We accomplished a great deal during the 2005-06 academic year. I remain impressed with the positive, proactive attitude that characterizes the campus. Faculty, staff and students remain excited about the future of UW-Stout, especially as we move forward in receiving designation as a polytechnic university.
The University of Wisconsin-Stout is a recognized leader in educational innovation and the only UW System institution (and only one of 125 schools nationwide) to provide a laptop computer to all undergraduate students. We are one of the few schools to adopt effective assessment tools for the program. As a wireless and wired campus, 90 percent of our classrooms are modern, mediated learning centers, and we are committed to using modern technology for all education and business functions. Lab-based experiences are provided for the majority of students in all programs.
Professionally focused programs lead to productive careers for UW-Stout graduates. Our program array and new program development enhance the state’s effort to attract and keep companies with desirable, high-paying jobs. In an average year, nearly 80 percent of our graduates have completed at least one co-op experience, and the result is an extraordinarily high graduate placement rate of nearly 98 percent. Employers are surveyed every other year, and nearly all respond that they are very satisfied with the preparation and job performance of our graduates.
The 2005-06 annual report represents the range of activities we are involved in daily. We invite you to not only read the report, but to respond to it with questions, suggestions and comments. We want and need your involvement to be a forward-looking university that prepares its students for a career…and life.
Charles W. Sorensen
Chancellor
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