University of Wisconsin - Stout

Oct. 12, 2009

The following UW-Stout events are photo and video opportunities for the media.

Monday, Oct. 12, The UW-Stout organization Pride Alliance will host “Be a safe face,” a National Coming Out Day march and program, to show support of the university’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, faculty and staff. The march begins at 11:30 a.m., at the Ally Center in the Memorial Student Center and weaves through the campus, ending at the Clock Tower Plaza at about noon for the program. For more information, contact Julie Miller at millerjul@uwstout.edu or 715-232-5622.

Wednesday, Oct. 14, Rosemary Jacobson, a lifelong resident of Menomonie, will deliver a reminiscence talk Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m., in the Maple and Oakwood rooms of the Memorial Student Center. Jacobson will share stories from her almost 30 years of service to the campus as a television producer, director and writer. During her tenure at the university, she worked at the UW-Stout Teleproduction Center, a broadcast television production facility, which earned numerous regional and national awards. For more information, contact Sue Pittman at pittmans@uwstout.edu or 715-232-1151.