2019 Impact Report

GRATEFUL ALUMNA’S COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT FACULTY

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ecky Cranston `64 is proud to say she’s a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Stout. Her connections with the university, however, go far beyond receiving a diploma. She grew up in north Menomonie, and nine of her relatives have attended UW-Stout, including her father and a sister. “I have Stout floating in my blood,” she said. Becky, a resident of Kent, Ohio, has been away from Menomonie for more than 50 years, but she hasn’t forgotten about her alma mater, and she wants UW-Stout to continue to thrive. That’s why the retired dietetics professor recently committed $1 million as an estate gift, with the possibility of donating some of that gift earlier. This gift is in addition to her other university support in recent years. She has established the Rebecca Gralow Cranston Dietetics Professional Development Fund, an endowed fund to support dietetics faculty. She has also made several significant gifts to the Chancellor’s Fund for Teaching Excellence and Student Success, and this past summer she supported faculty work to help develop an online Master of Science program in dietetics.

“Without faculty you don’t have much of a program,” Becky said, citing the many outstanding professors she had when she was at UW-Stout. “My professors were all focused toward shaping your philosophy of teaching and giving us the technical knowledge and work ethic and skills to succeed in the profession. I want to honor the program and the teachers and the success I’ve had.”

Becky Cranston

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