LeaRN Programs in the News

LeaRN Newsletters

news listed in reverse chronological order

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LeaRN Staff Member Receives Global Engagement Award

May 4, 2026 -- The President’s Office and Global Engagement Office honored the University of Wyoming’s 2026 Excellence in Global Engagement Award winners  ...

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Four LeaRN Instructors Receive PIE Awards

April 17, 2026 -- Twenty-eight University of Wyoming instructors who inspire students intellectually in first-year courses are this year’s Promoting Intellectual Engagement (PIE) Award recipients. ...

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UW's Hand Selected for Reciprocal Exchange to Indonesia

October 20, 2025 --  The program manager and lecturer in the University of Wyoming's Learning Resource Network (LeaRN) has been selected to represent UW as part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Professional Fellows Program Reciprocal Exchange ...

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Hall to Home Award Recognizes Exceptional UW Living Learning Community Sponsors

May 5, 2025 -- The University of Wyoming has named recipents of the inaugural Hall to Home Award for exceptional living learning community sponsors.

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UW Selects Top First-Year Course Instructors

April 24, 2025 -- Thirty-five University of Wyoming instructors who inspire students intellectually in first-year courses are this year's Promoting Intellectual Engagement (PIE) Award recipients.

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From London to Wyoming: Building Community for Aspiring Writers with Francesca King

January 30, 2025 -- LeaRN's own Writing Center Director Francesca King and her new business were highlighted in the recent podcast from the Wyoming Humanities, Winds of Change. 

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Hand Receives Two Staff Recognition Awards

April 15, 2024 -- Aaron Wolfinbarger, a custodian II for the University of Wyoming’s Custodial Services, is the UW staff employee of the year.  ... Other staff members who were recognized during Staff Recognition day [included] ... Unsung Hero Award -- ... Mollie Hand, a UW LeaRN Program manager ... Pete Simpson Golden Gloves Award -- ... Mollie Hand, a UW LeaRN Program Manager

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Two Gifts to UW Support Statewide Literacy and First-Generation Students

March 27, 2024 -- Two major gifts totaling $4 million from philanthropist couple Ann Pickard and Dan Smith to the University of Wyoming will support literacy across the state and first-generation students.

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UW Academic Writing Fellows Program Reaches Midpoint of Fourth Year

February 9, 2024 -- The UW Cross-Disciplinary Academic Writing Fellows program, part of UW Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) recently reached the midpoint of its four year. Read more from UW News Feb. 2024

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UW Writing Center and WyCOA Collaborate on Intergenerational Creative Writing Project

March 24, 2023 -- The University of Wyoming’s Writing Center and the Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA) are collaborating on a “Write Time at the Center” program. Read more from UW news March 2023

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UW recognizes First-generation College Students

November 10, 2022 -- First-Generation College Student Celebration Day is the anniversary of the Higher Education Act of 1965. It is an act by former president Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty and allowed more access to students for higher education.  Read More from Branding Iron Student Media

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UW’s LeaRN Brings Author, Podcaster Singal to Campus Oct. 3

September 26, 2022 -- University of Wyoming students, faculty, staff and the public are invited to join Jesse Singal, the co-host of the podcast “Blocked and Reported” and the author of “The Quick Fix,” in a live conversation Monday, Oct. 3, at 5 p.m. in the Wyoming Union’s Yellowstone Ballroom. Read More from UW news Oct. 2022

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First-Generation College Students Initiated in New National Honor Society at UW

May 12, 2022 -- A total of 41 University of Wyoming undergraduate and 31 graduate students were recently inducted as UW’s founding members of a national honor society for high-achieving, first-generation college students. Read More from UW news May 2022.