Sept. 28, 2009
The following UW-Stout events are photo and video opportunities for the media.
Monday, Sept. 28, Blue Devil Products will host Stupid Human Tricks at 6:30 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Memorial Student Center. Homecoming king and queen candidates will perform one “stupid human trick” or talent each. The tricks will be judged on creativity, originality and performance.
Monday, Sept. 28, UW-Stout will host a grand opening event for its Merle Price Commons dining hall from 8:30-10:30 p.m. Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen will cut the ceremonial ribbon at 8:30 p.m. There will be tours, prizes, trivia, food samples and a review of the remodeling process. To learn more about the remodeling, visit the Dining Services home page. For more information, contact Ann Thies at thiesa@uwstout.edu or 715-232-2134.
Tuesday, Sept. 29, Blue Devil Productions will host a soapbox derby. Construction begins at noon and continues until 3:30 p.m. on the Memorial Student Center south lawn. Races begin at 4 p.m. and are held at Wilson Ave. and Second Street West.
Also from 3-7 p.m., Tuesday, student organizations will participate in window paintings depicting homecoming’s Cirque du Stout theme in the Terrace of the Memorial Student Center.
Wednesday, Sept. 30, David Barnard, professor and dean emeritus of the University of Wisconsin-Stout, will deliver a reminiscence talk from noon to 1 p.m., in the Maple and Oakwood rooms of the Memorial Student Center. Barnard, who retired from the university in 1987, will share stories from his 41 years of service to the campus and community. The Reminiscence Speaker Series, sponsored by the Stout Historical Association of the Dunn County Historical Society, features talks that illuminate the “spirit of Stout.” For more information, contact Sue Pittman at pitmanns@uwstout.edu or 715-232-1151.
Wednesday, Sept. 30, Comedian Rob O’Reilly performs at 8 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Memorial Student Center.
Thursday, Oct. 1, Blue Devil Productions begins its annual 24-hour Couch-a-Thon event at noon on the Memorial Student Center south lawn; the event continues until noon, Friday, Oct. 2. As a kick-off for the event, the Eau Claire Indie band, Laarks, and the band, A Whisper in the Noise, will perform beginning at 8 p.m., Thursday on the south lawn.
Thursday, Oct. 1, Kelly Wilson, founder of the Minneapolis Center for Forensic Psychology, will present “Real World Forensic Psychology” from 1:15-2:45 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Memorial Student Center. Wilson specializes in expert testimony, trial consultation, and providing training for attorneys and mental health professionals in such areas as forensic ethics and violence and sexual risk assessment. She is currently in private practice conducting forensic evaluations for criminal, civil, juvenile and family courts. The public is welcome to attend. This event is the fourth in UW-Stout Psi Chi’s Annual Speaker Series, and is co-sponsored by psychology program director, Ed Biggerstaff, and the UW-Stout Center for Applied Ethics.
Friday, Oct. 2, The School of Education at University of Wisconsin-Stout will host the event Sips for Scholarships beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center. The evening activities include an expert presentation on food and wine pairing by Peter D’Souza, associate professor of hospitality and tourism. For more information, contact D’Souza at dsouzap@uwstout.edu or 715-232-1491.
Friday, Oct. 2, The interactive comedy duo, Show Off Show, will perform starting at 8 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Memorial Student Center. The performance is followed by the announcement and coronation of the homecoming king and queen.
Saturday, Oct. 3, UW-Stout’s homecoming parade begins at 11 a.m., at the Dunn County Recreation Park. The parade path follows Main Street to Ninth Street, then south on Ninth to Wilson Avenue. The parade then proceeds on Wilson Avenue to Third Street, ending near Johnson Fieldhouse. All members of the 2009 Cirque du Stout Homecoming Court, dressed in circus attire, will ride together in the parade.
UW-Stout will meet UW-River Falls in a football game at 1 p.m., Saturday, at Don and Nona Williams Stadium. The 2009 Homecoming King and Queen and members of the Royalty Court will be introduced at halftime.
