and domestic science teachers (1903), and a Homemaker's School (1907).
In 1908, to simplify and clarify administration, Stout merged his various educational enterprises into the "Stout Institute", which was sold to the state of Wisconsin after Stout's death in 1911. The school was governed by its own board of trustees until 1955, when it became part of the Wisconsin State Colleges system as "Stout State College". The state colleges were all upgraded to university status in 1965, and accordingly Stout State College became "Stout State University". In 1971, after the merger of the former University of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Universities, the school became part of the University of Wisconsin System under its present name, the "University of Wisconsin–Stout". In March 2007, UW–Stout was designated "Wisconsin's Polytechnic University" by the UW System Board of Regents.
== Campus ==
UW–Stout is made up of two parts, a main campus and north campus. The main campus has most classrooms, five of nine residence …
