Outlook Magazine - Fall 2025

FALL SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Year in Review August August - A new school year kicked off with new degree programs in illustration, biology, chemistry and phys ics (the science programs were formerly concentrations). Stout received a gold-level Family-Friendly Work place designation; and a national award for Career Services’ Cooperative Education & Internship Pro gram (CEIP) from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Jason Schmitt, formerly of Clarkson University, joined Stout as the new dean of the College of Arts & Human Sciences . And a team of Stout students learned Adobe Express Play, an app concept they developed to teach graphic design through mobile gaming, had won top prize at the international 2024 D&AD competition earlier that spring.

Cross Country - Mckayla Felton, Arely Jaime Lue vano and Brekkyn Lammert placed with top 100 fin ishes at the NCAA championship. Felton was named WIAC Athlete of the Year, the first in program history. Matt Schauf, Abigail Fouts and Logan Gullickson were named WIAC Women's Coaching Staff of the Year. Football - The Blue Devils’ season concluded with a 32-35 fall to Wheaton College in the Culver's Isth mus Bowl. Four players were selected to the D3foot ball.com 2024 All-Region 6 team: Luke Cool, Luke Parzyck, Brooks Brewer and Will Hammen. Eleven players earned spots on the All-WIAC team, includ ing Cool, who was named Co-Special Teams Player of the Year. Golf (Women) - WIAC Champion Julia Imai was named to the All-Region 3/Central Team, as well as WIAC Golfer of the Year and Newcomer of the Year and placed eighth at the PGA Works Championship. Volleyball - Brooke McCune and Emma Barton were named All-WIAC. Senior libero Terrah Moshier finished her career with 1,446 digs, fourth in program history, and was named to the WIAC All-Defensive Team.

October October - A new degree in game and media stud ies was approved for fall 2025, and the Pat Kell Golf Center officially opened to the campus community and public thanks to the generosity of the Kell family. The university launched a Center for Advanced Manu facturing & Artificial Intelligence to offer small- and mid-sized Wisconsin manufacturers access to Stout’s AI expertise. [ See page 22 ]. Additionally, Stout received a $125K U.S. Department of Defense grant to develop an AI-powered support system aimed at helping con tractors meet regulatory compliance associated with defense contracts, thanks to Professor Holly Yuan, who received the Visionary Academic Leadership Award at the 14th annual Cyber Security Summit. November - Stout was again named a Best for Vets College by Military Times, ranking first among Wis consin public universities and in the Midwest Top 15, and our hotel, restaurant and tourism management pro gram notched a pair of awards: CEOWorld.com ranked UW-Stout No. 9 on its best hospitality and hotel management schools in the world list, and the Wis consin Hotel & Lodging Association named Professor Jay Jones its 2024 Educator of the Year . And Stout, along with UW-Stevens Point, Northcentral Techni cal College, and other partners, launched the Central Wisconsin AI Center, a collaborative focused on inte grating artificial intelligence into workforce training and industry. November September September - Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University was named to Money magazine’s Top 100 Best Public Colleges in the U.S. and Research.com’s Top 50 Best Value Colleges , underscoring Stout’s affordability and graduate employment success. Engineering unveiled revamped R&D and plastics labs as part of a two-year $7.4M lab renovation project . The Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute secured an $8.1M grant from the U.S. Department of Education for an accelerated vocational rehabilitation training program. And Stout’s custodial team closed out the month with a UW Board of Regents University Staff Excellence Award for their dedication and service to students.

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