Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162
MENOMONIE – Governor Jim Doyle today joined campus and community leaders to dedicate the new Science Wing and renovated Technology Wing at Jarvis Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. The project ensures Jarvis Hall will be a state-of-the-art facility that can accommodate UW-Stout’s growing enrollment in the applied sciences, engineering and related fields.
“This project at UW-Stout will help prepare future generations to be leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” Governor Doyle said. “Our world-class universities have always been the engines that drive Wisconsin. Even in tough times, we must invest in the institutions that will make us stronger in the years ahead.”
The Jarvis Hall upgrade at UW-Stout is one of several major campus building projects that have moved forward under Governor Doyle’s leadership to improve teaching and research, and replace aging buildings with new or remodeled energy efficient buildings. Through Governor Doyle’s efforts, projects have been approved on all 12 four-year campuses in the UW System, including the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery at UW-Madison; a new engineering campus, School of Public Health, School of Freshwater Sciences and expanded Great Lakes WATER Institute at UW-Milwaukee; the new Swenson Hall at UW-Superior; and new academic buildings at UW-Oshkosh and UW-La Crosse.
Since taking office in 2003, Governor Doyle has taken major steps to improve higher education in Wisconsin. The Governor has tripled the amount of financial aid available to students to $243 million. The Governor has also signed legislation to increase the maximum Wisconsin Higher Education Grant for UW System schools from $2,500 to $3,000 and has expanded the college tuition tax deduction. Governor Doyle also created the Wisconsin Covenant, a pathway to higher education for every hardworking Wisconsin student.
Jarvis Hall is home to the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) on the UW-Stout campus. Jarvis Hall is named for John Jarvis, UW-Stout vice president of Academic Affairs from 1962 to 1973, who was instrumental in expanding Stout’s role in technical education by creating what became the engineering technology degree.
UW-Stout first began planning the Jarvis Hall upgrade in 1998, the first major renovation of the building since it opened in 1970. University officials believe the upgraded facilities contributed to UW-Stout’s record enrollment this fall of 9,312 students. UW-Stout will also use the project as a tool to recruit the best and brightest professors in the STEM fields.
