UW-Stout is pleased to announce the return of the Stout Speaker Series. For over 100 years, UW-Stout has brought inspiring and thought-provoking speakers to campus and the Menomonie community. In the past, faculty groups, a Lyceum Committee and a Stout Student Association speaker committee organized efforts to present speakers.
The goal of the new Speaker Series is to engage faculty, staff, students, alumni, educators, business, industry and community in our efforts to present speakers. We believe, with your ideas and suggestions, the new speaker series will:
- generate excitement about Stout's polytechnic mission and values,
- advance community relationships and cohesion,
- increase campus exposure throughout the region,
- strengthen relationships with alumni, partners, collaborators and donors.
We will strive to bring influential speakers to campus who will promote the thoughtful reflection needed by society in the 21st century. While respecting our enduring goals to maintain a diverse university population and to promote a positive campus climate.
These engagements will provide the community, faculty, staff and students with the opportunity to think through the trending or challenging topics of the current times.
Submit your ideas for notable and inspiring speakers
We value your insights and are seeking recommendations for notable, dynamic and inspiring speakers for the Speaker Series. Initial event planning has begun to kick off the series during the 2018-19 school year. Speaker events will be presented every semester with dates and times scheduled based on speaker availability.
Please use the Stout Speaker Series Recommendation form to submit your ideas for a notable topic, dynamic speaker or personal connections to someone you believe would bring a valuable message to our campus and community.
Helen Keller, 1916
Carl Akeley, 1922
Henry Wallace, 1944
John F. Kennedy, 1960
Pearl S. Buck, 1966
Ansel Adams, 1967
Dick Gregory, 1968
Julian Bond, 1970
Bob Dole, 1973
Jonathan Kozol, 1973
Max Lerner, 1974
Gene Roddenberry, 1975
P.J. O’Rourke, 1976
Alan Ginsberg, 1977
Senator Dick Clark versus William Rusher: Sept. 16, 1981
Michael Harrington: Nov. 17, 1981
G. Gordon Liddy: Jan. 26, 1982
Russell Means: March 1, 1982
Senator Birch Bayh vs. Howard Phillips: April 1982
Jean Kilbourne: Sept. 14, 1982
Harvey Wasserman vs. Arnold Kramish: Oct. 1982
Dr. Gerard K. O’Neill: Dec. 8, 1982
Robert Muller: Jan. 18, 1983
Hunter S. Thompson: April 20, 1983
Ralph Nader: Sept. 16, 1980
Frances FitzGerald: Nov. 5, 1980
Paul Ehrlich: Jan. 22, 1981
Daniel Ford: March 3, 1981
Gloria Steinem: April 21, 1981
Robert Ellis Smith: Nov. 14, 1983
Coretta Scott King: Feb. 14,1984
John Minczeski,John Krumberger, and Thomas R. Smith: April 9, 1984
Henry Steele Commager: Dec. 1, 1983
Stanley Karnow: April 25, 1984
Michael Carrera: Sept.25, 1984
Maya Angelou: Feb. 14, 1985
Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman: March 5, 1985
Curtis Sliwa: April 10, 1984
John Kerry
George Stephanopoulos, 2001
Eva Schloss, 2015