The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees recently approved a proposal to increase student program fees by an average of 5.6 percent, which include a base fee of six dollars per credit hour for all programs that will cover advising costs. The other fees will differ depending on the students’ program. According to the proposal…
The Executive Director of the Association of the University Centers on Disabilities, Andrew Imparato, will be conducting a presentation entitled “The Impact of Grassroots Advocacy on Disability Policy” from 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, at the Center Salon B with a reception and poster gallery to follow. “Disability issues do bring people together…
The Associated Students of the University of Wyoming are welcoming James Wheeler, the new project coordinator, a full-time paid position that has sat vacant for the past two years. The duties of the project coordinator include overseeing the Freshman Senate, the United Multicultural Council and the Nontraditional Student Council as they serve the students of…
“Nordic Skiing is essentially running on skis.” President of the University of Wyoming Nordic Ski Team, Leann Bentley said. Participants in a Nordic Skiing competition are faced with difficult tasks and must ski over all types of terrain and even uphill at times. “Instead of skiing downhill you ski uphill, kind of through all the…
Two of the incredible piano performance professors, Dr. Chi-Chen Wu and Dr. Theresa Bogard will be performing the Poulenc concerto of two pianos in the company of orchestra. The University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra is going to mark the beginning of the holiday season at Buchanan Center Concert Hall at 7:30 pm, with a little…
For Wyoming residents, pronghorn are a part of everyday life, however, the hundred mile migration pattern they follow is largely unknown by most. A decade ago, little work had been done on documenting migrations in Wyoming or migrations in general. That is until Emilene Ostlind set out to write her masters’ thesis in creative writing…
UW students will have a shot at free food and the use of Pete’s Game Room Thursday in the Union at the monthly game night hosted by recognized student organization Students Supporting Veterans, alongside Open Mic Night in the Union Gardens. The event will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Students are welcome to…
Last weekend was Small Business Saturday, a promotion founded by the American Express financial institution in 2010 to support community development, small businesses and promote diverse and vibrant communities according to the American Express website. “This was absolutely our best day yet, even beating our grand opening,” Laramie Soap Company Owner/Operator, Spencer Pittman, said. “We’d…
Associated Students of the University of Wyoming received $628,648 during the last Board of Trustees meeting from the ASUW student reserves prior to a campus wide sweep of funds that happened during the financial crunch. “I am very relieved that it is finally coming back to the students,” Senator Jordan Blazovich, of the College of…
Mortar Board, an Honorary club at the University of Wyoming are tabling for a week in the Breezeway of the Wyoming Union from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the Reading is Leading Book Drive where people can drop books, which will go to the Albany County Downtown Clinic, Albany County Safe Project and Family…
Avalanche beacons, also known as avalanche transceivers, are carried by individuals who are at risk of being buried in an avalanche while doing outdoor activities such as skiing or snowshoeing. These devices transmit radio signals that other Avalanche beacons can receive, to better locate an individual if they are buried in the snow. “It’s a…
UW club rodeo coach George Howard, 59, died this weekend after sustaining a gunshot wound. Details behind Howard’s death are still unknown as the incident is still under investigation. According to Converse County Undersheriff Nathan Hughes, on Friday, Nov. 26, authorities responded to a report of a man suffering from a gunshot wound southwest of…
