Stout names new chancellor; Meyer has nearly 30 years’ experience with campus

UW-Stout officially has a new chancellor after the UW System on Tuesday (May 27) announced the hire of Robert M. Meyer, president of Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College. Meyer has nearly 30 years’ experience with Stout, first as a student and then in a quarter-century with the university in a variety of professional roles (including assistant to the chancellor for state and federal relations; dean of the College of Technology, Engineering, and Management; associate dean of outreach; and director of the Stout Technology Transfer Institute). He will begin his new role Aug. 16, succeeding Charles W. Sorenson, who has been Stout’s chancellor for 26 years. The UW System news release has more.