“The whole purpose of education is to turn
mirrors into windows.”
-Sydney J. Harris
Congratulations on your decision to get a
Bachelor’s Degree in
Health and Wellness Management!
Welcome to the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point!
Thank you for choosing the University of WisconsinStevens Point as your home campus!
“Our dedicated faculty, staff, students and neighbors deserve
special thanks for all that they do to keep the university focused
on its purpose—to transform lives and to transform our
community.”
-Bernie Patterson, UWSP Chancellor
Marty Loy is the dean of the College of Professional
Studies at UWSP, which houses the department that
offers the HWM program.
“It is exciting to help students gain skills in an emerging field.
We look forward to working with you and are committed to
providing the best possible educational experience.”
-Marty Loy, Dean of the College of Professional Studies.
UW-Stevens Point has been a leader in wellness for
more than 30 years
… and continues to be
a leader in wellness
Professor Tom Wetter receives the “Distinguished Academic Program Award” on
behalf of UWSP’s School of Health Promotion & Human Development.
Faculty and Staff
“Welcome to the new HWM program.
Being one of our first students shows
you’re open to innovation and ready
to be a leader in the field. I am very
excited to work with you and the other
HWM students who will shape the
future of health and wellness.”
• Annie Wetter, Ph.D.
HPHD Department Associate Dean/Chair
Your HWM Academic Director and your Advisor is Dr.
Peter Gryffin
“Winston Churchill once stated that healthy citizens are
the greatest asset any country can have. I would add that
it is also a country's greatest investment. Nothing
functions effectively without health, and nothing is more
costly than illness. The Health and Wellness Management
program targets the growing demand and need for
corporate and employee health, a priority in alignment
with our government’s new commitment to preventive
health. Welcome to an exciting and important new
future!"
• Peter Gryffin
HWM Academic Director and Advisor for UWSP
Advising
If you have not already done so,
contact Dr. Gryffin for your initial
advising session!
Peter Gryffin, Ph.D.
UWSP Health Promotion & Human Development (HPHD)
HWM Academic Director/Student Advisor
715-346-4414
pgryffin@uwsp.edu
Your HWM Program Manager for the
UW-Stevens Point Campus is
Vicki Carlson
“It is exciting to work with students
as they are entering an emerging career
field that will have both a positive
economic impact for businesses and a
positive impact on individuals health
and wellness.”
• Vick Carlson
HWM Program Manager for UWSP
Vicki Carlson
• UWSP Continuing Education Outreach
Program Manager
• 715-346-4782
• vcarlson@uwsp.edu
• Contact Vicki with questions about course
registration, adding or dropping courses, and general
questions or concerns about the program.
Because the HWM degree program is offered in
partnership with UW-Extension and several UW
campuses, you will have frequent contact with
the UW-Extension Student Services Specialist,
Jen Simpson.
Jen Simpson
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Student Services Specialist, UW-Extension
1-877-895-3276
hwm@uwex.edu
Contact Jen with questions about your pre-registration
passcode (explained later in this orientation), questions
about courses, and general questions or concerns about
the program.
HWM Courses
HWM Course Instruction
The HWM program is offered in partnership with
UW-La Crosse, UW-River Falls, UW-Superior,
UW-Stevens Point and UW-Extension.
The courses in the HWM program will be taught by instructors
the different UW campuses, but your degree will be awarded
from the campus you have chosen as your home campus.
HWM Course Instruction
UW-Extension coordinates and oversees the program across all
of the partner campuses. UW-Extension houses the online class
platform (D2L) which HWM students will use to access the
courses online. This way, students from all of the partner
campuses can be in the same HWM class.
More about the HWM Courses
Course descriptions for the individual HWM courses can be
found at the HWM website:
http://hwm.wisconsin.edu/program-information/courseinformation.aspx
Fall colors at UWSP’s Old Main.
HWM Course Instruction
You will be communicating with both UW-Extension and UWStevens Point as you move through the program. Jen Simpson is
the UW-Extension Student Services Specialist for the HWM
program. She will contact you with your registration passcode
and any information for students from all partner campuses.
HWM Program Tuition Information
The tuition for the HWM program courses
is at a ‘Per Credit’ rate.
This means that there is no tuition plateau
(reduction) for students taking an overload of
credits.
The current tuition rate is available at the
following link: http://hwm.wisconsin.edu/program-information/tuition.aspx
There are no additional fees…
(Traditional UWSP students have ‘seg’ fees added to the
tuition to cover costs of the students center, student
clinic and other campus services that distance students
most likely will not use. Lab fees and distance learning
fees are also commonly added onto campus courses.)
