UW-Stout opens new center with donation from Charles Koch Foundation

Menomonie (WQOW) -- UW-Stout will offer new opportunities for its students next fall, with the help of a nearly $2 million donation from the Charles Koch Foundation. 

UW-Stout said it has been developing The Center for the study of Institutions and Innovations for more than a year. The center will be in the College of Arts, Communications, Humanities and Social Science. The director will be Tim Shiell, a professor in the college’s English and Philosophy Department.

The center will provide programming on campus and across the state, including speakers, panels and workshops. Stipends for faculty and student research also will be available. To accomplish all of this, the Koch Foundation gave UW-Stout an initial award for $425,000. The grant is renewable with annual agreements for three years, bringing the potential donation to $1.7 million.

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