Impact on Students

Brimmer Scholars - Wyoming’s ‘Rhodes Scholarship’

The Judge Clarence A. Brimmer Scholars Program is Wyoming’s Rhodes Scholarship—one of the most competitive and prestigious offered by the Law School and the university. It rewards student excellence in legal education in the classroom and in extracurricular activities, as well as in service to the Law School, UW, and the people of Wyoming. Read more... 

A Legacy of Love

"Kurt always saw the value in rural vet practice," says Laura Bucholz. "He wanted to encourage more people to go in that direction. Everyone wants to go to the big city, but there's a demand for large animal vets, and he wanted to steer kids in that direction. The endowment is something he would really be pleased with." Read more...

Supporting Wyoming Students

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a college education almost doubles a person's future income. However, attending the university isn't an option for many students from small-town Wyoming-unless they receive a scholarship-and even then, they often have to work or take on substantial debt. That's one of the many things that makes the John L. Kemmerer, Jr. Scholarship so invaluable. It pays for everything a student needs-tuition, books, lodging, and food-for students from Kemmerer and Dubois and pays for tuition and fees for students from Cokeville. Therefore, the Kemmerer Scholarship maintains up to 12 students at the university at one time. Read more...

UW College of Law Students Second in National Client Counseling Competition

University of Wyoming College of Law students Marci Crank and Kyle Ridgeway, both of Casper, came within one point of winning the American Bar Association's (AB) recent Student Client Counseling national championship held at North Carolina Central University Law School in Durham, N.C.

The UW students earned the opportunity to compete in the national contest after taking first place in the ABA's regional client counseling competition in Seattle, Wash. At nationals, they finished in second place behind the University of Nebraska team.  Read more...

UW Teams Claim First, Second at National Range Management Competition

Teams from the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources won first and second places and individuals placed in the top five during competition at the recent Society for Range Management meeting in Billings, Mont.

Rangeland ecology and watershed management students in the Department of Renewable Resources were among 1,500 people from around the world attending the meeting. Undergraduate students competed in four events:  The Rangeland Cup, Undergraduate Range Management Exam (URME), Extemporaneous Public Speaking and Plant Identification.  Read more ... 

Investment Research: UW Students Up to the Challenge

The questions were grueling and the competition was fierce, but the University of Wyoming team more than held its own during UW's first experience in the annual University Investment Research Challenge.

The challenge is an equity research competition among student teams from the world's top university business and finance programs. Locally, UW and teams from Colorado State University, University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Denver and the University of Northern Colorado each wrote an equity research report on Western Union and presented their findings to an expert panel.  Read more ...

FAFSA Bolsters Educational Experience for Lusk's Frye

As a senior at Niobrara County High School in Lusk, Luke Frye filled out Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) paperwork for the first time.

The aspiring accountant figured FAFSA aid, coupled with the Hathaway Scholarship, would significantly ease the financial burden as he pursued the first bachelor's degree in his family.

Then came bad news: Frye didn't receive any FAFSA funding.  Read more ...

Guo Wins Jacoby Student Soloist Competition at UW

Pianist Jun Guo of Liaoyuan, China, won the University of Wyoming's Dorothy Jacoby Student Soloist Competition Feb. 10, at the UW Fine Arts Center concert hall.

His performance of the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto with the UW Symphony Orchestra was selected by the judges as the best of six soloists, earning him a significant cash prize. The six were selected from a pool of nearly 40 UW music students who auditioned in the first round of the competition last December. Read more ...

Edelweiss Fund Supports Non-Traditional Wyoming Students, Working Mothers

Emily Williams and Jessica Kimzey got the help they needed to continue their education from a scholarship that supports non-traditional students.

The two University of Wyoming Outreach School students received the Edelweiss Fund Scholarship beginning this spring semester. Williams is a psychology major from Wilson, and Kimzey, from Laramie, is completing her master of public administration degree.

Established in 2009, the Edelweiss Fund award goes further than most scholarships. Rather than receiving financial aid for just one year, recipients may receive support for the duration of their degree programs -- up to six years. Read more ...

UW Student Satisfaction Survey ‘Overwhelmingly' Positive

The overwhelming majority of University of Wyoming students are happy with their educational experience and believe they are growing intellectually, according to the latest UW Student Opinion Survey (UWSOS).

The UWSOS, one of three student surveys conducted on a biennial basis since 1994, is composed of questions developed largely by Student Affairs and Academic Affairs. The survey is administered to the entire student sample.  Read more ...

Record Enrollment at University of Wyoming 

Enrollment at the University of Wyoming has reached an all time high, according to the latest report by the UW Office of Institutional Analysis (OIA).

The highest previous official fall enrollment on the Laramie campus was 10,624 in fall 1990; the enrollment for fall 2010 is 10,664. The high previous official overall enrollment in any semester was 13,655 in spring 1991; there are now 13,657 total students enrolled for fall 2010. Read more ...

New Scholarship Assists UW Outreach School Students

Beginning next spring semester, the University of Wyoming Outreach School will award a new scholarship to help pay an Outreach School student's living expenses while he or she pursues a college education. The deadline to apply for the scholarship is Dec. 3.

The Edelweiss Fund, created by an anonymous gift in fall 2008, aims to ease a selected student's financial burden of attending school for the duration of his or her degree program, up to six years. This includes expenses such as rent, utilities and childcare. Read more ... 

Once-shy Student Says Transformed into Passionate Spokesman by Ag, FFA 

A once shy and reserved molecular biology major at the University of Wyoming whose fascination with genetic modification led her to the solitary laboratory has instead emerged a passionate spokesman for agriculture.

Saige Albert, a senior in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources from Powell, was selected a National Collegiate Agricultural Ambassador and will help educate the public about agriculture. Read more ...

Making the World a Better Place

One of the impulses behind becoming an engineer is to make the world a better place. What better way to focus that impulse than Engineers Without Borders. 

The vision of the Engineers Without Borders organization is "a world in which all communities have the capacity to meet their basic human needs." In ten short years, Engineers Without Borders has grown to more than 300 chapters nationwide, with over 12,000 members. They support worldwide community-driven development programs through fostering responsible leadership and the design and implementation of sustainable engineering projects. Read more ...

A Dream Realized

Cheryl Mandich had a dream. She wanted to work with wildlife. "I don't care if it's wildlife populations or just habitat," she says. "Since I was a kid, I wanted to work outside."

For many years, Cheryl was a computer programmer in Michigan. She went into that field because it was a steady job with good pay. Then about 13 years ago, she and her three kids moved to Wyoming. Read more ...