Chelsea-Victoria Turner recently earned a $7,000 scholarship from the Udall Foundation. Turner, a plant production and protection major, is one of 55 people across the country to receive the award. “At first, I was in shock. I couldn’t process it,” Turner said. “Being one of the 55 chosen has already been improving my life by…
“The extracurricular opportunities on campus, like Shepard Symposium, are just as valuable, if not more valuable, than the academic commitment at UW,” Riley Skorcz, a UW student who values extracurricular participation, said. Skorcz is one of many students on the UW campus who values her college experience for more than just in-classroom academia. Skorcz takes…
Each and every human being has their own worldview, or a way that they see the world. Despite our similarities, our experiences can cause these worldviews to be drastically different. For Gabe Saint, a sophomore studying Political Science at the University of Wyoming as well as president of Turning Point USA, his worldview was fundamentally…
Dr. Holly Krutka, the Executive Director of the School of Energy Resources (SER) at the University of Wyoming, has sparked a conversation surrounding renewable energy in light of a recent study published by the SER and the celebration of Earth Day over the weekend. “I oversee SER’s robust outreach program to ensure transparency with all…
“He’s always been a very noble and righteous person. Very much a ‘lead by example’ person. He always does the right thing. He’s a good role model and he’s kind to other people,” Connor Thorpen, a sophomore at UW, said regarding his friend Buck Harris. Depending on who you ask, there were anywhere between six…
According to legend, sometime after the birth of his first son, a number of oracles told King Suddhodana his son’s life would follow one of two paths: he would become a great and noble king able to lead his people to prosperity or he would become an enlightened thinker. Hoping the best for his Kingdom,…
In Plato’s Symposium Aristophanes, a Greek playwright, recalled a myth that humans were once wise and noble creatures with four arms, four legs and two heads. According to the myth, these humanoid creatures rivaled the power of the gods. Zeus, realizing he could both humble the humans and double his sacrifice profit margins, split each…
One year ago, Brianna Melody White felt a calling. A California native with a job at California State University in Fresno, an established community, and a dog named Cupcake made the choice to uproot the life she knew and accept a position at UW. This Black History Month, White seeks to explore taboos and take…
As Phil White, former Editor-in-Chief of the Branding Iron, climbed the stairs of the Union on Friday, Oct. 17, 1969, someone told him that Football Coach Lloyd Eaton had kicked all of the African American players off the team. White thought it was a joke. “I thought he was just pulling my leg, you know?…
Luke Macy, ASUW director of sustainability and University of Wyoming Master of Business Administration (MBA) student, is working toward making campus a more sustainable, energy efficient area. In October of 2022, Macy had the idea to create an online program called Campus Heartbeat, designed to allow university students and faculty to see how much energy…
Kaitlin Soden’s Expectations is a 35-minute original dance piece adapting the play “Machinal” by Sophie Treadwell (1928) into movement. “The famous Expressionist play was written in response to the infamous murder trial of Ruth Snyder. Treadwell presents a parable about the mechanization of society, particularly for women,” Soden said. “The play follows an ordinary woman,…
Wyoming Outdoor Recreation, Tourism and Hospitality (WORTH) Initiative welcomed Hailey Moss to their team last month as the first extension educator in the state. Worth Initiative was launched in 2022 at the request of Governor Mark Gordon and the support of the university following the economic despair from Covid-19. The goal of this initiative is…
