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Associated Press
30-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
UW-Stout Launches Online Cannabis Education Offerings with New, 9-Week Programs
'We are dedicated to preparing professionals for emerging workforce demands by offering relevant, accessible, and high-quality education.'— Beth Hein, Exec. Dir. of Educational Pathways and Outreach, UW-Stout MENOMONIE, WI, UNITED STATES, April 30, 2025 / / -- University of Wisconsin-Stout's Continuing Education & Conferences is excited to announce a new collaboration with Green Flower, a nationally recognized leader in cannabis workforce education. This partnership brings specialized, fully online certificate programs in cannabis cultivation, extraction, product development, and retail designed to equip professionals with knowledge and skills relevant to this highly-regulated and rapidly-evolving industry. Launching April 30, these new certificate offerings will provide learners with an opportunity to gain industry-specific expertise in compliance, operations, product development, and business practices—knowledge areas increasingly valued across various sectors, including Wisconsin's USDA-licensed legal hemp industry. 'We are dedicated to preparing professionals for emerging workforce demands by offering relevant, accessible, and high-quality education,' said Beth Hein, Executive Director of Educational Pathways and Outreach at UW-Stout. 'These certificates will provide individuals with foundational knowledge and industry insights necessary to navigate complex regulatory environments and contribute to a growing industry.' Each nine-week, fully online certificate program allows learners to study at their own pace, making it ideal for professionals looking to enhance their credentials. Courses are taught by industry experts and are designed to help students build applicable skills for career advancement. 'Green Flower is thrilled to partner with University of Wisconsin-Stout, renowned for their commitment to providing career-focused industry experiences, to offer our three cannabis workforce training programs designed to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive,' said Max Simon, CEO and Co-Founder of Green Flower. 'These programs are uniquely tailored to meet the demands of a highly regulated industry in a clear, thorough, and accessible manner for students in western Wisconsin and beyond.' Green Flower, a leader in cannabis education since 2014, collaborates with more than 60 universities and colleges nationwide to develop training programs that meet the needs of employers and professionals in regulated industries. For more information or to register, visit or contact [email protected]. Save $150 for a limited time using the code UWSTOUTFIRST at checkout. ### About UW Stout Continuing Education & Conferences at UW-Stout As part of Educational Pathways and Outreach, UW-Stout's Continuing Education & Conferences provides adult learners with flexible, high-quality education designed to enrich both their personal and professional lives. Our offerings span key areas such as leadership, artificial intelligence, and communications. In collaboration with Green Flower, we provide specialized courses and certifications to help you advance your career and achieve your goals. About Green Flower Founded in 2014, Green Flower is the industry leader in cannabis education, empowering thousands of consumers, regulators, and professionals with the knowledge they need to succeed in the emerging cannabis industry today. Green Flower's content and technology platform powers the cannabis programs of top universities and colleges across the country, provides customized learning and compliance solutions for cannabis businesses of all sizes, and equips individuals with the skills and credentials necessary to make an impact in the modern cannabis industry. Javan Pham UW-Stout Continuing Education & Conferences +1 715-232-2698 [email protected] Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content 'as is' without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
CVTC hosts area colleges at regional esports tournament
EAU CLAIRE — Over the weekend, many students from five area colleges met at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire to compete in a sport that is becoming increasingly popular. Rather than football or soccer, a number of college esports teams faced off in two different video games for their playoff matches. Advertisement 'We just finished up our regular season,' said Zach Janot, esports student coach at UW-Stout. 'We played eight games of that, and went six and two, so now we are here to qualify for the state regional in May.' 'This is a regional LAN, which is an in-person tournament, from the Wisconsin Esports Conference,' said Erin Hazen, CVTC coordinator of clubs and leadership. 'That conference is a conference of many local Wisconsin-based colleges. We have been competing since early February, and this is the regional LAN — this is an equivalent of playoffs in traditional athletics.' LAN, which is short for local area network, is a term that is used when devices are connected to each other in one physical location. While the esports teams compete online, the two-day regional LAN was one example of when players meet face to face. The two games which students played were Super Smash Bros, a series published by Nintendo on the Nintendo Switch, and Overwatch 2, a game playable on the computer published by Blizzard Entertainment. 'This is considered the northwest region of the Wisconsin Esports Conference,' said Hazen. 