CASPER, Wyoming, Dec. 19 -- Casper College issued the following news: The Casper College Talking T-Birds Forensics team had impressive results at the Off-Broadway Swing hosted by Nassau Community College recently. The tournament was held virtually. "This was an awesome (event). Not only did the team win the tournament, defeating 25 other teams, but we beat out Ivy League school Cornell University for the title," said Douglas Hall, director of forensics and communication instructor. The team to more PR

RIVERTON, Wyoming, Dec. 15 -- Central Wyoming College issued the following news: Central Wyoming College has an excellent opportunity for potential students who have been in the workforce and have always wanted to earn a degree. CWC will evaluate the knowledge and skills an individual has gained outside of the classroom for college credit. This evaluation is called credit for prior learning. "We have recently expanded to make this more available for more students," said Cory Daly, vice preside more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 18 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A program coordinator has been hired to launch the Ranch Management and Agriculture Leadership Program in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming. Pepper Jo Six is being contracted by the college to work with stakeholders across the region and faculty members to get the program off the ground. The appointment was announced during the Wyoming Stock Growers Association  more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 15 (TNSRep) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A large majority of Wyoming residents believe the University of Wyoming provides strong undergraduate education, prepares students to participate in the state's workforce, and is an appealing place for Wyoming students to attend college, new survey results show. Additionally, 64 percent of Wyomingites believe UW is spending its budget wisely, and 60 percent say the university does an excellent or more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 15 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Almost from the moment the oars of his wooden drift boat dipped into the flows of the Green River in Wyoming in 1869, John Wesley Powell began to shape Euro-American visions of this arid region. The Colorado River Basin, where Powell spent most of his time in the West, now supplies water to no fewer than 40 million people. Recognizing the 150th anniversary of Powell's epic 1869 expedition, two University  more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation will support research through the University of Wyoming Division of Communication Disorders aimed at helping children who struggle with speech sound disorders (SSD), a condition that limits a child's ability to learn and communicate new words and speech sounds. Breanna Krueger, an assistant professor with the UW Division of Communication Disorde more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 15 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A new University of Wyoming Extension publication highlights the early effects of COVID-19 on Wyoming employment. It's the first of a series of publications and is available for download as a PDF, HTML or ePub here. http://www.wyoextension.org/publications/Search_Details.php?pubid=2061&pub=MP-149 The mining and natural resources and leisure and hospitality sectors both experienced unemployment rates abov more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 18 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Dec. 17: The University of Wyoming Geological Museum is one of a select number of museums in the nation chosen by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to help develop a new digital learning platform called Museums for Digital Learning. The museum will contribute resource kits for the testing phase of the project, which aims to connect K-12 teachers and students around the country with dig more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 18 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A University of Wyoming researcher wants to design chemical reactions that can be used as a noninvasive method to study not only how proteins in a cell pack together in real time, but also how this packing can dynamically change when a cell is in a stressful environment. Obtaining this information will enhance knowledge of basic biological processes and this, in turn, is critical for the advance more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 17 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Professor Tara Righetti, in the University of Wyoming College of Law and School of Energy Resources (SER), and Kris Koski, an SER associate lecturer, co-wrote an energy industry study with the United States Energy Association (USEA). The collaborative study is titled "Study on States' Policies and Regulations per CO2-EOR-Storage Conventional, ROZ, and EOR in Shale: Permitting, Infrastructure, Incentives,  more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 15 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's WWAMI Medical Education Program recently provided opportunities for clinical faculty and local physician volunteers to work together to give medical students real-life work experience. The WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) Medical Education Program offered three workshops/clinics last month in Laramie. An ultrasound workshop was presented at Ivinson Memori more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 17 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming and the John P. Ellbogen Foundation have made history through the establishment of the university's first endowed deanship in the College of Education. "The naming of this deanship, first and foremost, is about honoring the vision and intent of the foundation benefactor, Jack Ellbogen, and his core values regarding the essential importance of quality teaching," says the president more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 18 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Dec. 16: Governor Mark Gordon announced he has accepted the resignation of Wyoming Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Kara Fornstrom. Fornstrom was appointed to the Commission by former Governor Matt Mead in March 2013 and reappointed by Governor Gordon in 2019. Her last day at the Commission will be January 15, 2021. The PSC is responsible for ensuring that monopoly utilities in Wyoming incl more PR