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Idea takes business-plan prize
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, May 13
Ryan McKone, a 24-year-old UW-Stout graduate, took first place in the fourth annual Xcel Energy Young Entrepreneurs' Written Business Plan Competition for his proposed restaurant, Crush.

Graduation: A Mother-Daughter Celebration
WQOW-TV, Eau Claire, May 13
Kristin Anderson and daughter Katrina graduated together from UW-Stout Saturday, May 10.

Technologenerations’ links old and young
Dunn County News, May 12
Seven UW-Stout students undertook a project to help the older generation learn about computers, and while providing that one-on-one assistance, they used the opportunity to interview the participants and learn from them as well.

Bridge to Hope gets ‘home makeover’
Dunn County News, May 12
UW-Stout students made a difference in the community by helping to renovate a local abuse shelter in Menomonie.

Graduation ceremony honors memory of fire victims
Dunn County News, May 11
University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen urged the graduates who received diplomas Saturday to work for a better world by using their education to its fullest and to honor the memory of the three April 5 fire victims by staying safe.

Mission in life
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, May 11
A Chippewa Falls High School graduate, who has cerebral palsy, will learn to care for herself while attending the Transition Partnership School at UW-Stout in September.

Students cautioned to avoid cell phone, Web pitfalls
St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 11
Jessica Bryan, coordinator of University of Wisconsin-Stout campus violence-prevention project, contributes to the discussion of safety, the appropriate use of cell phones, and information posting on the Web.

Commission continues tradition
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, May 9
Within hours after UW-Stout student Dick Lofthouse graduates, he will be commissioned into the U.S. Army following a longstanding family tradition.

Sweet St. Paul
Twin Cities Daily Planet, St. Paul, Minn., May 8
Legacy Chocolates, an incubator business in partnership with UW-Stout, is touted as a source for Mother’s Day gifts.

Chancellors across the UW System worried over salaries
The Daily Cardinal, UW-Madison, May 8
Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen is quoted in an article about salaries and benefit packages for UW-System top executives. Currently, five chancellor positions are open in the UW System.

Students given key to college connection
Dunn County News, Menomonie, May 7
Thirty junior high students from Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School toured Stout as part of an Educational Talent Search grant. The focus of the grant program is to encourage disadvantaged students to consider college as an option.

College club tests skills at the track
WEAU-TV, Eau Claire, May 7
Members of Stout’s Society of Automotive Engineers build single-person, all-terrain vehicles that can withstand four hours of competitive racing.

High school students Upward Bound to UW-Stout
Dunn County News, Menomonie, May 7
UW-Stout will host a group of ninth and 10th graders in a six-week Upward Bound program this summer.

Busy, busy, busy
Photos by Lissa blog, Menomonie, May 5
The mother of a preschooler writes about and photographs a field trip her young son experienced at UW-Stout. The photographs capture Stout’s football players playing with the children during a tour of the stadium and on the field.

Designer finds place with sitters and skaters
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 3
Ryan Muraro, a junior in industrial design at UW-Stout has designed two suits that are being worn by speedskaters from Great Britain and Ukraine — speedskaters shooting for the next winter Olympics. Other Coverage:

Stout goes glam
WEAU-TV, Eau Claire, May 2
Behind-the-scenes footage and runway coverage of the Silhouettes 2008 Fashion Show, an annual production of the department of apparel design and development, was featured on WEAU’s weekend morning show.

The Great Porn Debate waged at UW-Stout
Dunn County News, Menomonie, April 27
An adult film star and a pastor shared opposing views of pornography and its ramifications during a campus event sponsored by Blue Devil Productions. The debate, first begun in 2006, has been held on other campuses, including Yale University, and is endorsed by the National Association for Campus Activities. Other Coverage:

Speedskaters cut sharp form with UW-Stout student’s help
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, April 25
A UW-Stout student studying industrial design has designed two speedskating suits for international competition. 