'We have UW-Stout here (in Eau Claire), UW-River Falls, UW-Superior, UW-Eau Claire and then CVTC.' Advertisement Especially as the popularity of esports continues to grow in universities, many of the members also see colleges accepting esports teams onto campus as a part of the positive trend. 'People are starting to see it as an actual collegiate sport on the level of football, baseball and basketball,' said Janot. 'It is a big deal, and it is going to continue to become a bigger deal. 'Esports is all about teamwork. We are a team no more than any other collegiate sport; we have to coordinate together, we have to play each other every day. Even though I am the coach, we all coach each other because some of us can only see something about the game based on the characters we play.' In the first round of the round robin matches on Saturday, Austin Aguiler, CVTC club president, faced off against one of the players from Stout in a Super Smash Bros Match. Advertisement After the first round, Aguiler shared his thought process while playing and said, 'I am trying to stay calm. I was in sports all throughout high school, so I have the mentality for competitiveness and understand staying cool and thinking during that time while trying not to make any mistakes. 'I think that videogaming in general has become such a part of kids' and students' lives, and so when you are looking at meeting students where they are at, esports is really one of those really excellent things,' said Hazen. 'People are still playing traditional athletics and doing a lot more things, but most people have a computer in their house or a Switch in their house. It is something that is a little more approachable for people of different abilities or social economic statuses, and that is something that the colleges really like too because you don't need to invest into these huge stadiums. If you have room for 24 computers or a place for a Switch or two, you are able to put it together and host things like this.' While teams played on Saturday and Sunday, other teams at regional LAN tournaments in the Wisconsin Esports Conference, or WEC, were also competing simultaneously. For CVTC, Hazen said being able to support esport LAN matches on their campus is a great opportunity. 'It is sometimes hard to stay at the level of the UWs, especially for a technical college,' she said. 'Being able to bring them here and have them in our space is a really awesome opportunity. Even just competing against them in general is not something you would typically see in traditional athletics, but in esports people with so many different skills can get together and play against each other. It is really cool to not only be able to play against them, but also to be able to bring them to our space and host.'
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Van Orden calls for judge's impeachment; UW-Stout professor says that's unlikely
EAU CLAIRE — U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, has filed a resolution to impeach a federal judge who rejected President Donald Trump's efforts to obtain access to a database, saying the judge is overstepping his authority. However, a UW-Stout political science professor said Van Orden's bill has almost no chance of success, and he questioned why the representative filed it in the first place. Van Orden's bill is H.R. 134, which he filed Thursday. It seeks to impeach Judge Paul Engelmayer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. It has no other co-sponsors as of Monday, and has been sent to the House Judiciary Committee. It is unclear if it will get a hearing; none have been set. Van Orden's call for impeachment comes after Engelmayer halted Trump's Executive Order establishing and implementing the Department of Government Efficiency. Specifically, Engelmayer blocked the so-called Department of Government Accountability from accessing sensitive U.S. Treasury records on Feb. 8. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has joined a lawsuit to prevent DOGE from gaining acess to that data. The lawsuit contends DOGE cannot legally access Treasury records that include Social Security numbers and bank account information. 'Judges are meant to interpret the law, not write it,' Van Orden wrote in a press release that announced the impeachment resolution. 'There are three coequal branches of government, and this legislating from the bench from the Judicial has plagued America for decades. It has gotten completely out of control, and it is time for it to stop. Judge Engelmayer overstepped his judicial authority, and his actions are an affront to the Constitution and the 74 million Americans who voted to get our country back on the right track. He must be removed from office as soon as possible.' The resolution accuses Engelmayer of two crimes: judicial misconduct and abuse of judicial authority, and abuse of judicial power. UW-Stout political science professor Rich Postlewaite noted that to successfully remove Engelmayer, the House of Representatives must impeach the judge by a simple majority, but it would then take a two-thirds vote in the U.S. Senate. Even if all 53 Republican senators voted to remove Engelmayer, they would need another 14 votes from the Democrats or independent left-leaning Senators, and that is highly doubtful. 'It's sad if a member of Congress thinks they can impeach a judge,' Postlewaite said Sunday. 'To go after a member of a judicial branch, it's a true sign that they are saying, 'I want everything to be mine.' If the Senate starts to do that, then we're in deep trouble.' Postlewaite also noted that Engelmayer's ruling isn't a crime and doesn't fit the 'high crimes and misdemeanors' standard of impeachment and removal. Postlewaite instead said Congress needs to assert its authority as a third co-equal branch of government and re-establish that legislators control the budget, not the president. 'I wish Congress would impose their power,' he said. 'If they did, this would be a moot point.' Engelmayer was appointed to the bench in 2011 by then-President Barack Obama.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Stout professor, team of scientists study how small organisms have an effect on greenhouse gases
