Testimonials

You have a degree, but can you find a job in a tough economy? Business and industry researchers point to trends that clearly indicate increasing needs for training and development. The Occupational Outlook Handbook indicates that opportunities for jobs in training are expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations. Most of this growth will occur in the private sector as employers, concerned about productivity and quality of work, devote greater resources to training and development.

Program graduates may hold such titles as instructional designer, instructional developer, technical trainer, training coordinator, training supervisor or training manager. Take a look at what Stout graduates are doing, and hear what they have to say.

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"Completing the Training and Development program has broadened my abilities to engage internal business leaders, individual contributors as well as external learning partners. This program has sharpened my focus on the systems of learning and given me the skills needed to align organizational learning needs into sustainable value-added development solutions. "

David Draper
Instructional Designer
We Energies
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

"The Training and Development program gave me the foundation to hit the ground running and prepared me to conduct classroom as well as develop on-the-job training. I appreciated how experienced the instructors were in the Training and Development field."

Cindy Walker
Owner, Business Transformations
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

"I think the program is tremendous. I was more than prepared to enter the training field when I graduated. I think it really gives me a leg up on the competition when it comes to really understanding training and its role."

Don Stuckert
Training and Development Manager
Viracon
Owatonna, Minnesota

"After working in the corporate electric gas gas utility world for over 20 years, I embarked upon a new journey at age 42 by trying a weekend class UW-Stout was offering at Ft. McCoy, in  Training and Development. I was hooked after taking that weekend course, and quickly enrolled in the master's degree program. Now, eight years later, I realize it was probably one of the best decisions of my life. My new career in education really fulfills the change I needed in my life. My goal is to "impact lives" and I have an opportunity to do that every day. I continue to utilize these skills in presentations I give across the Midwest. Thank you, UW-Stout, for such a terrific program and making an impact on my life!"

Barbara Larsen
Professor
Winona State University – Winona, Minnesota
Western Technical College – La Crosse, Wisconsin