There is no registration deposit required if you
are only taking HWM courses.
The registration deposit required by most other
UWSP students will be waived as long you are
taking only HWM courses
for the semester.
For new UWSP students…
The matriculation fee required by most other UWSP
students will be waived.
This fee is a one time fee applied to all new
freshman and new transfer students except those in
distance programs like HWM and is used to cover
new student program orientation, convocation and
commencement ceremonies.
There will be a fee at the time of
graduation to cover graduation expenses. This
fee will be applied to your tuition bill at the time
of graduation.
Be sure to check your tuition account balance on
your myPoint account to make sure you are
being assessed correctly.
If you think there has been an error in your
billing, contact the Accounts Receivable office:
715-346-2118
YOUR UWSP
myPoint ACCOUNT
myPoint
Any communication from UWSP will be through your
myPoint account. Campus announcements, your course
schedule, even the balance you owe on your tuition is
information obtained through myPoint.
It is very important you activate and check your UWSP
myPoint account and email!
(UWSP does not mail the bill for the tuition amount owed!
Billing statements are only emailed to you through your myPoint
account!)
myPoint
Now that you have
been accepted into the
Health and Wellness
Management Program,
activate your myPoint
account if you have not
already done so.
myPoint
You will need your UWSP ID number to activate your
myPoint. You should have received your UWSP ID number in
the HWM acceptance letter you received from Annie
Wetter.
HPHD students get involved in the community,
organizing, leading and participating in local
evens promoting health and wellness.
myPoint
If you did not receive your UWSP ID number
or have forgotten it, contact Vicki Carlson at
vscarlson@uwsp.edu or 715-346-4782
myPoint
Activating your myPoint account is easy…
The Dreyfus University Center on the
UWSP campus. Students refer to the
center as the “DUC.”
myPoint
Instructions for opening and navigating your UWSP myPoint
account are available by clicking on the “myPoint Activation and
Information” link on the Continuing Education website near the
link to this orientation. Print it out or cache the web address for
your reference as you set up and explore your myPoint account
after this orientation.
http://www.uwsp.edu/cps/contEd/Pages/HWM
The view inside the Dreyfus
University Center (DUC).
Registering
for Courses
How to Register for Classes
Because the courses are housed with UW-Extension but
your transcripts and diploma will come from your home
campus, registrations need to be processed through both
the UW-Extension system and the UW-Stevens Point
system.
Registration through the UW-Extension system ensures
your ‘seat’ in the course with all students, including those
from partner institutions.
How to Register for Classes
Registration through the UW-Stevens Point system records
your course for your transcripts. Grades are posted through
this system. Financial aid is also processed based on your
course enrollment as reflected in the UW-Stevens Point
system.
An explosion of autumn color welcomes
students to the fall semester at UWSP.
How to Register for Classes
You will be responsible for registering through the UWExtension system.
Vicki Carlson will process your registration through the
UWSP system based on the enrollment reports she receives
from UW-Extension.
View of Old Main behind the Communication
Building.
How to Register for Classes
If you have not yet already, you should be receiving a registration
username and password from UW-Extension. If you do not
receive a registration username and password within two weeks
of your HWM program acceptance letter, contact Vicki Carlson at
715-346-4782 or vcarlson@uwsp.edu.
Students in UWSP’s Health Promotion &
Human Development programs have
opportunities to participate in internships
that provide them with work experience in
their field.
How to Register for Classes
Before using your username and passcode to register
through the HWM website, each semester you need to
connect with your UWSP advisor to confirm that you are
eligible to enroll in the courses you plan on taking. Once
you have confirmed your course plan, proceed with
registering through the HWM website.
HPHD students display at an Employee
Wellness conference.
How to Register for Classes
You will be notified of the day registration opens for courses in
the HWM program for the upcoming semester.
Note that because the HWM program is in collaboration with
other UW universities and not solely a UWSP program, the
registration appointment time on your UWSP myPoint will not be
correct.
A winter scene greets campus visitors
entering the South side of campus.
How to Register for Classes
One registration for HWM courses opens, you will be able to register
through the HWM website using the passcode Jen Simpson has
emailed you.