UW-Stout assistant professor publishes book, holds signing
Dunn County News, April 23
Michael Martin, an assistant professor in the English and philosophy department at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, has recently published a book titled “Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Creating Ethos in Uncertain Circumstances.

ECE leader Herr retires as ECE conference celebrates 30 years
Dunn County News, April 23
Judy Herr, who has retired as program director for the early childhood education program at Stout, is recognized nationally and internationally for the number of books she has authored and co-authored.

Earth Day
WEAU-TV, Eau Claire, April 22
Members of UW-Stout's environmental group Greensense share tips for being green everyday.

Fashion without Fabric 2008
Dunn County News, Menomonie, April 20
The UW-Stout department of art and design hosted its annual Fashion Without Fabric show April 12 at the Memorial Student Center.

MPTC, UW-O articulation agreement means instructional assistant credits will transfer
Fond du Lac Reporter, April 22
The articulation agreement signed between the Wisconsin Technical College System and the Instructional Assistant associate of applied science degree program allow students to transfer credits toward UW-Stout’s special education teaching degree.

Silent partner
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, April 21
UW-Stout senior Jeff DeFrancesca quietly aids the community and was nominated for the Hockey Humanitarian Award.

Supermileage Challenge: Students Go the Distance
WQOW-TV, Eau Claire, April 19
UW-Stout is hosting the Supermileage Challenge. High school and middle school students use their math, science and technology skills to build vehicles that can get the best gas mileage. Other Coverage:

Fashion without Fabric 2008
Dunn County News, April 20
The UW-Stout department of art and design hosted its annual Fashion Without Fabric show April 12 at the Memorial Student Center.

Full nest
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, April 17
Real-life spouses Stephen and Susan Collie, both of UW-Stout, play the parents in the latest Menomonie Theater Guild production, "Alone Together."

Strange Bedfellows
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, April 17
Rev. Craig Gross and former porn star Ron Jeremy will square off in "The Great Porn Debate" Monday at UW-Stout.

County visioning project is finalist in awards contest
Dunn County News, April 16
Five graduate students from Stout are working on a Dunn County visioning project, which was named one of 20 finalists in the Case Foundation’s “Make It Your Own” awards program.

Stout plans to increase degree offerings
Dunn County News, Menomonie, April 16
The UW System Board of Regents is considering a major campus academic plan proposal from UW-Stout that calls for adding 17 new undergraduate and graduate degree programs over the next seven to 10 years. Other Coverage:

Lessons learned from Virginia Tech
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, April 16
In remembrance of the Virginia Tech shootings one year ago, campus chimes at UW-Eau Claire and UW-Stout were scheduled to sound at 9:30 a.m. with memorial tones.

In Brief
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, April 17
UW-Stout students enrolled in the Honors Technology Seminar are seeking to help members of the community in need of basic computer assistance. The seven students in the class call themselves Technologenerations.


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Future Teachers Brighten Up Schools
WEAU-TV Eau Claire, April 13
UW-Stout student Annika Gangeness served as the state coordinator for Outreach to Teach.

UW-Stout mourns another student
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, April 11
K ara Beth Gilbertson was a 42-year-old student who died Wednesday from a massive brain hemorrhage.

Regents hear priorities of students at 6 UW schools
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 10
The student senates from UW-Stout and five other University of Wisconsin institutions presented a list of their budgetary priorities to the UW System Board of Regents Thursday, April 10. Other Coverage:

House fire kills three UW-Stout students

Stout professor receives second prestigious award
Stoutonia, Menomonie, Wis., April 3
Molly Welch-Deal, an associate lecturer in the psychology department at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, has received her second major award in less than two years.

Stout Man - Sorority contest supports Alcohol Awareness Week
Dunn County News, Menomonie, March 30
Alcohol Awareness Week is a model developed locally by the UW-Stout Delta Zeta sorority. It is now an annual program observed nationally by all Delta Zeta sororities. The Stout Man contest was one of several events planned for the week at UW-Stout.

