University of WisconsinStout

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Welcome

• University of Wisconsin-Stout
• Wisconsins Polytechnic University

Charles W. Sorensen, Chancellor
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2008Visioning
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2001 Visioning Recommendations

• Premier institution of workforce preparation
• Convenience university
• Marketing strategy
• State-of-the-art technology
• Building educational partnerships

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Five Focus 2010 Goals

• Prepare students for success
• Support active learning
• Educate students in many technologies
• Serve learners globally
• Focus on UW-Stouts unique mission

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1 - Prepare students and graduates for success

• Curricular Incubation Center
• New academic programs
• BS in Golf Enterprise Management
• BS in Special Education
• BS in Information and Communication Technologies
• BS in Plastics Engineering
• MS in Information and Communication Technologies
• MS in Manufacturing Engineering

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1 - Prepare students and graduates for success

• Our Success
• Scholarships
• from 1,154 awards totaling 1,538,012
• to 1,442 awards totaling 2,161,286
• Placement rate consistently higher than 95
• Graduation rate increased from 51 to 59
• 13.7 of all Stout graduates have studied abroad

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2 - Create a learning community that supports
and encourages the engagement of its members in
active learning

• Math lab
• First-year experience program
• Teaching and Learning Center
• Director of Diversity

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2 - Create a learning community that supports
and encourages the engagement of its members in
active learning

• Our Success
• Enrollment
• from 7,708 students
• to 8,477 students
• Math lab Remedial Math Success
• from 71 success rate
• to 87 success rate

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3 - Achieve national leadership excellence in
educating students in theory application of a
broad range of technologies

• e-Scholar Program

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3 - Achieve national leadership excellence in
educating students in theory application of a
broad range of technologies

• Our Success
• 91 mediated classrooms
• Distance education courses offered
• from 184 courses
• to 263 courses
• 81 of all graduates have had an experiential
  learning opportunity

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4 - Create a school outside a school enterprise
that serves learners statewide, nationally and
internationally

• Customized instruction, 23 programs including
• Quality Certificate
• B.S. in Golf Enterprise Management
• B.S. in Management
• M.S. in Career and Technical Education
• M.S. in Information and Communication
  Technologies
• M.S.in Manufacturing Engineering
• M.S. in Technology Management
• M.S. in Training and Development
• M.S. in Vocational Rehabilitation
• Online Professional Development courses for
  educators
• General Education courses that support degree
  completion programs

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4 - Create a school outside a school enterprise
that serves learners statewide, nationally and
internationally

• Our Success
• Customized Instruction enrollments
• from 124 course enrollments
• to 3,919 course enrollments
• Consistently 1 in Technical College transfers

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Goal 5 - Strengthen the on-campus organization
by focusing on UW-Stouts unique mission within
the UW System

• March 9, 2007, the Board of Regents designated
  UW-Stout as Wisconsins polytechnic university
• Polytechnic definition
• UW-Stout is a comprehensive, career-focused
  polytechnic university where students, faculty
  and staff use applied learning, scientific theory
  and research to solve real-world problems, grow
  the states economy and serve society.

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Goal 5 - Strengthen the on-campus organization
by focusing on UW-Stouts unique mission within
the UW System

• Polytechnic tenets
• Career Focus
• Applied Learning
• Collaboration

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UW-Stout Wisconsins Polytechnic University

• Undergraduate programs in development
• BS in Applied Social Science
• BS in Cognitive Science
• BS in Computer Engineering
• BS in Game Design and Development
• BS in Property Management
• BS in Science Education
• BS in Science and Technology, dual certification
• BS in Supply Chain Management

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UW-Stout Wisconsins Polytechnic University

• Graduate programs in development
• Master of Fine Arts
• MS Construction Management (collaborative degree
  with South Hampton Solent University, UK)
• MS in Food Packaging
• MS in Gerontology
• MS in Scientific and Technical Communication

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UW-Stout Wisconsins Polytechnic University

• New construction and remodeling
• Jarvis Hall Science Wing 43 million
• Harvey Hall Theatre5.1 million

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UW-Stout Wisconsins Polytechnic University

• New endowments
• Scholarships 1.5 million
• Chairs1.5 Million
• Centers1 million
• Faculty development 750,000

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UW-Stout Wisconsins Polytechnic University

• New directions
• Discovery Center
• Honors College
• Ethics Center

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Future Opportunities
Diversity Technology Fundraising Partnerships Stud
ent Swirl Student Preparation Advantage
Wisconsin Regional Collaboration Grow Wisconsin
Economy
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Keynote Presentation

• Dr. Katharine Lyall, President Emerita of the
  University of Wisconsin System, an economist and
  public policy scholar
• Dr. Kathleen Sell, former Associate Vice
  President for Budget and Planning and Chief
  Budget Officer for the University of Wisconsin
  System