“Two percent is going to faculty staff, one percent is going to the libraries and one percent is going to academic retention,” Balogun said. “Over all that four percent generates two million dollars,” Balogun said. ASUW continued the task of deciding whether or not to support a tuition increase on Tuesday, following second readings of…
The University of Wyoming will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of Wyoming Union next week. An institution at UW since 1939, the Wyoming Union has changed in a number of ways since its inception. Plans for construction of the Union began in 1931 under a committee chaired by Dean J.A Hill, according to the UW…
-All ASUW senators were present for Tuesday meeting. All senators approved minutes and agenda; the agenda was modified before approval. -ASUW had three guest speakers for the night. The first two were from the United Way of Albany County, Paul Heimer and Kim Zaft. The other guest speaker was Oneida Blagg of UW Employment…
ASUW approved three new bills during its weekly meeting on Tuesday evening. During the meeting, a student addressed the senate, asking for their help promoting this year’s “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes”. The government gave no decision on promoting the event. The guest speaker for the meeting was UW Associate Vice President and Dean…
The U.S. Census Bureau released a report about the economic performance of the U.S. and the 50 states. The report shows that Wyoming’s economic performance outstands the national average as well as most of the states. Robert Godby an Economics professor at UW said, “They are not much different from the past [reports] except that…
ASUW’s initial meeting of the semester began with guest appearances from UW President Richard McGinity and Vice President for Student Affairs Sarah Axelson, and included the announcement of WyoVocal, a new component of WyoCourses that will allow students to communicate directly with ASUW. McGinity said that the university is going to have three goals as…
Wyoming legislature passed a law that would restrict using drones across the state. According to representative Kendall Kroker of Evansville, the law is important because many Wyoming residents are concerned about their privacy. Said Kroker, “We don’t want surveillance everywhere.” The draft requires a warrant for the use of drones by police forces or government…
