Karen Ostenso
Program Director / Assistant Professor
Department
Kinesiology, Health, Food & Nutritional Sciences Department
Office
225 Heritage Hall
Phone
715-232-2394
Email
ostensok@uwstout.edu
Events March 7 to mark 50th anniversary of hospitality education
The School of Hospitality Leadership at UW-Stout has prepared thousands of graduates for specialized careers around the world.
![Emma Flemke, left, and Emma VanHout collect data as part of their whey fermentation project in Professor Steve Nold’s General Microbiology course at UW-Stout.](/sites/default/files/2023-12/microbiology%20fermentation_1.jpg)
Fermentation station: Microbiology students boost skillsets with pungent lab experiments
![Katherine P. Frank](/sites/default/files/2020-04/frankfeature.jpg)
Virtual panel April 23 to address COVID-19 local impacts
![Larson, who has maintained strong ties with UW-Stout, oversaw a renovation of the kitchen in the family and consumer sciences program at Amery.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/larson%2Cemily2.png)
Teaching excellence: Four School of Education alum honored with awards
![An instructor and students socially distance during a fall 2020 class at UW-Stout. Ten instructors have been honored with teaching awards for the 2020-21 academic year.](/sites/default/files/2021-08/classroom2_2020.jpg)
Colleges, Graduate School announce annual teaching awards
![Samantha Ziwicki](/sites/default/files/2019-09/ziwicki%2Csamantha.jpg)
Fourteen student ambassadors named for 2019-20 academic year
![Susan Sharkey](/sites/default/files/2019-09/sharkey%2Csusan.jpg)