Dahlgren and Hormel Professors named

Four UW-Stout faculty members have been approved for named professorships following action by the UW System Board of Regents.

Appointed Dahlgren Professors are Susan Hunt and John Perri, both professors in UW-Stout's art and design department.

Appointed Hormel Professors are Donald Baughman and Michael Ritland, both professors in UW-Stout's psychology department.

Selection for the professorships is made on the basis of an individual's outstanding abilities and promise. The Dahlgren Professorships are two years in length and provide $7,500; the Hormel Professorships are one year in length and provide $4,500.

Funds for these professorships were obtained through the Stout University Foundation Inc.

The Dahlgren professorships are in honor of Reinhold and Borghild Eng Dahlgren, 1917 and 1918 UW-Stout graduates, who established and endowment upon their deaths.

The award provides resources to improve teaching. This may include professional travel, attendance at special meetings and conferences, supplies, equipment, books, reports, periodicals, computer time, or secretarial or student help.

The Hormel professors are funded by the Geo. A. Hormel and Co., Austin, Minn., and are used to support each recipient's professional activities.




Cox is Arthur R. Cabot Executive Resident

Sue Cox '77, recently promoted to senior creative/technical manager within the Creative Division of McDonald's Corporation marketing department, visited with faculty and students on campus this spring to share information about McDonald's creative and technical programs. She met with students in courses related to marketing, foods and nutrition, graphic arts, industrial design and packaging. The evening presentation was open to the campus and community.

Her appearance on campus was underwritten by the Arthur R. Cabot Executive Residency Endowment. Through this program, corporate leaders spend one or more days on campus involved in faculty development, interacting with students and presenting seminars for constituencies.

A 17-year veteran of McDonald's, Cox joined the company immediately after graduation from UW-Stout with a degree in home economics in business. Her first position was in the product development department as a hone economist in the test kitchens. In 1987, she moved to the creative department where she has been technical advertising supervisor and manager, and is currently the senior manager. She is responsible for the overall layout, production and post-production, including review-ing and approving all creative elements containing McDonald's food. As the resident "food guru," she is the key contact for all point of purchase print, including outdoor, food footage and truck graphics that utilize any McDonald's food photography both domestic and international.

In her spare time, she is a member of the Global Packaging Graphics Team which is developing new worldwide packaging graphics for all existing and developing McDonald's markets.

Arthur R. Cabot was a successful pet products manufacturer. His son, Scott, is a 1978 UW-Stout graduate and is currently president of Vanguard Consulting Group, Deerfield, Ill.




Consolidated Papers Foundation
supports graphic arts management

The UW-Stout graphic arts management program (a concentration in the Industrial Technology major) has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Consolidated Papers Foundation Inc. (CPFI). The contribution is intended to fund the purchase of paper for use in graphics printing labs to assist in teaching students printing techniques and quality control measures in the printing process.

The program is the largest of its kind in the Midwest, currently enrolling more than 300 students. Graduates of the program assume managerial jobs in printing plants or establish careers as print estimators, buyers, service representatives and a host of other affiliated activities.

The grant is the first from CPFI. "We have selected this funding opportunity to demonstrate our support to the printing industry and its importance to paper manufacturing," George W. Mead, CPFI president, said in announcing the gift. "Good printers make good customers to the papermaking business."

Organized in l951, the Consolidated Papers Foundation Inc. is funded through an annual contribution from Consolidated Papers Inc., and earnings from endowments worth more than $36 million from George W. Mead I family members. The foundation distributes between one and two million dollars to organizataions each year.

According to Jim Herr, coordinator of the graphic arts management concentration, "This generous gift is important as it provides funds to purchase an adequate paper supply for the year for the needs and experiences of the students. We are most appreciative of the Consolidated Papers Foundation gift to this program."




Price Professorship announced

Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen has announced the establishment of the Maybelle Ranney Price Endowed Professorship which has been made possible through Maybelle's generous bequest of $60,000. In honor of her life and love of teaching, Sorensen said it was most appropriate to identify the funds to honor and retain faculty who represent the best scholarly research, teaching and community service. The first Maybelle Ranney Price Professorship will be awarded in 1996.

Maybelle Ranney (Brechlin) Price, formerly of Menomonie and Eau Claire, died this past year at Bradenton, Fla. She was a 1945 graduate of UW-Stout and taught high school at Roberts, Wis., and Savannah, Ill., before becoming a civilian employee of the U.S. Government in Okinawa. She returned to Wisconsin and taught at Fond du Lac and Eau Claire before moving to Florida, where she was active in community and church activities.




