William J. Micheels
President, 1961 – 1972
Stout State College/
President William J. Micheels led this great University primarily during the years the alums for this 40th Reunion attended Stout. The graduates from 1966 – 1970 attended SSU from 1962 to 1970 and his presidential tenure stretched from 1961 to 1972. Here are some excerpts from the UW-Stout History and the ‘66-’70 Towers.
”The Stout story during the 1960s is one of dynamic growth. At the start of the decade, Stout had a student population of close to 1,700 and a faculty of 107. By the end of the 1960s, enrollment topped 5,000. Faculty increased accordingly. Physical facilities and the number of programs offered also experienced dramatic growth.”
“The creation of several new academic programs in the 1960s helped ensure the growth… Several of the majors, such as art, were related to the early mission. Others, such as hotel and restaurant management and vocational rehabilitation, were driven by other needs…”
UW-Stout History: Expanding Horizons
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UW-Stout History: Expanding Horizons
“It is my earnest hope that as you leave Stout, you will find that the pattern we have fashioned together will be one which you can spread and extend out during the rest of your life.”
William J. Micheels, 1966 Tower.
“But there is another dimension which, I think, all of us would do well to consider in these years of rapid change and movement. That is the dimension represented by the distance between where we now are in the human story and the place to where we will be going in the decades of your life.”
William J. Micheels, 1967 Tower
“The horizon for Stout appears unlimited. The significant changes which have come about in the four years you have been on campus are indicative of those which are to come; the pace of growth accelerates daily.
Just as the university, impelled by its heritage, moves on to new challenges, so also do you of its Diamond Jubilee class carry with you this heritage as you move forward toward your personal horizons.”
William J. Micheels, 1968 Tower
At the all-university convocation held at the beginning of the year (1968-1969) the president discussed problems facing today’s campuses “…the right to protest to oppose a law or to engage in controversy.” Open discussions were held throughout the year with students and faculty. “No one will be happier than I to see our students as well as our faculty get directly and deeply involved in taking a careful look at this and in trying to make suggestions and come up with ideas where this can be made stronger or where we can possibly try for some changes in direction as may be desirable…”
1969 Tower
Throughout the year, President Micheels took time to meet with students… He was intensely involved in the progress of campus construction, and the restructurization of many of the departments.
1970 Tower
Micheels Hall, named in President Micheels honor, links Jarvis Hall and the Applied Arts building. CLICK HERE TO SEE MICHEELS HALL
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