Carter Henman chenman@uwyo.edu Representatives from academic affairs addressed faculty senate on upcoming program reviews, including the potential for program termination in the face of mounting budgetary pressures, as well as the creation of a new practicing professor designation. Vice President for Academic Affairs David Jones spoke on the former. “As you’re all aware, we’ve gone…
Carter Henman chenman@uwyo.edu The next president of UW, Laurie Nichols addressed the faculty senate and community members prior to their first meeting of the spring semester, outlining her short and long-term goals for the university. Nichols is currently the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at South Dakota State University. She will take…
Carter Henman chenman@uwyo.edu Real Women Real Bodies was founded in spring 2014 with the goal of promoting positive body image and challenging the hegemony of beauty cultures on campus. Sydney Stein is the current president of Real Women Real Bodies (RWRB), a junior studying communication and one of the founding members of the organization. “Body…
Carter Henman chenman@uwyo.edu It may not be long before the use of electronic cigarettes is banned in enclosed UW facilities, with faculty senate passing a resolution in support of just such a change to UW Regulations. UW Faculty Senate met for an hour on Wednesday to vote on resolutions 330 and 331, supporting a ban…
Carter Henman chenman@uwyo.edu President Mackenzie Morrison and Vice President Brittany Nordberg started Fish N’ Chicks: the Wyoming Women’s Fly Fishing Club last spring in order to create a comfortable environment for women to try out the sport. “We were in the other fly fishing club and there were no women in there, and so we…
