University of Wisconsin - Stout

October — December

 

The following stories were posted on media websites in 2006.
In many cases where the originating sites don't archive stories,
the links may be dead.

 

Stout grad pens new book

Dunn County News, December 27
John Seeley, a 1980 UW-Stout graduate, has published "Get Unstuck!," a basic guide for restructuring your life.

Librarian's Second book of nonfiction published

Quad City Times, December 27
Ann Bell's  second nonfiction book, “Handheld Computers in Schools and Media Centers,” grew out of her work as an online instructor of professional development for UW-Stout.

Does it Work? Vidalia Chop Wizard

WEAU-TV 13, December 20
Students test Vidalia Chop Wizard at Corner 3, the Cedar Cafe on UW-Stout's campus. Video available.

Students create 50 train cars

Reedsburg Times Press, December 19
Teacher Jeff Sullivan's Introduction to Manufacturing class developed math and geometry skills while building train cars. UW-Stout was a partner in the project. Sullivan is a 2005 Stout graduate in Technology Education.

Where’s the Snow?

WEAU.com, December 18
UW- Stout Biology Professor Ken Parejko comments on this year's lack of snow. Video available.

UW-Stout provost: Graduates need to use diploma for ‘right purpose’

Eau Claire Leader Telegram, December 17
UW-Stout Provost Julie Furst-Bowe addressed December 2006 graduates, and urged them to improve society, to grow the economy and to achieve a better life for themselves and their families.

Distance learning benefits graduate

Eau Claire Leader Telegram, December 14
UW-Stout graduate Rick Vander Bloomen hadn't set foot on the campus before graduating on Saturday, December 16. Vander Bloomen earned a bachelor's degree in industrial management through distance education.

Play time plans

Eau Claire Leader Telegram, December 11
Students in a UW-Stout assistant architectural design class developed designs for the River Heights Elementary playground and an outdoor classroom.

Holiday stuffing

Dunn County News,  December 11
Eleven UW-Stout sorority and fraternity members volunteered to stuff donated backpacks with school supplies.

Court says show them the money

Dunn County News, December 11
Paul Schwartz, a rehabilitation technologist at UW-Stout discusses the recent court decision requiring the U.S. Treasury to make paper currency more accessible to the blind and visually impaired.

Designs on a creative career

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription), December 10
UW-Stout offers one of only two accredited industrial design programs in Wisconsin, according to the Industrial Design Society of America.

UW-Stout chancellor back on campus

St. Paul Pioneer Press, Dec. 4
Six weeks after having open-heart surgery, University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen returned to work part-time today. Other surgery coverage:

Filling a Truck for Holiday Hope

WEAU.com, December 4
Students in a UW-Stout Abuse and the Family class are collecting items to donate to the Bridge of Hope and Interfaith Food Pantry in Menomonie.

Conducting at Carnegie

Eau Claire Leader Telegram, December 2
Patrick Liebergen of UW-Stout conducted a 22-voice choir -- including 100 UW-Stout students, alumni and friends -- singing his compositions at Carnegie Hall in New York. Other Carnegie concert coverage:

Male kindergarten teachers overcome stigma

Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, November 30
Story quotes Josh Dorshorst, a 2004 UW-Stout Early Childhood graduate.

Spooner young women hear 'opportunities endless'

Spooner Advocate, November 29
Story  mentions several young Spooner students who spent a week in UW-Stout's STEPS program.

UW-Stout joins invitation-only New Media Consortium

Chippewa Herald Telegram, November 28
UW-Stout has been invited to join an exclusive group of universities and other organizations devoted to encouraging the use of new technology.

Practice ‘good curling’:
Competition tough in a ‘gentlemen’s sport’

LaCrosse Tribune,  November 17
Stout student Casey Konopacky is competing to represent the United States in the 2007 Winter World University Games in Torino, Italy.

‘Consummate optimist’

Dunn County News, November 13
Obituary for former UW-Stout Provost Bob Sedlak.

