A state and national leader in education and alumna of
the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will address graduates and their
families at the winter commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 13.
Alexa Posny, a 1974 alumna and the senior vice president
of State and Federal Programs for Renaissance Learning in Madison, will speak
to more than 650 graduates who are completing associate, bachelor’s and
master’s degrees. The ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. in the UW-Stevens Point
Health Enhancement Center.
The student speaker will be Jacob Marty, a wildlife
ecology major from Monticello. Chancellor Bernie Patterson will give the
welcome and charge to the graduates. The new alumni will be welcomed by Dr.
Nyles and Genny Eskritt of Stevens Point, members of the classes of 1962 and
1963, respectively.
Senior choral and music education major Kirstin Stangel
of Kaukauna will sing the national anthem and UW-Stevens Point’s alma mater.
She will be accompanied by the UW-Stevens Point Band.
Guests may park in any campus lot (for free) except Lot F
West, which will be used for handicap access.
Posny
has more than three decades of experience in education, from classroom teacher
to assistant secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services in the U.S. Department of Education. She also served as commissioner
for the Kansas State Department of Education. In 2013 she received the
UW-Stevens Point Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award.
Throughout
her career, Posny has been involved in education program, policy and compliance
issues at several levels. She has taught in elementary, middle and high schools
and at the University of Kansas.
A
third generation Pointer, she received her bachelor’s degree in sociology at
UW-Stevens Point. Posny also earned a master’s degree in behavioral
disabilities and a doctorate in educational administration from UW-Madison.
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