Stout Proud Weekend

See What Our Stout Community Is All About

We look forward to hosting you on campus during our first Stout Proud Weekend! This is the premier fall event for families, friends, and supporters of our Stout students. Join us for events on campus including Bingo, free movie Friday, the Stout Proud Picnic and a home football game vs rival, UW-Eau Claire. We encourage visitors to take advantage of our local community, parks, trails, shopping, eating and everyone's fall favorite, pumpkin patches!

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Registration opens in mid-August, 2022!

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Stout Proud Picnic

Join the Stout Alumni Association for a picnic featuring local band, The Cutaways! There will be food, yard games, balloon artist, caricature artists and more!

Date: Saturday, October 1
Time: 3:00-6:00 p.m. (Food Service: 3:30-5:30 p.m.)
Location: South Campus Lawn

Purchase your meal ticket

Note: Stout students need to purchase a ticket for the picnic if they plan to attend, the picnic is not part of the regular dining plan.

Full Schedule of Events

We look forward to welcoming you to campus with an exciting schedule of events throughout the weekend! Click the drop downs below to view the schedule of events.

Note: Additional events may be added, so check back often!

Friday, September 30

Event

Time

Description

Location

Check-in and Welcome Table

2:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Check-in for your weekend and receive your coupon booklet, trail guide and take your picture at the photo booth!

Lower Level, Memorial Student Center

Health & Fitness Center

2:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Check out the weight room and enjoy a free workout with your student. Located in room 53, Sports and Fitness Center.

53, Sports and Fitness Center

Open Rec & Yard Games

2:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Stop by the Urec Office, room 41 Sports and Fitness Center for open recreation and yard games!

41 Sports and Fitness Center

Admissions Tour and Overview

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

A special campus visit for friends, family and prospective students!

The admissions office, 2nd Floor Sorensen Hall

Academic Lab Showcase

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Explore and engage with our faculty and students in these interactive lab open houses.

Lab	Description	Location
Applied Science, Applied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	DNA is one of life's building blocks. Come study it with us! Look at DNA in cells, extract it from strawberries, analyze it on a gel	267 Jarvis Hall Science Addition
Furlong Gallery	The exhibit features the plein air and figurative paintings of BFA in Studio Art alum Marc Anderson.	178 Micheels Hall
Harvey Hall Theater	Walk through our newly renovated, state of the art, historic theater.	118 Harvey Hall
Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and more!	We will be testing different objects in a wind tunnel for their aerodynamic properties. A fog generator will allow us to see the flow and the instrumentation on the wind tunnel will let us measure the forces.	172 Jarvis Hall Technology Wing
Packaging	Do you have a birthday gift for your friend or family member? Do you have a business making your product, such as cupcakes or hand-made soap? Whatever, come to our lab! we will make a gift box for you to go.	113 Applied Arts
Plastics Engineering	The state of the art plastics engineering lab boasts multiple injection molding machines equipped with process monitoring software, many extrusion lines capable of producing everything from films to profiles and non-woven filters, a suite of material characterization technologies. This lab is also equipped with thermoforming, blow molding, and rotational molding capabilities, all of which are used in the multiple classes offered in the plastics engineering, packaging, mechanical engineering, and engineering technology degree programs. The activities showcased during the Stout Proud event will highlight the wide range of process capabilities we have partnered with local, national, and international industrial partners to bring to our students.	170 Jarvis Hall Technology Wing
Printmaking	Print Demonstration: Print Demonstration on our Antique Ostrander Press Print Giveaway: Visitors can print their own stout-themed print and take it with them Print Exhibition: Prints by Intermediate and Advanced students hung on display in the lab	202 and 203 Applied Arts

Roommate Game

7:00 p.m.

How well do you think you know your roommate? What’s their favorite thing to binge watch? What brand shampoo do they use? What’s their biggest pet peeve? If you can answer these questions and more come to the roommate game and raise your hand to join us on stage in a competition of who knows who best. We’ll be looking for roommate pair who only met each other this fall, another pair who’ve lived together for 3+ semesters and hopefully a pair that have lived together for 2+ years! Join us on stage to win big prizes OR relax in the audience and cheer on your favorite team. On stage or in the audience it’s sure to be a night of laughs.

Terrace, Upper Level Memorial Student Center

Menomonie HS Football Game

7:00 p.m.

Cheer on the Menomonie Mustangs as they take on as the take on the New Richmond Tigers.

Don and Nona Stadium

Movie: The Bad Guys”

7:00 p.m.

After a lifetime of legendary heists, notorious criminals Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Shark and Ms. Tarantula are finally caught. To avoid a prison sentence, the animal outlaws must pull off their most challenging con yet -- becoming model citizens. Under the tutelage of their mentor, Professor Marmalade, the dubious gang sets out to fool the world that they're turning good.

118 Harvey Hall, Theater

Saturday, October 1

Stout Proud Picnic

Join the Stout Alumni Association for a picnic featuring local band, The Cutaways! There will be food, yard games, balloon artist, caricature artists and more!

