A former faculty member at Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, whose challenge of the school’s day of reverse racial segregation drew a firestorm of protests that forced his classes off campus and closed the school for three days, will speak Monday (Oct. 15) during University of Wisconsin-Stout’s Free Speech Week.
His appearance will headline the first of six panel discussions on various aspects of freedom of speech. Chancellor Bob Meyer will moderate the “Free Speech and Anti-Orthodoxy” discussion. scheduled from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Six new 2nd lieutenants receive commissions, diplomas, standing ovation at UW-Stout
University of Wisconsin-Stout chancellor Bob Meyer congratulates Nathaniel Hitchcock, one of six ROTC cadets who took their Oaths of Office as Army second lieutenants during the university’s commencement program on Saturday morning. It was the first time the ROTC ceremony was included in UW-Stout’s general commencement event. (UW-Stout photo by Brett T. Roseman)
Free Speech Week at UW-Stout continues today with final panel discussion – funding comes from Koch Foundation
By David Gordon, Associate Editor Free Speech Week events at the University of Wisconsin-Stout will continue this evening (Oct. 19) with a panel discussion presenting “Three Perspectives on Confederate Monuments, Flags and Symbolism.” This will be the final panel discussion on the week’s schedule. It will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Micheels 290. […]
Lisa Walter retires as UW-Stout police chief after 23 years with department
By UW-Stout Office of University Communications Lisa Walter had never been to Menomonie when she drove north on Interstate 94 in 1993 to interview for a sergeant’s position at University of Wisconsin-Stout. If she got the job she certainly didn’t intend for it to be the last stop in her law enforcement career. Walter, a […]