Nick Grunseth switched careers with the help of UW-Stout. Grunseth is now a special education teacher at Chippewa Falls Senior High School.
UW-Stout is helping to address a statewide shortage of special education teachers. An alternative certification program has trained a dozen new teachers to date. One of those new teachers is Nick Grunseth, an Eau Claire TV meteorologist who switched careers to work with special needs teens at Chippewa Falls Senior High School.