies for success.
In our episode on Communication Beyond Text Messages, we solidify the importance of all School of Health Sciences and Wellness students being able to develop and deploy effective communication in everyday situations but what do you do when a conversation is particularly hard or difficult? What do you do when you have to deliver information the other party might not want to hear or what if you disagree and need to state your perspective? Whether it's discussing grades with professors, giving c...
1 Mar 2026
Communication Beyond Text Messages
When you consider the vast array of career paths students follow out of the School of Health Sciences and Wellness it might not be an intuitive exercise to consider what they all have in common. But, one area every single student in our School needs to develop and then wield is how to have effective interactions. In today's episode we're diving into a vital skill that can transform your academic, personal, and professional life: being intentional in your communication. Whether you're presenti...
1 Feb 2026
What I wish I knew to help balance life's obligations with preparing to be a professional, A student panel
The School of Health Sciences and Wellness is unique in that many of our programs are pre-professional, and our students go on to further graduate school or additional certification or training. This means students feel the weight of regular undergraduate course work while also having to navigate building a resume and portfolio of experiences that will help launch them into further programming and education. Balancing rigorous coursework while preparing for graduate school can feel overwhelmi...
1 Nov 2025
The Importance of Developing the Whole Self for Grad School
Anyone who has experienced their first trip to the dining hall, dorm move, or first group project knows that college isn't just about academics, it's a time to grow emotionally, socially, and personally. We learn about who we are and how we want to be in the world. Today on the podcast, we will talk about how grad schools also have an intertest in students' wider development, and they look at things like resilience, curiosity, motivation, and mindset. Today, Dr. Nathan Brown joins us to talk ...
1 Nov 2025
Prepping for Grad School Exams and Essays
When prepping for grad school, students devote a lot of time to things like applications, essays, and required exams and it can all feel like overwhelming busy work. It's really helpful to point out that although it does not always feel like it, essays and test scores are more than just requirements; they are opportunities for students to showcase their unique stories, skills and potential. In this episode We will dive into why these components matter so much and share practical tips on how t...
1 Oct 2025
Becoming a Grad Student
When researching and applying for graduate school and other professional programs, it can be easy to get lost in the details like required prerequisites, GPA's and test scores and this can lead students down the path of narrowly defining themselves. As a result, they may forgo opportunities that honor their whole selves or miss chances to demonstrate all of their talents and strengths. Grad school isn't just about academic excellence; it's a journey that requires emotional resilience, s...
1 Sept 2025
Strategic Self-care to Avoid Compassion Fatigue
The Betty Ford Foundation defines compassion fatigue as "a state of exhaustion and dysfunction derived from the empathic responses to others' suffering, which diminishes professionals' ability to provide compassionate care." Students in the School of Health Science and Wellness enter fields where this cost of caring is high and it's important to highlight how success in the short and long-term for our students depends on self-care that is designed to protect from compassion fatigue. In this e...
14 Mar 2025
Building Self-Esteem
A lot of definitions universally available, frame self-esteem as a person's sense of their worth or value. With this simple understanding, it's not hard to see how someone attending college may come up against challenges in maintaining or building their self-esteem. For example, a student can easily interpret a less than desirable grade as an indicator that they are not good enough versus seeing it as an opportunity for growth and learning. Or, someone choosing a different career path from wh...
21 Feb 2025
How to Set Goals
Based on the nature of learning where students have to learn foundational critical thinking and study skills first, and that they sometimes have to take courses that don't completely fall into interest areas, it can be easy for them to sometimes feel as though they are checking boxes and it's hard to see the big picture. Or, they have real vision for what they want to achieve in the long run but it is hard to reverse plan and break things down into smaller, manageable steps. Today, we w...
16 Jan 2025
How to Build Motivation and Momentum
It is not at all uncommon for students to walk into the Success Center in the School of Health Science and Wellness with the worry that they "are just not motivated." But, when asked a few follow-up questions they can easily recite all the reasons that do motivate them, from the dietetics student who is passionate to help young kids with diabetes to the Medical Lab Sciences student who is excited to work behind the scenes setting up new equipment to help assure reliable diagnosis', to the ath...
12 Dec 2024
How to Finish the Semester Strong-Think Like a Farmer
Student Success Center's Julie Varner shares how adopting a farmer mindset can help students navigate uncertainty and finish the semester strong by cultivating resilience and strategic planning.
28 Oct 2024
How to Manage College Stressors and Access Resources
There seems to be growing awareness in recent years around things related to mental health, stress, and trauma where there is wider acceptance and more information than ever before. There is more understanding, flexibility, and support overall. At the same time, we still live in a culture that in a lot of ways, prioritizes productivity over wellness and for individuals to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps". In some ways it feels like we are operating in extremes where some view stress a...
28 Oct 2024
How to Respond to Stressors and Access Regulation
Research on stress and trauma in recent decades, in the context of information technology, has opened may people's eyes to some of the built-in systems we have to protect ourselves. Most have a general understanding that these systems were really useful when our ancestors lived closer to nature and the elements and would have to escape a wild animal. It only makes sense that your heart starts pumping and only your vital networks kick into gear if you need to fight or escape a dangerous situat...
20 Sept 2024
How to Succeed in Your Science Classes
Students in the School of Health Sciences and Wellness often exposed to a breadth and depth of science courses and we often hear feedback that courses like Chem and Bio are a lot tougher at the collegiate level than the high school level. Even strong students with in-depth science backgrounds come up against challenges. Luckily with a few study strategy edits and willingness to try something new, students can thrive. Here to talk to us about this today is Dr. Erin Speetzen who is not only an ...
19 Aug 2024
How to Balance Your Commitments and Obligations
Students in the School of Health Sciences and Wellness are strong and energetic students who are committed to their areas of study and to serving others, but they come to UW-SP with a number of challenges that previous generations did not experience including hurdles around post-pandemic learning, a mental health crisis amongst their peers, a changing economy and career outlook, and overall uncertainty in the world around them. Students are working more hours than ever before and feel more pr...
13 Aug 2024
How to Leverage Library Resources to Get Started on a Project
There is not a day that goes by where we don't hear the phrase "information overload." We all have worlds of information at our fingertips and at the same time, it can be more of a struggle than ever to get started on a project because the sheer amount of sifting that has to be done. Today, Dave Dettman is here to break information overload down for us into some manageable steps. You will walk away knowing what resources are at your fingertips and how to approach research in and efficient way...
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