Wyoming Excellence Chairs

Created in 2006, the Excellence in Higher Education Endowment was funded at $105 million, the earnings from two-thirds of which, or $70 million, was designated to the University of Wyoming. Earnings on the state-managed endowment, which are distributed by the state treasurer to the university, allow the university to establish endowed faculty positions (known as Wyoming Excellence Chairs) and to acquire instructional and scholarly materials, classroom equipment, and other resources necessary to support the work of endowed chairs.

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2025-2026 Wyoming Excellence Chairs

H. Jo Albers

Economics

Bledar Bisha

Animal Science

Cynthia Brock

Elementary Literacy Education

Jeffrey Covin

Business Management

David Finnoff

Economics

Dario Grana

Geology/Geophysics

Julie Hill

Law

John Koprowski

Environment & Natural Resources

Kevin Monteith

Environment & Natural Resources

David Pascual

Veterinary Science

Mohammad Piri

Petroleum Engineering

Leslie Rush

Literacy Education

Bryan Shuman

Geology/Geophysics

Temple Stoellinger

Law/Energy

Cynthia Weinig

Botany

Haibo Zhai

Civil Engineering