Students display graphic design work
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, March 30
The first annual Graphic Exposure, a statewide juried student graphic design exhibition, is in the Edna Carlsten Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point through April 6. Forty college students from the Madison Area Technical College and UW-Milwaukee, UW-Eau Claire, UW-Green Bay, UW-Stout and UWSP have work in the show.

Judo journey
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, March 28
UW-Stout is hosting one of the most popular sports in the world this weekend when about 500 competitors. Other Coverage:

UW-Stout parking patrol goes electric
St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 29
Receiving a parking ticket can be a stressful event, but UW-Stout students might feel a little better if they know that the vehicle used by university parking personnel is an environmentally friendly electric car. Other Coverage:

UW-Stout leaders express vet tuition concerns
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, March 28
The president of the Stout Student Association says the Legislature needs to fund the Veterans Tuition Remission program to pay tuition for veterans rather than expect universities to absorb the cost.

Minnesota Quality Award event scheduled for April 16
Rochester Post-Bulletin, March 27
UW-Stout will be one of the featured organizations during the Minnesota Quality Award event. The Minnesota Quality Award is based on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

Wood’s Book Report, March 26
Red Wing Republican Eagle, March 27
A columnist reviews a book edited by former Stout professor Susan Thurin, “Retiring Minds: Life After Work.” The book is a collection of writings of more than 20 retired college professors, most of them from Stout.

Stout joining nationwide survey
The Badger Herald, Madison, March 25
University of Wisconsin-Stout announced last week it will participate in a study to further the accountability of higher education.

Business Bytes – UW-Stout surveys graduates
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, March 23
UW-Stout graduates reported a 95.9 percent employment rate a year after leaving campus, according to a 2006-07 annual report by the university's Office of Career Services. The study also showed that in 16 of UW-Stout's 30 majors, 100 percent of graduates found employment or continued their education. Graduates surveyed for the 2005-06 report had a 96.9 percent employment rate.

UW-Stout’s art is long gone
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, March 17
During the first half of the 1900s, most of the antiquities on display in UW-Stout's museum went missing.

21 steps to building a better burger
Dunn County News, March 16
Nine Wisconsin high school teams spent months designing the most difficult, indirect path to building a hamburger with an eye to demonstrating their inventions at UW-Stout’s first Rube Goldberg machine competition. Other Coverage:

Employers place high value on Stout grads
Dunn County News, Menomonie, March 16
Despite a soft economy, UW-Stout graduates reported a 95.9 percent employment rate a year after leaving campus, according to a recent survey conducted by Career Services.

Couple closes studio
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, March 13
William Schulman, a retired Stout art professor, and his wife Shirley are having their 10th joint exhibition at the Rassbach Hertitage Museum in Menomonie from March 15 through May 26.

Stout names new dean of students
Dunn County News, March 12
Joan Thomas has been named dean of students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Thomas has been employed in student services at UW-Stout since 1988 and has been serving as interim dean of students since 2006. Other Coverage:

UW-Stout to create center for ethics
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, March 11
Some of the $5 million donated to UW-Stout since October will be used to develop a Center for the Study of Ethics. The goal of the center will be to ensure that all curriculums have an ethics component, said Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen, who announced the donations Tuesday. Other Coverage:

Blue Devils creating tradition
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, March 11
Terry Watkins has seen just about everything when it comes to UW-Stout hockey.

A sweet peek at the Capitol Square's sweetest spot
dane101.com, Dane County, March 11
Punky Egan, who got her bachelor’s degree from UW-Stout, is the owner of Sucre, a Euro-chic café in downtown Madison.

WITC's new leader comes from Stout
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, March 7
A UW-Stout special assistant to the chancellor was named Thursday as the new president of Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College. Robert Meyer will begin his two-year WITC term July 1. Other Coverage:

In Brief
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, March 7
Joan Thomas has been named dean of students at UW-Stout. "Joan Thomas brings a successful record to the position," Provost Julie Furst-Bowe said.

Design for Social Change: a Wisconsin-India connection
Saja Forum, March 4
An assistant professor of graphic design at Stout initiated a collaborative design project with a nonprofit in Delhi.