Step by step instructions for online registration can be found by
clicking on the “How to Register for HWM Courses” link on the
Continuing Education website near the link to this orientation. Print it
out or cache the web address for your reference.
http://www.uwsp.edu/cps/conted/Pages/HWM/Registration.aspx
The Trainer Natural Resources building houses the
College of Natural Resources on the UWSP campus.
Photo by Farmbrough
How to Register for Classes
After you have registered through the HWM website, an enrollment
report will be emailed to UWSP Program Manager Vicki Carlson, who
will process your registration through the UWSP system.
It is important to know that you are not really registered until your
registration has been processed through both systems. There are
certain situations that could prevent your registration from being
processed in the UWSP system.
The UWSP athletic logo recently was updated.
Issues That Can Prevent Registration
The $100 registration deposit that is required for most UWSP students is
waived for students in the online Health and Wellness Management program
taking HWM courses. However, if you are also registering for other nonHWM courses this deposit is required.
In other words, you will not have to pay this before registering unless
you are taking campus courses other than HWM courses.
If you are taking other campus courses besides HWM courses, your
registration will be held until the deposit is paid. The deposit can
be paid online through the following billpay site:
http://www.uwsp.edu/bursar/Pages/Bill-Pay.aspx
Issues That Can Prevent Registration
The tuition balance from a previous semester must be paid in full before your
registration will be able to process for the following semester.
Note that your tuition balance is available for you to review on your myPoint
account.
If you have questions about your tuition balance, contact the Bursar’s office:
715-346-2088 http://www.uwsp.edu/bursar/Pages/Contact.aspx
Chancellor Patterson with the cupola on the top of
Old Main.
Check to Confirm Your Schedule
Check your course schedule on your myPoint
page to confirm the schedule is correct.
An error in your UWSP schedule can affect your
financial aid, grades on your transcript and your
tuition bill. It is important you verify the
schedule is correct.
View of the UWSP Learning Resource Center-Library.
Attendance
Your online courses will not necessarily be self paced. There
might be assignments due with deadline dates. Be sure to log in
sometime the first week of class to make sure you understand
the class expectations and to check assignment deadlines.
The north side of the Noel Fine Arts
Building in early spring.
Attendance Reporting
Instructors are to report students that have not attended class during
the first 8 days of class. Those that have not attended are
automatically dropped from the class.
Online course instructors comply with this campus procedure by
having some assignment due before the 8th day of the online class.
Students who do not complete this assignment are considered to have
not attended.
UWSP adopted a new logo in 2013
Attendance Reporting Automatic Drop
Students that have been automatically dropped from the course
because they were reported as not attending during the first 8 days
must contact their instructor for permission if they want to be reregistered for the course.
If the instructor approves, the instructor must contact the UWSP
Enrollment Services office to let them know they approve.
The cupola in fall.
Attendance Reporting Automatic Drop
Since your HWM course instructor may be from a partner UWcampus, faculty and staff at UWSP will not necessarily know the
instructor information for the HWM instructor you need to
contact. If you do not have access to the name and contact
information for your instructor, contact the UW-Extension
Student Services Specialist, Jen Simpson 1-877-895-3276
hwm@uwex.edu
for instructor name and contact information.
Dropping Courses
Careful consideration should be given when determining whether or not to drop a course.
Depending on when in the semester a course is dropped, all or part of the tuition for that course
may still be due. See the tuition refund chart on the following website:
http://www.uwsp.edu/ar/Pages/Deadlines.aspx
Note: Though a registration deposit is not required for those taking only HWM courses, a $100
fee is assessed when dropping all courses for a semester if not done weeks before the beginning
of the semester. If registered for non-HWM courses which required a registration deposit, the
registration deposit may be nonrefundable as well.
Dropping courses may impact your financial aid award. For more information, visit the following
website: http://www.uwsp.edu/finaid/Pages/withdrawals.aspx Contact the Financial Aid office
for information about how dropping courses will affect your Financial Aid: 715-346-3526.
Deadline dates for registration deposit refunds, as well as other disclosure information, can be
found at the following website: http://www.uwsp.edu/regrec/Pages/Cancellations.aspx
Dropping Courses
If circumstances arise that require a course to be dropped, the course will
need to be dropped in both the UW-Extension and the UW-Stevens Point
system. To drop the course in the UW-Extension system, contact Jen
Simpson, the UW-Extension Student Services Specialist to notify her that the
course will need to be dropped from your schedule. This will drop you from
the class lists.
