University of Wyoming Foundation

$1M Gift Supports Petroleum Engineering Students

A major gift supports graduate students in Energy and Petroleum Engineering.

The University of Wyoming has received a major gift from Joseph and Stephanie Leimkuhler, who have pledged $500,000 to support UW petroleum engineering students. The gift will be matched by the state of Wyoming to $1 million to establish the Joseph and Stephanie Leimkuhler Fund for Student Success in Petroleum Engineering.

The new fund will focus on providing educational and enrichment opportunities for students pursuing master’s degrees in petroleum engineering, with an emphasis on those specializing in drilling engineering.

Professor Phil Roberts, Wyoming Historian

Gift Honors Prof. Phil Roberts and Preserves Wyoming History

A major gift plus state matching establishes a faculty fellowship in Wyoming history.

A major gift from an anonymous donor, matched by the state of Wyoming, will establish a faculty fellowship in the University of Wyoming Department of History, ensuring the study of Wyoming history endures for future generations of students.

The endowment -- named the Phil Roberts Faculty Fellowship in Wyoming History and the West -- honors Roberts, a beloved professor emeritus and renowned expert on the state’s history. Moreover, this fund will be used to recruit and retain a scholar who will specialize in the history of Wyoming and the West.

$5M Gift to UW Launches Jay Kemmerer WORTH Institute

UW to transform outdoor recreation, tourism, & hospitality, thanks Jay & Karen Kemmerer.

With state matching funds pushing the impact to over $6 million, this game-changing investment will elevate the Wyoming Outdoor Recreation, Tourism and Hospitality (WORTH) Initiative into an institute, advancing innovation, education and economic growth in Wyoming’s second-largest industry -- tourism.

With the renaming of the WORTH Initiative to the Jay Kemmerer WORTH Institute, this gift will support UW’s vision of becoming the premier institute for outdoor recreation, tourism and hospitality in the Rocky Mountain region.