![Computer networking and information technology students work in a lab. UW-Stout has received a U.S. Department of Defense federal grant to be used for a regional cybersecurity symposium and for student scholarships. / UW-Stout photos by Chris Cooper](/sites/default/files/2019-11/CNIT%20hero.jpg)
Federal grant to be used for cybersecurity symposium, scholarships
University of Wisconsin-Stout has received a U.S. Department of Defense federal grant that will be used for a regional cybersecurity symposium and for student s
![Students work in a School of Art and Design computer lab at UW-Stout.](/sites/default/files/2022-04/gamedesignclass1.jpg)
Game design, animation programs best in state, among best in nation
![Becky Cranston has committed $1 million, plus other financial support, to dietetics faculty development at UW-Stout, her alma mater.](/sites/default/files/2019-10/cranston%2Cbecky1.jpg)
Grateful alumna commits $1 million, plus more to support faculty
![UW-Stout student Kayla Lehner and Sarah Snyder, UW-Stout residence life coordinator, stock the Helping Hand food plus pantry. Eventually Helping Hand will add a career closet to provide needed business casual and professional clothes for students for job interviews or to start their careers. / UW-Stout photos by Chris Cooper.](/sites/default/files/2019-04/Helpinghandhero.jpg)
Helping Hand food plus pantry opens on campus
Natural Resource Conservation Concentration
Prepares students for careers in the fields of ecological restoration and natural resource management, which includes land, soil, plants, and animals.
![UW-Stout construction major Isaiah Hoyord is interning this summer on a building project at his former high school, Iola-Scandinavia.](/sites/default/files/2023-08/hoyord%2Cisaiah%201.jpg)
On familiar ground: Construction major Hoyord interning on project at his former high school
![Lab Manager Josiah Ray and students in the microbiology lab](/sites/default/files/2022-11/20180925_biology_lab_45.jpg)
Our Stout Proud Faculty and Staff
![Bob De Schutter](/sites/default/files/2021-03/de%20schutter%2Cbob.jpg)
Speaker to address aging game players, accessibility in video games
![Kyle Walker is the new Stout Vocational and Rehabilitation Institute executive director.](/sites/default/files/2019-07/kyle_walker_hero.jpg)
SVRI strives to help people enter, stay in workforce
![UW-Stout students Pierce Lannue, left, and Stephen Felton work in a computer networking and information technology lab in October in Fryklund Hall. UW-Stout has been named a national Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense.](/sites/default/files/2017-11/cnitlab1_cs.jpg)