To drop the course through the UWSP system within the first 8 days of the
semester, you may be able to drop the course online through your myPoint
account unless you are dropping all courses for that semester. If past day 8 or
dropping all courses, contact Vicki Carlson, 715-346-4782 or
vcarlson@uwsp.edu. She will assist in processing your drop request.
Dropping Courses
Dropping all courses in a given semester is classified as a
Cancelation/Withdraw. Contact the Enrollment Services office if you are
canceling or withdrawing for the semester:
http://www.uwsp.edu/enrollmentservices/Pages/default.aspx
If circumstances arise the require you to Cancel/Withdraw for a semester, you
can register the following semester without reapplying for admission to
UWSP. If two or more semesters pass, you may have to re-apply. If you have
questions about re-applying to UWSP, contact the Admissions office: 715346-2441 or admiss@uwsp.edu
UWSP’s Schmeeckle Reserve is a 280
acre natural area that is part of the
UWSP campus.
Check to Confirm Your Schedule
Especially when any changes are made, it is important
to check your course schedule on your myPoint page to
confirm the schedule is correct.
An error in your UWSP schedule can affect your
financial aid, grades on your transcript and your tuition
bill. It is important you verify the schedule is correct.
Getting Your Textbooks
Getting Your Textbooks
The textbooks for each course are listed on the Health and Wellness
Management program website.
For convenience, the HWM program works closely with MBS Direct and you
can order textbooks from the website. However, you can obtain textbooks
from any source you choose. Often online textbook providers have
competitive prices so it pays to shop around.
The UWSP mascot, Stevie Pointer, joins with
faculty and staff during the Employee Wellness
Walk During Lunch event.
Getting Your Textbooks
Instructions for obtaining textbook information are available on the
Continuing Education website near the link to this orientation. Print it out or
cache the web address for your reference when you order your textbooks.
http://hwm.wisconsin.edu/current-students/textbooks.aspx
UWSP HPHD students have the opportunity to
present at professional conferences such as the
Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA) Wisconsin
conference.
Desire to Learn (D2L)
Desire 2 Learn (D2L)
All of your courses will be online and will use Desire 2 Learn (D2L) for the
online course platform.
Desire 2 Learn (D2L)
About a week before your course begins, you will receive via e-mail from UWExtension the URL, username and password to log into the course’s D2L.
A tile mural decorates the south side of the College
of Natural Resources Building in the area of
campus known as the Sundial.
Desire 2 Learn (D2L)
Do not use D2L link on your myPoint
account. This link goes to the UWSP
campus D2L program. For the HWM
courses, D2L is supported by UWExtension. Use the URL and the
password emailed to you from UWExtension.
Desire 2 Learn (D2L)
To view a D2L Demo, go to the
HWM program website:
http://hwm.wisconsin.edu/gettingstarted/online-course.aspx
The Noel Fine Arts Center houses the
College of Fine Arts & Communication on
the UWSP campus.
Desire 2 Learn (D2L)
Technical support for D2L is provided through UWExtension
• Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m.-9 p.m.
• Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• (Closed Saturday)
• Sunday from 1-9 p.m.
• E-mail techsupport@uwex.edu
• Call 1-877-724-7883
myPoint
Note: Contact the UWSP Help Desk for problems
with your UWSP myPoint account:
1-877-832-8977 or local call 715-346-HELP
(4357)
helpdesk@uwsp.edu
Online Writing and
Study Skills Tutorials
Study Skills
There are online resources to help you with writing and study skills:
http://hwm.wisconsin.edu/current-students/student-resources.aspx
Interesting art provides a visual focus as
well as a place to sit outside the DeBot
Student Dining Hall.
UWSP Campus
Support Offices
Navigating through the campus offices for
information can be confusing!
UWSP Campus Support Offices
A list of frequently used offices with contact information is available on the
Continuing Education website near the link to this orientation under
“Program Contacts.” Print it out or cache the web address for your reference.
http://www.uwsp.edu/cps/conted/Pages/HWM/Contacts.aspx
A blanket of winter snow welcomed students
to the former Noel Fine Arts Center Building.
We’re Here to Help!
The most important thing to remember is that assistance is
never more than a phone call or an e-mail away!
• Jen Simpson
Student Services Specialist, UW-Extension
1-877-895-3276
hwm@uwex.edu
• Peter Gryffin, Ph.D.
HWM Academic Director and Advisor for UWSP
715-346-4414
pgryffin@uwsp.edu
• Vicki Carlson
UWSP Continuing Education Outreach Program Manager
College of Professional Studies
715-346-4782
vcarlson@uwsp.edu