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The Connection Co. Educate + Advocate Scholarship Fund
Qualifications: Portage County resident pursing a degree to work with people with disabilities. Special consideration for someone pursing a career in vocational rehabilitation or employment services.
Criteria for Selection: Must have a 3.0 GPA and attending a four-year college or university.
Click HERE to apply for their scholarship!
School of Education Scholarship Application
There is a new way to apply for scholarships at UWSP!
Using UW-Stevens Point's Scholarship Portal, you will be able to apply for all scholarships for which you qualify, including those through the School of Education. Simply use your UWSP login information to see what is available.
The application will be available October 31, 2025 through January 31, 2026.
CAST Certificate
There is a new certificate available through the Sociology & Social Work Department. The Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) certificate is nationally accredited through the Zero Abuse Project. Students who complete the certificate will be able to list the nationally recognized certificate on job and professional/graduate school applications. The CAST certificate is fully online (asynchronous) so students can complete the three courses without traveling to campus or having schedule conflicts with other courses in their major.
The CAST certificate is comprised of three-courses and built to meet the training needs for students planning to go into a variety of fields where a strong knowledge and skill base to recognize and respond to child maltreatment is an asset in their professional work. Students with majors in sociology, social work, psychology, pre-law, nursing, education, and communication disorders are only a handful of examples of majors whose career will intersect with child welfare.
The three required courses in the CAST certificate include:
- SW 316*: Child Welfare --> Fall, online and Spring, in person
- SW 316 is a prerequisite for SW 317 and SW 318.
- SW 317: Advanced Assessment & Intervention in Child Welfare -->Spring only, online
- SW 318: Responding to Survivors of Child Maltreatment --> Summer only, online
If you would like to add the CAST Certificate, please email Ms. Laurie Simonis with your name, student identification number, and the request to add the CAST certificate. Ms. Simonis' email is :
lsimonis@uwsp.edu
The Council for Exceptional Children-Membership
All student teachers can apply for a Complimentary Council for Exceptional Children Pre-Service Student Membership.
Included in the membership is:
- Complimentary CEC Pre-Service Student Membership thru July 31, 2026
- Access to bi-weekly resources to support you in student teaching
- An online community where you can share questions and gain feedback from your peers
- Opportunity for your cooperating teacher and university faculty member to be provided the same resources, as well as talking points to discuss the resource with the student teacher
- Membership includes $1 Million Student Educator Professional Liability Insurance Policy*
Are you especially passionate about teaching early childhood and primary grades? Do you want to help promote the magic of these ages and stages? We invite you to join the board of the Early Childhood Educators. Newsletter
Exception applications are processed two times a year.
Fall Deadline: Sept. 11, 2025
Spring Deadline: Feb. 7, 2026
Applications are available outside 469 College of Professional Studies or
online.
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