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Marge Richardson of Laramie helps her daughter, Thyra Shepherd, try on her cap and gown for Saturday's commencement. Marge graduated from UW 50 years ago (1958), and Thyra's great aunt, Thyra Therkildsen, graduated 50 years before that (1908). Shepherd will receive a B.S. degree in agricultural communications with a minor in child and family studies. UW is scheduled to accord degrees upon more than 1,450 students, including 1,124 undergraduates, 235 graduate students, 73 College of Law graduates and 46 School of Pharmacy graduates. (UW Photo)

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Groundbreaking Set For UW College of Law Addition
May 8, 2008 -- Groundbreaking for the William N. Brimmer Legal Education Center addition to the University of Wyoming College of Law will be held Saturday, May 17, at 12:30 p.m. on the law school's south lawn. Read More

UW College of Education Reaccredited
May 8, 2008 -- The nation’s primary evaluator of teacher education programs has granted continuing accreditation to the academic programs offered by the University of Wyoming to prepare teachers and other school personnel. Read More

Image available Lou Anne Wright Honored for Teaching Excellence
Interesting, valuable, effective, essential and entertaining -- these words are laced throughout student evaluations for Lou Anne Wright, a professor of voice, speech, dialects, acting and theatre history in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Wyoming. Such praise has earned her the university's John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award. Read More

Image available KJ Reddy Honored for Teaching Excellence
Katta Jayaram (KJ) Reddy's colleagues and current and former students were not surprised when he was named recipient of the John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award. Read More

Image available Jacquelyn Bridgeman Honored for Teaching Excellence
Student praise of Jacquelyn Bridgeman, University of Wyoming College of Law associate professor, is particularly noteworthy given her equally strong reputation as a demanding teacher with very high standards. These high standards have earned her UW's John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award. Read More

Image available Leslie Rush Honored for Teaching Excellence
Leslie Rush's work as a teacher has garnered her admiration and respect from many of her students. This respect has earned her the University of Wyoming's John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award. Read More

Image available Teresa Bogard Honored for Teaching Excellence
Teresa Bogard's passion for teaching is unparalleled in the eyes of her students. This passion has earned her a John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award. Read More

UW Faculty Honored for Excellent Teaching
May 7, 2008 -- John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Awards are being presented to five University of Wyoming faculty members. Read More

Image available Reinstated UW Petroleum Engineering Program to Graduate First Students
May 7, 2008 -- Just two years after the University of Wyoming reinstated an undergraduate degree program in petroleum engineering, 12 students will receive bachelor of science degrees in the discipline. Commencement is scheduled May 10. Read More

Image available UW Music Professor Rod Garnett Honored for Internationalization Work
May 6, 2008 -- For international students and visitors to the University of Wyoming, Rod Garnett's home is a sort of foreign embassy. Read More

Image available Tracy Skopek Honored for Off-campus Teaching
May 5, 2008 -- Her mastery of a new teaching medium and her consistently top-notch performance in many different classes are two of the reasons University of Wyoming Assistant Professor Tracy Skopek is rated among the best instructors in the Department of Political Science. Read More

Northern Arapaho Endowment Scholars Named at UW
May 5, 2008 -- Northern Arapaho Endowment Scholarships have been awarded to nine University of Wyoming students for the coming summer session and academic year. Read More

Clean Coal Technologies Research Proposals Sought
May 2, 2008 -- A University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) task force is soliciting clean coal research proposals to improve the use of Wyoming's coal resources. Read More

Image available Hixon Receives UW Alumni Outstanding Faculty Award
May 2, 2008 -- Doug Hixon, professor and head of the University of Wyoming Department of Animal Science, is the 2008 University of Wyoming Alumni Association/Wyoming Student Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award recipient. Read More

Campus Announcements

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 Campus Construction Update for Week of May 11-17

5/6/2008 - 

 Image available Engineers Work to Get WPR Back on the Air in Douglas

5/6/2008 - 

 UW Colleges Name Outstanding Faculty

5/5/2008 - 

 Image available Audio available UW Names Director of Bachelor of Applied Science Degree Program

5/2/2008 - 

 Image available Campus Construction Update for Week of May 4-10

5/2/2008 - 

 UW Trustees Set Tentative Agenda for May Meeting

5/1/2008 - 

 Wyoming EORI to Host CO2 Conference in Casper

4/29/2008 - 

 UW Chamber Music Class to Perform

4/28/2008 - 

 Large-Scale Art Installation Comes to UW Art Museum

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 Image available UW Commencement Speakers Announced

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 Image available UW American Studies Program Seeks Ideas for Old Pine Bluffs High School Building

Students in the News

5/7/2008 - 

 UW Students Honored at Awards Ceremonies

5/6/2008 - 

 Chief Washakie Scholars Named at UW

5/5/2008 - 

 Image available UW Men Qualify for CNFR; Cowgirls Ready to Defend National Title

5/2/2008 - 

 UW Summer High School Institute Participants Named

University Events

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 Image available UW/CC Commencement Honors Graduates May 15

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 University of Wyoming Calendar for May 9-17

5/5/2008 - 

 Wyoming Humanities Council to Pay Tribute to Beatniks

Featured Columns

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 Wyoming Business Tips for May 11-17

5/4/2008 - 

 Religion Today Column for Week of May 4-10

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 Wyoming Business Tips for May 4-10