Grant launches CFS research career

Thomas H. Heiman, recipient of a 1994 Stout Foundation Grant, is the first person in this country to conduct formal studies on the vocational rehabilitation implications of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Heiman has been invited to become project director of the largest, most comprehensive grant from the National Institute for Allergies and Immune Disease, NIH, ever implemented in the United States, concerning CFS. It will be the first large-scale, community based study of the prevalence of CFS, and will involve a stratified random sample of 26,000 persons from the Chicago metropolitan area.

This study will be conducted over a period of four years and will provide the most thorough and stastically significant data on CFS. Of special interest will be the study of gender, ethnicity, age and socioeconomic status. The study will be conducted by DePaul University with Dr. Leonard Jason, professor of psychology and principal investigator. Heiman stated he would be pleased to hear from UW-Stout alumni, faculty and students concerning this CFS research. Contact him at the Department of Psychology, DePaul University, 2219 North Kenmore Ave., Chicago, IL 60614-3504.




Carofoli participates in imaging technology project

The Imaging Technology Team invited John Carafoli, nationally known food stylist and writer, to campus for a three-day workshop this past June. Styling food is precise work and requires patience and huge amounts of ingenuity. "This is part of the business, if things go wrong, you've got to correct them immediately," explained Carafoli to the attendees. He worked with teams of students and faculty from printing, packaging, art and design, food-related fields and photography. Also attending the workshop were food stylist professionals from several major food companies.

The Imaging Technology Project, funded by the Foundation, begins its third year of operation with assignments ranging from concept to completion of menus, posters, packages, training manuals, and/or table tents for clients. The students work in teams of four with two faculty/staff consultants. The teams do not receive credit for the projects nor do the consultants receive a salary.




High Mileage Vehicle Competition

The High Mileage Vehicle Competition was funded by the Stout University Foundation three years ago, and continues. It is organized by the UW-Stout Technology Education Collegiate Association. Doug Walrath, vice president, coordinated the project and stated "This year's competition was a resounding success. I am pleased to say that we have received excellent feedback from the students who competed, their teachers, UW-Stout faculty and TECA members."

Twenty three technology education high school clubs competed in the contest which was held at the UW-Stout Technology Park the last weekend in April. Winners of the stock division were Medford High School team members Brian Egle, Dan Lammar and Mandy Clarkson. The New London High School team won the modified division. Winning team members are eligible for a $250 freshman scholarship to attend UW-Stout. The scholarships are provided by the Stout University Foundation and the UW-Stout Technology Education Assocation.




Empowering women of color

Barbara Burdick, coordinator of "Empowering Women of Color" noted that the group celebrated its first year of activities. Twenty-six American women of color participated in this year's activities.

Goals of the project included strengthening leadership abilities; bridging cultural roots, both within individual cultures and cross culturally; strengthening retention rates; and improving graduation rates.

Successes have been apparent this year, as several of the women have been elected to positions of leadership throughout the campus including Women in Management, the Stout Student Association (SSA) and multicultural organizations. Campus and community support has been important and well received. The Foundation funded the program for 1994-1997.




Consider a memorial gift

Gifts to the Stout University Foundation Inc., in memory of deceased alumni, faculty and friends are a means of honoring their memories.

How many times have you had to think of an appropriate gift for a friend or loved one to celebrate a birthday or anniversary? Several alumni have found the answer. They donate funds to the Stout University Foundation Inc., in honor of special occasions.

One donor, who wishes to remain anony-mous, explained "My parents were celebrating their 55th anniversary. And they said they didn't need anything and wished to just celebrate with their friends and family. They said that at their stage in life they were downsizing. Therefore, when I told them we were interested in contributing to the foundation in honor of their anniversary they were thrilled! In fact, they shared that idea with most of the relatives, and the contributions will continue to grow to produce a permanent scholarship in their names."

Gifts to the Stout University Foundation are tax deductible.

Information is available about how to include the Stout University Foundation Inc. in your will and how to establish a permanent endowment for scholarships, faculty development or supplies and equipment.

Please contact David Wiensch, planned giving officer, for more information. He may be reached at:

Stout University Foundation Inc.
P.O.Box 790
Menomonie, Wisconsin 54751-0790
Or call him at 715/232-1151.



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Posted: Fall 1995