Student’s solar vision
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, March 6
A UW-Stout sophomore researching solar panel technology is invited to speak at the State Capitol during the UW System’s annual Posters in the Rotunda event. Four other Stout students display their research posters at the event. Other Coverage:

Mixed Green: Recyclemania comes to Stout
Dunn County News, March 3
Last year was the first year Wisconsin universities became involved in Recyclemania, the friendly recycling and reusing competition designed to encourage sustainable, healthy practices. UW-Stout and UW-River Falls are among the five schools participating.

Empty Bowls helps tackle hunger locally, worldwide
Dunn County News, March 2
The UW-Stout Ceramics Guild is making bowls for the Empty Bowls fundraiser March 8.

CHP gets grant for oral health project
Dunn County News, March 2
UW-Stout is working with Community Health Partnership to analyze the initial assessments and the results of a CHP grant project, which was funded to improve the oral health of adults with developmental disabilities who reside in Chippewa and Dunn counties.

UW System looking at tuition options
The Capital Times, Madison, March 1
The University of Wisconsin System is looking at a variety of tuition options as a way of increasing access to college while also gaining more revenue if state budgets slide.
One possibility is per-credit tuition, which is already used at UW-Stout.

UW-Stout tests e-mail system as emergency notifications tool
Dunn County News, Feb. 27
A test of the Stout e-mail system showed that it could be an effective tool in the event of a crisis on campus that required immediate notification of faculty, staff and students. Other Coverage:

Campus car drives home awareness
WQOW-TV, Eau Claire, Feb. 26
UW-Stout hopes a new electric car on campus will drive home awareness about global warming. Other Coverage:

Area Business Briefs
Dunn County News, Feb. 25
Kathy Sveum, Registration and Records, has been named University of Wisconsin-Stout’s Classified Employee of the month for January.

Garden writer, photographer left rich imprint on those she met
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 24
Kathy Tank, an avid local gardener, writer and photographer, died in November. Her husband, David Tank, a staff member at UW-Stout, is telling her story in a book called "River of Hope: My Journey with Kathy in Search of Healing from Lou Gehrig's Disease."

New alliance hailed as groundbreaking
Dunn County News, Feb. 20
Students from northeast Wisconsin will be able to earn a manufacturing engineering degree at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College’s Green Bay campus under an agreement signed Monday by leaders from NWTC, Stout and UW-Green Bay. Other Coverage:

Stout examines shooting preparedness
B-95 Radio, The Morning Show, Feb. 20
UW-Stout officials took a look at their emergency plans during a public forum held Wednesday, Feb. 20, on campus. The university is testing a mass e-mail system to alert students and staff of an emergency.

An ‘Eau’ for Obama
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 20
Alec Kirby, associate professor of social science at UW-Stout, is quoted in this article. He shares his view on why Barack Obama appeals to young voters.

Kwik Trip plan denied
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 19
Sandra Claflin-Chalton, social science lecturer at UW-Stout, surveyed students and residents in the area of a proposed Kwik Trip in Menomonie. She determined there was not enough demand for another station.

Engineering students get an edge
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 18
UW-Stout will be part of a 2+2 agreement with Northeast Wisconsin Technical College and UW-Green Bay to stop the brain drain from eastern Wisconsin while attempting to boost the state economy.

It’s our turn
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 17
Alec Kirby, UW-Stout social science associate professor, believes that Wisconsin’s role will be pivotal in the presidential primaries.

Apply and demand
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 14
The number of applications for new freshmen at UW-Stout—3,423 thus far—is about even from a year ago, but the number of freshman admissions and transfer students for 2008-09 is up, said Cindy Gilberts, Stout’s director of admissions.

Rolling with the punches
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 10
Jack Reardon, professor of social science, is quoted in this article on the local economy.

