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Charles Sorensen, Chancellor, UW–Stout |
| 325 Administration Building |
| 712 South Broadway |
| Menomonie, WI 54751 |
| (715) 232-2441 |
| sorensenc@uwstout.edu |
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| Charles Sorensen joined University of Wisconsin–Stout in 1988 and is the university’s sixth chancellor. During his academic career, he has served as a teacher, historian, academic dean and academic vice president and has more than 25 years of experience as an administrator.
Under Sorensen’s leadership, UW–Stout was selected by the U.S. Department of Commerce for the prestigious 2001 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the education category.
Sorensen promotes program development, distance education efforts, the use of technology in the classroom, private fundraising and a strong quality program at UW–Stout. Beginning in the fall of 2002, UW–Stout became the first public university in the state of Wisconsin to initiate a digital learning environment, requiring all new freshmen to lease a laptop.
Since coming to Wisconsin in 1988, Sorensen has been actively promoting economic development, developing partnerships with companies and corporations and supporting a strong technology transfer program on the UW–Stout campus. He has served on several statewide commissions studying the role of the University of Wisconsin System in identifying and solving workforce issues, technology initiatives and developing a climate to attract high technology businesses.
In 2002, Sorensen was appointed to a three-year term on the National Council for History Education. That same year, he received the Michigan State Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award and the Eagle Management Leadership Award from the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) in recognition of his leadership that has produced significant results for the WTCS.
Sorenson has a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, a master’s degree in history from Illinois State University and a doctorate in American history from Michigan State University. He also attended the Harvard University Institute for Educational Management. |
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