Pointers from the Past
October 2019 will be the 125 th anniversary of UW-Stevens Point. The University Library and the campus Historic Preservation Committee has items on display highlighting Pointers from the past. We hope you have a chance to visit the lobby display to see some of these wonderful artifacts. Mildred Davis came to UWSP in 1928 as a French professor. She was a campus fixture for 56 years who sketched the photo of Old Main on diploma covers and used her calligraphy skills for the names of graduates. Davis loved art and was known for sketching dress designs. Three of these unique sketch books that she had given her mother are now housed in the UWSP University Archives. Four of her “chip carving” pieces are currently on display. John Anderson was director of the UW-Stevens Point News and Publications Office. He arrived in Stevens Point in 1967 and was considered UWSP’s “unofficial historian.” He published a weekly faculty & staff newsletter as well a bi-annual alumni newspap