![Charles W. Sorensen, former UW-Stout chancellor.](/sites/default/files/2019-01/sorensen%2Ccharles5.jpg)
Becoming a polytechnic: New designation in 2007 helped UW-Stout refocus on its mission
How did a regional state university in west-central Wisconsin, established way back in 1891, decide to brand itself as a polytechnic university?
![Flags outside of the Memorial Student Center at UW-Stout honor fallen service members on Veterans Day 2022.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/veteransdayflags_2023.jpg)
University again receives Military Friendly designation for supporting veterans’ education goals
![LAKES REU students last July collected water samples and checked monitoring stations on Lake Menomin. /UW-Stout photos by Brett T. Roseman](/sites/default/files/2018-06/lakesreutesthero2.jpg)
Design class looks into outdoor museum on blue-green algae awareness
![UW-Stout McNair Scholar Mai Lia Vang describes her research on “Urban Phosphorus Runoff and Loading to Half Moon Lake, Wisconsin” at the Memorial Student Center.](/sites/default/files/2018-05/vangresearchdayfeature.jpg)
Students in engineering technology class design products to help disabled
uwstout.edu/about-us/news-center/students-engineering-technology-class-design-products-help-disabled
![Players battle goblins in Notoris, a video game by Flying General Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-01/stevedatz_flyinggeneralgames_3_aura.jpg)
Computer science senior founds local game design business
![Josiah McClelland, entertainment design senior, filming "Daylight."](/sites/default/files/2021-10/josiahmcclelland_daylight_heroimage.jpg)
Entertainment design senior, painting professor collaborate on short film
![Emmahero UW-Stout recent graduate Emma Harris wants to start an organization that would facilitate donations to help provide feminine hygiene products for girls in need. / UW-Stout photo by Pam Powers](/sites/default/files/2019-01/Emmahero.jpg)
Fork designed to alert user about foods that cause allergic reactions
![Syd Simonis, a Communication Studies minor, pictured at Harvey Hall Cafe.](/sites/default/files/2019-05/syd_simonis_3.jpg)
Game design and development student improves soft skills in communication
![maury_a_truffle_bush Phtot of Maury's Truffle Bush](/sites/default/files/2018-12/maury_a_truffle_bush.jpg)
School of Art and Design professor exhibits work in Profusion at the Eutectic Gallery in Portland
![UW-Stout mechatronics students compete their suomo bots during a recent class. Students built and programmed and then competed in a 3-foot diameter circle. / UW-Stout photos by Brett T. Roseman](/sites/default/files/2018-11/bots1.jpg)