A record breaking $4,103,408 was raised this year in donations from 6,292 donors on the University of Wyoming’s annual Giving Day; a 40.9% increase from the $2,421,333 that was raised in 2021. With the donor goal this year being set to 3,800 donors, UW surpassed that expectation by 65%, according to the University of Wyoming…
Indigenous peoples day was celebrated in Simpson’s Plaza with its largest turnout to date, a reflection of an increasingly connected Native American community within the University and the greater Wyoming area. The event, organized by the Native American Education Research & Cultural Center (NAERCC), featured speeches as well as traditional music and dance with messages…
Alexx Sanchez asanch16@uwyo.edu During the weekend the University of the Wyoming held its fourth annual World Languages Day or WLD in the education building. Middle school and high school students came from around the state as far as Cody to visit the campus and to learn about the languages offered at UW. The students visited…
Alexx Sanchez asanch16@uwyo.edu During the Friday international coffee hour, Bangladesh Students’ Association at UW (BSA-UW), an RSO, presented an event called International Mother Language Day (IMLD). Sayantan Sarkar, public relations liaison for BSA-UW and graduate assistant in the department of plant sciences, explained the history of IMLD. “It was started in Bangladesh, then East Pakistan,…
Laramie might be a college town, but a newly formed youth council aims to give younger students from all across town a say in their community. The Laramie Youth Council is made up of students from Laramie Junior High, Laramie High School, Rock River High School, Whiting High School and Cathedral Home. “We have a…
Local yogis came together Saturday for a day dedicated to downward dog, donations and community bonding. The sixth annual Laramie Yoga Day, held at Blossom Yoga, encouraged donations to the Laramie Soup Kitchen in exchange for yoga. Originally an international event, Vicky Peters, founder of Laramie Yoga Day, said she wanted the event to be…
Yesterday groups from all over Laramie and the University of Wyoming came together to commemorate Earth Day and lend a hand to Mother Nature. The event, coordinated by members of the UW Campus Sustainability Committee, featured different stands and attractions sponsored by clubs and groups showing support for Earth Day in a fair hosted at…
The Wyoming Cowgirls golf team is sitting in ninth place out of nine teams with a score of 637 (+61) after the second day of the Mountain West Championship. “We just had a very up and down day and struggled down the stretch with some decision making. We just need to play for the shot…
In 1952 police gunned down students during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At the time Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan and the disproportionately powerful minority of Urdu speakers declared their own language to be the national language, greatly angering Bengali-speakers. The students who died did so protesting for their right to speak in their…
More than a century and a half since Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” his ideas are still relevant to the scientific community. The University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute celebrated the famous scientist’s 206th birthday with an event called Darwin Day that featured a presentation about the reception of Darwin’s ideas in his…
National parks and national monuments are waiving all fees for the coming weekend in observance of President’s Day. National parks all around the United States are allowing people entering the parks by car, RV, bus, snowmobile or other means at no charge from February 14-16. For UW students this presents an affordable opportunity to explore…
