Category: Campus

ASUW signed off on a $20,000 expenditure to bring the Rave Guardian mobile safety app to UW at its Tuesday, Feb. 20 session, with a single dissenting vote. Senate Bill 2595 authorizes the allocation of a $2,000 set-up fee and $6,000 annually for three years from the ASUW reserve for the implementation of the app,…

The University of Wyoming’s Wellness Center recently received a NASPA Student Affairs Professional in Higher Education Excellence gold award in athletics, recreation and physical fitness categories for innovating and promoting physical, emotional, mental and financial well-being. “I think part of why we won the award was because [of] when half acre was renovated and expanded,”…

Students are not the only members of UW who have academic resources and opportunities for growth on campus. Faculty members who need help navigating WyoCourses, are new to the university or want to explore teaching methods and research, have means of assistance as well. Located on the fifth floor of Coe Library is the Ellbogen…

From Feb. 12 to Feb. 18, the University of Wyoming Police Department responded to several reported incidents around campus. The following information is taken from the daily activity reports posted on the UW Police Department’s website. On Monday, Feb. 12, a theft was reported at White Hall; the incident is under investigation. On Tuesday, Feb….

A debate-packed ASUW session, which was attended by three Wyoming state legislators, passed a new finance policy for RSOs on campus and absolved several suspensions. The policy in question, established by Senate Bill No. 2593, sets new, clearer terms and gives three RSOs that were suspended after a December audit of 18 organizations a clean…

The performance evaluation of UW President Laurie Nichols has moved forward with praise, criticism and concerns, all voiced at an open meeting with consultant Professor Steve Portch, a former chancellor of the University System of Georgia. The Feb. 14 meeting allowed any and all members of the UW and Laramie communities to share their perspectives…

On Dec. 31, 2017, a former student of the University of Wyoming Law College, Matthew Riehl, shot and killed Douglas County Sheriff Deputy Zackari Parrish, while injuring four other law enforcement agents and two civilians in Douglas County, Colorado. Last November, Riehl was also the reason for the increased security at the college of law….

The College of Engineering is working to create a new Computer Engineering program, while collaborating with the College of Education, allowing students to one day major concurrently to obtain a Secondary Education degree. While the Electrical and Computer Engineering program for undergraduates is similar to the proposed degree program, there are differences as well. An…

A recent study conducted by the Chronicle for Higher Education found that UW has one of the highest percentages of older (age 25 and up) undergraduate students in the nation. The study, composed of data collected from 2015, ranks UW fifth in this category behind University of Alaska Fairbanks, Univeristy of Utah, University of New…

Outside of the debate over Senate Bill #2593, one other bill was passed, and three new senators were sworn in: Aiden Goldstein of the College of Arts and Sciences; Alex Gunter of the Business College; Britan Woody of the College of Engineering. The only other piece of legislation considered and passed was Senate Bill #2596…

Opened in September of 2017, the Native American Education Research and Cultural Center functions as a resource to Native American students to facilitate their success and optimize their college experience. “The center is here to support future leaders to develop skills, in order to make a positive contribution to their own communities,” Wind River Indian…