MENOMONIE — With the publication of a scientific report following research in the lakes of Iceland, researchers involved —including one from UW-Stout — are publishing part of the results. With work recently published in 'Scientific Reports,' a study focused on melting glaciers and their release of methane as a greenhouse gas. Furthermore, the study focused on how microbes in glacial streams and lakes might be able to prevent methane from reaching the atmosphere. The study began as a team of scientists ventured to glaciers in Iceland in 2018-2019 by National Geographic Explorer Kristin Strock, who was joined by UW-Stout biology and environmental science Assistant Professor Nicole Hayes. Also joining the research team was Bridget Deemer, a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey; and Dickinson student Rachel Krewson. 'We received a National Geographic Explorer grant to go and look at methane cycling in Icelandic lakes, more generally than glacial lakes,' said Hayes. 'We were just really interested in seeing how much methane was being emitted from these lakes; we know that methane is a major greenhouse gas associated with climate change, and there is some research that suggests polar environments are likely to be major sources of methane. It seemed like a really great place to go to ask questions.' 'The perspective that I brought to Iceland was that my background is on how climate change is affecting lakes,' said Hayes, 'so thinking about how polar lakes might potentially be changing as a result of climate change, with methane being what we are actually measuring and thinking about.' The research was supported by two years of grant funding, where team members collected samples from four locations connected to three glaciers named Langjökull, Snæfellsjökull, and Sólheimajökull. Each location would require them to drive a four-wheeler truck and park alongside a road where they could trek to their site, carrying their equipment by hand. The scientists would then test water by filling bottles with meltwater from the glaciers and measure the amount of methane initially. Measuring them after a 24-hour incubation and agitation period would help indicate how much of the methane was eaten up by microbes. Understanding the interactions between methane emissions, glacial systems and climate change was the focus of the project. 'Prior to this research project, there were not very many studies that looked at how much methane was being produced and consumed in big water bodies that were next to glaciers,' she said. 'We know that human activity and climate change is increasing the rate that glaciers are melting, and we know that glaciers as they melt release methane. So we really wanted to ask the question of: how much of that methane is ending up directly in the atmosphere, and how much of it is being used up as a food source for the different microbes that live in the glacial melt water?' While the paper on the overall research is still not complete, the recent report published back in October 2024 focuses on a subset of the overall research. Hayes said, 'With Icelandic lakes, there is evidence that they are getting warmer — glacial lakes in particular. Glaciers are melting, so there is a lot more water and materials that are being flushed out from underneath the glaciers, and that is where a lot of the methane that we are interested in is coming from… What we found was in the sites that we looked at, microbes are eating a good amount of the methane.' 'You can also ask a lot of really interesting questions about methane in Wisconsin lakes,' she said. 'That is not necessarily the research that I do, but our lakes are also experiencing climate change. So we see shorter winters with less ice and less snow, maybe warmer temperatures during the summer, precipitation patterns are different… So climate change is still impacting these lakes.' As the paper only represents a subset of what they were working on, Hayes said a complete paper of what their research entailed is still in the works. 'It is always exciting to get a paper, and I think it is extra exciting when we all started this very early in our careers,' she said. 'It took a lot of work to get to the point where we could get it published, because it is a slow process.' Furthermore, the experience in Iceland is something that she said she can take back to her work at Stout, as she continues measuring climate change and the water quality of bodies of water like Lake Menomin. 'It was amazing to work with this great group in Iceland,' said Hayes. 'They asked great questions; they worked so hard. It is so intellectually satisfying and also fun to do research with really excited students, and so I do try to carry that forward in my role at Stout.' Continuing, she said, 'I also think that doing independent research is a cornerstone of being a successful science student. The students that do it get so much out of it; they gain so much and grow as independent scientists, so it is just so exciting to watch students go through that process and become more confident and learn more about themselves.'