Regents approve $4 million dining hall remodeling at UW-Stout
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Feb. 8
One of the Menomonie campus' main dining areas, Price Commons, will get a $4 million facelift in 2009. Construction is expected to begin in March 2009, with a completion anticipated for August of the same year. Other Coverage:

Entrepreneur’s venture off to fast start
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 7
Stout graduate, Micah Johnson, recently launched GigTide, an online resume builder.

Eco-Friendly Living
Northland’s News Center, Duluth, Feb. 7
Thirty-five Stout students studying interior design visited the Eco-Home at Hawk Ridge in Duluth as research before designing the interior of a real client’s eco-home, which will be built this summer in Wisconsin.

Toolkits make life easier for elderly, disabled
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 4
Laura Plummer, a rehabilitation technologist and sensory specialist with the UW-Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute, has helped develop technology toolkits that can help people live better and stay independent as they age or develop physical disabilities.

Pepsi to air commercial sans sound
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 4
Laura Plummer a rehabilitation technologist and sensory specialist with the UW-Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute, comments on the significance of Pepsi’s silent commercial during the Super Bowl’s pre-game show.

Never a dull moment
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 3
A group of UW-Stout students spends winter break in New Zealand, in what may have been the first international trip for a recreation program in the UW System.

Siblings' booty met with disbelief
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Feb. 1
A UW-Stout freshman and his sister were undeterred in their search for treasure in the St. Paul Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt. They fought the cold and struck gold - a $10,000 prize. Other Coverage:

National Attention for UW-Stout Surveys
WQOW TV-18, Eau Claire, Jan. 29
UW-Stout receives national attention for its attention to safety. Stout staff members with the Campus Violence Protection Project recently shared their surveys about campus violence in Washington, D.C.

Virtual volunteering
CNN, Jan. 28
UW-Stout students studying graphic design create artwork for a nonprofit organization in India to further its environmental message.

Gaining Ground: Manufacturing Business Builds in Wisconsin
WQOW-TV 18, Eau Claire, Jan. 22
The accompanying video to the text story includes an interview with Bob Meyer, drector of the Stout Technology Transfer Institute, who discusses job opportunities in the manufacturing sector.

Chancellors' salaries can't be compared to athletic coaches'
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Jan. 17
John Enger, retired executive director of university relations at UW-Stout in Menomonie, comments on a recent column about university chancellors' salaries.

Stout Students to Help Katrina Victims
WQOW-TV 18, Jan. 14
A group of UW-Stout students decided to trade in their winter break to help with recovery efforts in Mississippi.

Industrial designer’s job takes the cake
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Jan. 13
A graduate of UW-Stout’s art program in industrial design appeared on the Martha Stewart show after he designed a bundt cake pan for her line of wares.

UW-Stout trio raising awareness
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Jan. 13
To mark stalking awareness month, three women will shed light on the issue this week. They are Jessica Bryan, UW-Stout's campus violence prevention project coordinator; Amber Gerber, Campus Violence Prevention Project director; and Wendy Knutson, an institutional research associate.

UW-Stout restructures academic programs
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Jan. 11
UW-Stout will realign its academic programs into four colleges, beginning July 1. 

Hurricane Help: Students Headed to Brett Favre’s Hometown
WEAU-TV 13 , Jan. 11
Ten UW-Stout students will head south for the special service trip. Students will stay in the Camp Coastal Volunteer Camp, which is right outside Brett Favre’s hometown of Kiln, Miss.

Practicing for the unpredictable
Lawrence Journal World and News (Kansas), Jan. 11
Donald Gjestson, a UW-Stout police officer and a critical incident instructor for the International Association of College Law Enforcement Administrators, trains campus personnel at Kansas University how to respond to emergencies through simulation training.

Couple give $500,000 to UW-Stout
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Jan. 4
Two alumni, who wish to remain anonymous, have donated $500,000 to UW-Stout for scholarships.

Tips given for how to receive
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Jan. 4
David Williams, UW-Stout’s vice chancellor for university advancement and marketing, visited Germany as a Fulbright scholar to share his knowledge on fundraising, something German universities are just starting to do.