UW-Stout
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Project monitors phosphorus remediation strategies; trains students for workforce
June 28, 2023
The Red Cedar Watershed in west-central Wisconsin is one of the most highly impacted watersheds in Wisconsin. The Red Cedar River was listed as an EPA impaired water in 1998, and Tainter Lake and Lake Menomin have been listed as highly impaired since 1972 due to high levels of phosphorus pollution, which depresses local property […]
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Fast Forward: UW-Stout to develop model cybersecurity internship program with $299,000 System, state grant
June 8, 2023
University’s leadership in the field will help address a critical workforce need in Wisconsin A cybersecurity internship grant addressing the needs of the Wisconsin’s critical infrastructure utilities has been awarded to UW-Stout, a higher education leader in the field. The $298,771 Fast Forward grant from the state Department of Workforce Development and University of Wisconsin […]
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UW-Stout game design and animation programs ranked among best in country
May 30, 2023
Three programs from UW-Stout’s School of Art and Design are the best in the state, according to new national rankings. Ranked No. 1 in Wisconsin are two Bachelor of Fine Arts programs: game design and development-art; and animation and digital media, along with the Master of Fine Arts in design. The rankings are by Princeton […]
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UW-Stout to offer minor in esports coaching beginning in the fall
May 8, 2023
Growing popularity of competitive sport, university’s established varsity team help lead to first such program in state UW-Stout is taking the lead again in the esports field in Wisconsin. After becoming the first UW System school to offer an interscholastic esports — competitive video game — team in 2020, the university will be the first […]
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UW-Stout’s Child and Family Study Center looks to strengthen Wisconsin’s child care workforce
April 19, 2023
Center at the heart of Heritage Hall project provides critical career training through community service Families from around Wisconsin are facing significant shortages of quality child care programs, caused in large part by a shortage of licensed early childhood staff. UW-Stout is committed to building the state’s child care workforce through its Child and Family […]
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Fully focused: UW-Stout video production majors gaining industry experience
April 11, 2023
Class tours Cinequipt in Minneapolis; student’s videography business receives two national honors Being ready to step into a career is one of the hallmarks of an education at UW-Stout. A group of video production majors, including one already working professionally, are a couple of steps closer to that reality. Recently, students in the Advanced Video Production class […]
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UW-Stout special programming will benefit Boys & Girls Club middle school students
March 31, 2023
University collaboration is part of club’s grant to engage children through hands-on learning Middle school students from the Menomonie’s Boys & Girls Club will learn about cool technology and eating healthy thanks to a new collaborative grant with University of Wisconsin-Stout. To help engage children in Menomonie, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Greater Chippewa […]
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Nine UW-Stout students present applied research at annual state Capitol event
March 29, 2023
Research in the Rotunda includes food science major explaining work on consumer and commercial test kits for E.coli and coliforms A research spotlight shone on nine UW-Stout students on Wednesday, March 8, at the state Capitol, including one whose efforts could help make water safer to drink and food safer to eat. Dozens of UW […]
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UW-Stout’s polytechnic approach could boost recruiting efforts in India
March 3, 2023
New in-country recruiter Pednekar impressed with labs, campus, friendliness during weeklong visit Whether in Mumbai, New Delhi or any other city across the vast nation of India, Anagha Pednekar could have a distinct advantage when it comes to recruiting students for UW-Stout. It’s the polytechnic advantage, the applied learning and career-focused higher education that sets […]
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On the upswing: Growing state golf industry reinforces need for GEM program graduates
February 10, 2023
Wisconsin has long been known for its great cheese, cranberries, beer and sausage, but in the past couple of decades it has become a destination for something else: Great golf. In 2021, the state had seven of the top 50 public courses, best in the U.S., drawing tourists from around the country and world. More […]