A view of the campus at UW-Stout Polytechnic, the only polytechnic university in Minnesota or Wisconsin. (Submitted photos) Throughout its long history, the educational institution that bears the name of its founder, James Huff Stout, has continuously evolved and maintained its position at the vanguard of higher education. Over the course of 135 years, two things have remained constant. The first is the presence of its founder’s name.