Date: Saturday, October 1
Time: 3:00-6:00 p.m. (Food Service: 3:30-5:30 p.m.)
Location: South Campus Lawn

Purchase your meal ticket

Note: Stout students need to purchase a ticket for the picnic if they plan to attend, the picnic is not part of the regular dining plan.

Event

Time

Description

Location

Check-in and Welcome Table

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Check-in for your weekend and receive your coupon booklet, trail guide and take your picture at the photo booth!

Lower Level, Memorial Student Center

Women's Lacrosse Jamboree

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Cheer on our newest athletic team, Women's Lacrosse as they take on multiple teams during the Jamboree event, full schedule can be found here.

Don and Nona Stadium

Academic Lab Showcase

10:00 a.m. – Noon

Explore and engage with our faculty and students in these interactive lab open houses.

Lab	Description	Location
Applied Science, Applied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	DNA is one of life's building blocks. Come study it with us! Look at DNA in cells, extract it from strawberries, analyze it on a gel	267 Jarvis Hall Science Addition
Furlong Gallery	The exhibit features the plein air and figurative paintings of BFA in Studio Art alum Marc Anderson.	178 Micheels Hall
Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and more!	We will be testing different objects in a wind tunnel for their aerodynamic properties. A fog generator will allow us to see the flow and the instrumentation on the wind tunnel will let us measure the forces.	172 Jarvis Hall Technology Wing
Packaging	Do you have a birthday gift for your friend or family member? Do you have a business making your product, such as cupcakes or hand-made soap? Whatever, come to our lab! we will make a gift box for you to go.	113 Applied Arts
Plastics Engineering	The state of the art plastics engineering lab boasts multiple injection molding machines equipped with process monitoring software, many extrusion lines capable of producing everything from films to profiles and non-woven filters, a suite of material characterization technologies. This lab is also equipped with thermoforming, blow molding, and rotational molding capabilities, all of which are used in the multiple classes offered in the plastics engineering, packaging, mechanical engineering, and engineering technology degree programs. The activities showcased during the Stout Proud event will highlight the wide range of process capabilities we have partnered with local, national, and international industrial partners to bring to our students.	170 Jarvis Hall Technology Wing
Printmaking	Print Demonstration: Print Demonstration on our Antique Ostrander Press Print Giveaway: Visitors can print their own stout-themed print and take it with them Print Exhibition: Prints by Intermediate and Advanced students hung on display in the lab	202 and 203 Applied Arts

Taste of Menomonie

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Pick-up your coupon booklet from the check-in table to take advantage of discounts on food and shopping!

Pumpkin Patch

10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Govin’s Corn Maze & Haunted Trail

N6134 670th Street

Menomonie, WI

Trail Walks

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Stop by the welcome and check-in table for a map of local parks and trails.

Health & Fitness Center

11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Check out the weight room and enjoy a free workout with your student. Located in room 53, Sports and Fitness Center.

53, Sports and Fitness Center

Open Rec & Yard Games

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Stop by the Urec Office, room 41 Sports and Fitness Center for open recreation and yard games!

41, Sports and Fitness Center

Open Climbing

Noon - 4:00 p.m.

Check out Stout Adventures and take advantage of the climbing wall for free climbing!

46,Sports and Fitness Center

Stout Proud Picnic

3:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Food served from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Join the Stout Alumni Association for a picnic featuring local band, The Cutaways! There will be food, yard games, balloon artist, caricature artists and more!

South Campus Lawn

Football Game vs UWEC

6:00 p.m.

Cheer on the Blue Devils as they take on rival on HWY 94, UW- Eau Claire!

Don and Nona Stadium

Stout Proud Bingo

6:00 p.m. or
7:30 p.m.

Join us for 10 rounds of Bingo for Stout themed trivia and prizes.

Terrace, Upper Level Memorial Student Center

Sunday, October 2

Event	Time	Description
Check-in and Welcome Table	9:00 a.m. – Noon	Check-in for your weekend and receive your coupon booklet, trail guide.	Lower Level, Memorial Student Center
Taste of Menomonie	9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Pick-up your coupon booklet from the check-in table to take advantage of discounts on food and shopping!
Pumpkin Patch	11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Govin’s Corn Maze & Haunted Trail N6134 670th Street Menomonie, WI
Trail Walks	9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.	Stop by the welcome and check-in table for a map of local parks and trails.
Health & Fitness Center	11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.	Check out the weight room and enjoy a free workout with your student. Located in room 53, Sports and Fitness Center.	53, Sports and Fitness Center
Open Rec & Yard Games	11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.	Stop by the Urec Office, room 41 Sports and Fitness Center for open recreation and yard games!	41, Sports and Fitness Center
Open Climbing	3:00 - 10:00 p.m.	Check out Stout Adventures and take advantage of the climbing wall for free climbing!	46, Sports and Fitness Center