Corporate Relations & Economic Engagement

Linking the extensive resources of UW-Stout to business, industry, and the community.
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Your Connection to UW-Stout

UW-Stout's Office of Corporate Relations & Economic Engagement (OCREE) is the university's primary outreach and engagement organization focused on connecting the extensive resources of the university to business, industry, and community stakeholders.

The office works to market the multiple ways external stakeholders can connect with UW-Stout's talent, tools, and technology.  We are also home to several outward facing centers that provide direct resources and support to the larger community.

Learn how industry and partners engage with UW-Stout.

Industry engagement is at the center of what we do at as Wisconsin's Polytechnic University. Learn more >

Opportunities to Engage

Manufacturing Outreach Center

UW-Stout Manufacturing Outreach Center helps Northwestern Wisconsin manufacturers thrive through positive growth and sustainable profit.
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Center for Advanced Manufacturing & Artificial Intelligence

UW-Stout's CAM-AI center offers applied academic expertise to the manufacturing world.
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Center for Innovation & Development

We offer our expertise and experience to help you get your idea to market.
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Center for Limnological Research & Rehabilitation

We focus on eutrophication issues and management solutions for freshwater systems.
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UW-Stout Center for Sustainable Communities aims to help rural areas thrive

Rural communities experienced broad population decreases between 2010 and 2020 for the first time in history, impacting jobs, health care, education and more.
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Fab Lab

A workspace for creative, high-tech innovators and people with a need to design, prototype and build things.
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Classroom Projects

UW-Stout MOC Lead Generation Service acts as an extension of your sales team, identifying and qualifying sales leads for revenue growth.
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Corporate Relations & Economic Engagement

All Corporate Relations & Economic Engagement News
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TWI Leads to Employee Retention for Stratford Homes

Stratford Homes leadership engaged the Manufacturing Outreach Center in 2022 to lead the development of the system, focusing on high-turnover roles.
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CLRR choice: Limnology center research supporting work on Green Lake water quality

The Green Lake Association is working to reduce phosphorus and toxic algae by turning to a leader on the issue, UW-Stout's CLRR.
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Training Within Industry Creates Cultural Shift for Ardisam

In an effort to improve operations, management pursued Training Within Industry (TWI) with the MOC.
I wish we would've done this years ago! ...people are very involved and the culture is changing.
Michael Hunter Chief Operating Officer, Volm Companies