Human & Social Sciences

Nicolle Demulling, a dietetics student, works at Fireside Café under the direction of Professor Kristal Gerdes.

Lunchtime lab: Students learn restaurant management skills with new campus café initiative

For a group of Fireside Café student employees at UW-Stout, lunchtime this fall also means lab time.

October 22, 2024

Keith Gilland, left, Kal Breeden, foreground and Dylan Kostuch measure stream width this summer as part of their research.

UW-Stout Center for Sustainable Communities aims to help rural areas thrive

Rural communities experienced broad population decreases between 2010 and 2020 for the first time in history, impacting jobs, health care, education and more.

June 4, 2024

Jordyn Springer, UW-Stout dietetics senior, receives the Wisconsin Dietetics Sudent of the Year award from the Wisconsin Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Students in engineering, dietetics, construction, design receive national, regional honors

Sixteen students at UW-Stout in four career fields have been recognized this spring nationally, statewide and regionally.

May 13, 2024

Students from UW-Stout’s LAKES summer research program visit a Dunn County Farm.

Interdisciplinary innovation: UW-Stout professors’ wireless sensor network for crops receives $175,000 grant

In a perfect world, farmers could wave a magic wand over their fields and get bigger and better crops, save money and energy, and help the environment.

January 17, 2024

Melissa Chang, M.S. marriage and family therapy student

UW-Stout marriage, family therapy student enjoys building connections, scholarship prepares her for helping profession

Scholarships, graduate assistantships support students in educational, career goals

January 17, 2024

Graduate’s decision to transfer credits, earn bachelor’s, is opening new career doors

After earning an associate degree in early childhood education, Pa Chie Vang was excited to pursue her passion — working with children.

July 26, 2023

Frank Luntz, nationally known pollster and political analyst, will speak April 4 at the Raw Deal in Menomonie at an event hosted by UW-Stout.

Social science dept. to host Frank Luntz, national political analyst, for presentation

Frank Luntz, a national political analyst and commentator and New York Times best-selling author, is coming to Menomonie to speak at a UW-Stout event.

March 27, 2023

Emily Maier, a 2022 UW-Stout food science master’s graduate, is research and development director at Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery.

Classroom to table: Food science programs, graduates bolster a leading state industry

Wisconsin’s calling card can be found all over the state. Vehicle license plates proclaim America’s Dairyland, with 6,300 dairy farms and 100 cheese factories.

March 7, 2023

DJ Walker, a junior from Menomonie in the applied social science program, is presenting the results of his research at the annual Research in the Rotunda event March 9 at the Capitol in Madison.

Student’s research examines attitudes toward vaccine among Dunn County residents

DJ Walker has a big-picture outlook on life. He is in the Army ROTC program and is interested in politics and constitutional law.

March 2, 2022

UW-Stout alum Ben Stoflet leaves a building at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, where he is a second-year law student.

Prelaw focus puts recent alum on his chosen path to law degree, career

The applied social science program at UW-Stout has myriad opportunities for students to chart their own career course.

January 19, 2022

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