A PROPOSAL PREPARED FOR COMPEER FINANCIAL
Mission Statement
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville provides associate, baccalaureate, and master’s degree programs in a broad spectrum of disciplines including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; criminal justice; education; business; agriculture; and the liberal arts. We promote excellence by using a personal, hands-on approach to empower each student to become broader in perspective, intellectually more astute, ethically more responsible, and to contribute wisely as an accomplished professional and knowledgeable citizen in a diverse global community.
Vision Statement
UW-Platteville will be recognized as the leading student-focused university for its success in achieving excellence, creating opportunities, and empowering each individual.
UW-PLATTEVILLE A SMART INVESTMENT
For over 150 years, UW-Platteville has served as an educational leader and economic hub in our region. To continue this legacy, we rely on everyone—students, faculty, staff, alumni, community, and corporate partners—to advance our mission, vision, and commitment to serve as active, agile, collaborative stewards of place.
The university serves as an integral member of its communities and leverages the tri-state region’s unique characteristics to:
Foster transformative education
Increase access
Invest in our future
Our focus on hands-on experiential learning drives a regional, world-class workforce pipeline; truly making UW-Platteville a smart investment for the future of our region.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
UW-Platteville’s Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center will be the first dairy food processing plant on a university farm in the state of Wisconsin. Faculty and students will be able to process milk from Pioneer Farm to make cheese and ice cream, while performing research and development for other new diverse products, such as using goat milk cheese or a unique bottled dairy product. It will also be a resource for industry, offering opportunities to work on product development, both food-related and nonfood-related and using waste products to create new byproducts. In addition, the Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center will be available for local farmers, industry partners, artisan cheesemakers, and regional stakeholders as a collaboration and innovation space.
This facility will provide an opportunity to do applied system-level research on sustainable farm-tofork ecosystems including water management and energy efficiency and also increase the research capacity within the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Sciences’ new Sesquicentennial Hall. Our researchers will include nearly all majors on campus, and strive to achieve advancements in the implementation of carbon footprint reducing practices creating new workforce opportunities and diversifying our regional economy.
The Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center will tell the story of farming and dairy, with a store to sell in-house and local products. It will also act as a training facility for the regional industry, offering apprentice work, outreach, workshops, and other training events. The proposed plant will help future employees of farms and production facilities gain the high-tech skills needed to access higher wages and more desirable jobs while providing regional employers the skilled workforce they need to succeed in the future.
Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center rendering
Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center
The proposed Diary Pilot Plant will feature a full production pilot plant, retail store with viewing area into the plant, researcher offices, and milk intake garage and support spaces.
Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center store interior rendering
A SMART INVESTMENT: RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Compeer Financial legacy naming
Legacy naming opportunities are abundant within the Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center. Our team will help you select an option that reflects your commitment to UW-Platteville and showcases the Compeer Financial brand to our students, faculty, alumni, parents, and all who visit our campus.
Compeer Financial custom UW-Platteville annual return on investment plan
This annual engagement plan positions Compeer Financial as a premier partner organization on the UW-Platteville campuses. We will partner with you to optimize and facilitate your team’s access to meaningful engagements with our students to build your world-class workforce pipeline.
Student engagement
Be a part of hands-on lab experiences with students.
The Compeer Financial team toured the Pioneer Sweets Dairy Plant, which they helped to fund, with Dr. Tera Montgomery and student managers on the day of the grand opening in October 2021.
Advertising
20-second video on-campus advertising including the Career Fair – provided by the company
Video wall logo recognition
Press release
Radio spot mentions
Trade magazine logo recognition associated with the project
Ice cream or cheese flavor permanently named after Compeer Financial to be sold in the Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center store and other campus locations
Events
Brand recognition on the marketing and programs for all events associated with the Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center
Compeer Financial Day at the Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center
VIP invite to the Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center ribbon cutting
University engagement
Company visits with key faculty
Campus tour and meetings with key faculty
Interactions with students
1866 Cornerstone Society – video screen recognition and VIP event invites
Premium booth space at the Spring and Fall Career Fairs for two years
VIP booth space at Industry Awareness Day
Option to utilize the Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center as it applies to your organization
PARTNERING TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Compeer Financial investment in the future
Compeer Financial and UW-Platteville’s partnership will make a lasting difference in education, the workforce pipeline, and our region. We hope the Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center has sparked your interest and desire to invest in and partner with us to shape the future of the our region for years to come.
Compeer Financial strategic investment - $1,000,000 ($200,000/year for five years)
Legacy naming in the new Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center
Engagement and branding opportunities
Pioneer Petunia serves as the mascot for Pioneer Sweets, a student-managed ice cream business at UW-Platteville
OUR GRATITUDE
We appreciate every investment you have generously made in the past and value our strategic partnership with you. We are thankful for your willingness to consider an investment to optimize the UW-Platteville student experience, program capacity, and regional workforce pipeline. We look forward to working with you to create a lasting impact on our region.
With deepest gratitude,
Tera Montgomery Professor of Animal and Dairy Science Incoming Director of School of Agriculture UW-Platteville
Angie Herting Corporate Engagement Officer University Relations UW-Platteville
Proposed Dairy Pilot Plant and Training Center site
