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UW-Stout Professor Matthew Ray conducts a lab experiment. He enjoys helping students conduct research each year “to expand upon the basic concepts that we discuss in lecture and lab classes.”

Student research in spotlight at conferences, Journal of Student Research

At University of Wisconsin-Stout, every undergraduate and graduate program has an experiential learning component. Research takes center stage in April and May.

April 8, 2022

Eric Yonke, co-sponsorship coordinator of ECDC Multicultural Community Center, Wausau.

Service learning, speakers give Honors College students new perspectives on Afghan refugees

Speakers from Eau Claire, Wausau organizations to speak at public, virtual event on April 12

April 6, 2022

Mural designers, from left to right, Jack Gilbert, Amelia Moschkau, Bree Marconnet and Tommy Slane

Street Art and Graffiti course students to paint mural on Applied Arts Building

Wall 40 feet long will feature design by four students and be unveiled at public event on June 2

March 30, 2022

A UW-Stout student checks the water clarity of Cedar Lake in Star Prairie for the university’s Center for Limnological Research and Rehabilitation.

University receives $306,000 in grants from Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin

UW-Stout will receive $306,108 in support from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin this year to enhance its water-related academic programs.

March 28, 2022

A UW-Stout student meets an employer recently at the Spring Career Conference.

Employment among recent graduates rises to 98.4%

A new report by UW-Stout’s Career Services found that despite economic impacts from COVID-19 the school’s graduates remained in very high demand.

March 25, 2022

Industrial design student Ethan Scholz in the Process Lab.

First-year program introduces students to art, design majors and career paths

Industrial design student Scholz feels pre-BFA experience creates ‘artistic community on campus’

March 8, 2022

UW-Stout students in the Natural History of the Neotropics course, along with professors Mike Bessert, front on ground, and Steve Nold, second from right in back, stop in front of a giant strangler fig tree while in Belize in January.

Winter science course takes students on eye-opening tour of Belize

For Brianna O’Brien, it wasn’t just when class members hiked four miles up a mountain, guided by a naturalist, to breathtaking views of a double waterfall.

February 2, 2022

Megan Copeland, of St. Michael, Minn., is a second-year student at UW-Stout majoring in marketing and business education.

Minnesota student and alum discover home away from home, polytechnic fit

Growing up north of the Twin Cities in St. Michael, Megan Copeland is a Minnesotan through and through, right down to her love for the Minnesota Vikings.

January 26, 2022

Students design sustainable packaging in sponsored collaborative course

Six teams find potential real-world solutions for Great Northern Corp.

January 10, 2022

"Turnout," an animation short by alum Michael Van Swearingen.

Animators and game designers recognized as top artists in regional competition

School of Art and Design students, faculty, alumni showcase talents at annual Minnesota Electronic Theater

December 16, 2021

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