UW regents recommend raise for UW-Stout's Sorenson

Chippewa Herald, November 11
The Board of Regents' business committee backed raises for UW-Platteville Chancellor David Markee, UW-Stout Chancellor Charles Sorensen and UW-Superior Chancellor Julius Erlenbach. Other raise coverage:

Campus men join women in violence prevention project

Dunn County News, November 9
Program recruits men to help eliminate the problem of violence against women instead of focusing on men as the problem.

Toy Tech: Students Compete For Science

WQOW TV, November 7
Sixteen teams from across Western Wisconsin competed in the LEGO League Tournament at UW-Stout.

Unprecedented mudslinging leads to nasty election

Dunn County News, November 6
Alec Kirby, associate professor of history and government at UW-Stout, is interviewed about this campaign's negative ads.

Every polling place will be handicapped accessible

Dunn County News, November 6
Robert Peters, professor of rehabilitation and counseling at UW-Stout is interviewed regarding accessibilty in the voting booth.

Biotech's Beef

BusinessWeek Online, November 6
Story on "biotech" mentions Stout's Applied Mathematics and Computer Science — Biotechnology concentration.

UW-Stout class plants, designs rain gardens

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, November 5
Students from a UW-Stout botany class have planted eight rain gardens to help storm water become groundwater instead of runoff.

‘Maus’ is in the house

Dunn County News, November 2
Stout design class uses summer book assignment -- Art Spiegelman's Maus -- as the focus of gallery show.

 

UW-Stout garners grant

UW Badger Herald, October 31
After being named the recipient of a federal grant earlier this month, the University of Wisconsin-Stout is working to expand its “innovative” approach to teaching algebra.

UW Stout Researching "Freshman 15"

WEAU-TV 13
"UW Stout professor and her students have begun a new project to study the "Freshman 15."  Video available.

Stout receives grant to support reform in education

Chippewa Herald, October 27
Business briefs: (scroll down to story) UW-Stout has been awarded a $450,000 grant to expand a new approach to teaching introductory algebra courses in it's Math Teaching and Learning Center.

Driving goggles open students’ eyes

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, October 25
‘Octsober’ event shows dangers of impaired driving.

Giving while getting

Dunn County News, October 23
Real estate firm's "Smarter Moves" program benefits university.

Hite Art Institute to open two exhibitions

University of Louisville News - Louisville, Ky. October 13
Faculty at the University of Louisville and the University of Wisconsin-Stout have mounted an exchange exhibition titled, "Northern/Southern Exposure."

WiSys a middleman researchers want

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel October 13
Story on WiSys -- an agency that helps the University of Wisconsin System find markets for inventions -- features UW-Stout’s rehabilitation specialist Jeff Annis and an adjustable-height cooktop developed here.

UW-Stout Freshman Competes for "Bachelor of the Year"

WEAU TV.com (includes video)
A UW-Stout freshman is representing the state in Cosmopolitan magazine's annual contest for the title of "Bachelor of the Year."

Let's talk facts in debate over UW tuition, access

Capital Times, Oct. 12
Opinion piece by Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen promotes the "top-shelf education" offered at UW-Stout.

Thinking small for a big payoff

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 10
Chippewa Valley institutions, including UW-Stout, join forces on nanotechnology.

Banquet showcases the many colors of India

Appleton Post Crescent, October 9
Chef Peter D'Souza, an associate professor, describes the Indian dishes he's prepared for the the IndUS of Fox Valley banquet. (Includes recipe for Carrot and Ginger Soup)

Beyond Baldrige

University Business, October 2006
Two administrators tell what UW-Stout has learned in the five years since becoming the first institution in higher education to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality.

CVTC’s NanoRite Center construction underway

Chippewa Herald, October 7
UW-Stout is a partners in the NanoRite center being constructed at Chippewa Valley Technical College's Eau Claire campus.