UW-Stout
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UW-Stout earns national honors in design arena
May 21, 2013
MENOMONIE – Two UW-Stout undergraduate programs are receiving national recognition. In March, the Princeton Review announced its 2013 rankings of the top game design programs at U.S. colleges. The list included the top 15 programs while another 15 programs, including UW-Stout’s, received honorable mention. UW-Stout’s program is the only one in Wisconsin or Minnesota ranked […]
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Commencement: UW-Stout online master’s students see campus, meet for first time
May 17, 2013
Menomonie, Wis. — For most of the 1,382 students graduating from University of Wisconsin-Stout, commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday were a goodbye. Commencement is a formal farewell to the campus where they’ve spent years rushing to classes, hanging out with friends and living in the residence halls. They may return someday but probably not to […]
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Student takes passion for environment to state Capitol
April 17, 2013
Menomonie, Wis. — Callie Bernier’s interest in environmental science has taken her from a greenhouse to the statehouse in just four years. Bernier worked in a greenhouse while in high school and loved it. She decided to pursue a career that would allow her to be outdoors and combine her two passions: plants and art. […]
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UW-Stout graduates find success in workplace at 97 percent pace
April 10, 2013
Menomonie, Wis. — Elected officials from President Obama to Gov. Scott Walker have called on U.S. colleges and universities to work harder to prepare graduates for careers upon graduation. A recent report shows University of Wisconsin-Stout continues to excel in workforce preparation. The UW-Stout Career Services office new employment report showed that 97 percent of […]
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UW-Stout golf management students shoot for certification
March 28, 2013
Golf management students benefit from industry partnership. Not many years ago, making a tee time at a golf course involved a phone call, a pencil and a piece of paper. Those days, like laminated wood drivers, are long gone at most courses. Just ask the golf enterprise management majors at University of Wisconsin-Stout, Wisconsin’s Polytechnic […]
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Making Global Connections: Fab Lab brings MIT, worldwide technology network to UW-Stout
January 31, 2013
Menomonie, Wis. — A new laboratory on the University of Wisconsin-Stout campus is for dreamers who want to see their ideas come to life. “It’s a place where people can share their ideas and build almost anything,” said Ken Smith, research associate for the UW-Stout Discovery Center. The center, UW-Stout’s umbrella organization for applied research, […]
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National grant will target classroom research, Lake Menomin
November 6, 2012
Two University of Wisconsin-Stout biology instructors plan to examine the value of research in the classroom while, at the same time, study water quality in Lake Menomin. Stephen Nold and Scott McGovern have received a National Science Foundation grant for $176,818 called CRIUSE, or Classroom Research to Invigorate Undergraduate STEM Education. The grant, for the […]
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Sustainable management degree sees strong growth
November 5, 2012
Janna Rasmussen of Fort Atkinson, WI, has a confession. At age 47, she didn’t go back to college to launch a new career, or even to fulfill a desire to earn her degree. She went back to college because of a steak dinner bet with her son. Janna was a locomotive engineer when her son, […]