LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 16 (TNSfund) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources received a $1 million planned gift from an anonymous donor that will establish the International Wildlife Conservation Chair. The chair supports John Koprowski, dean of the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources. "I am humbled to be honored by this legacy gift from a friend of the Haub School that has guaran more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 13 (TNSfund) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Arch Resources Inc. has committed a $500,000 gift to the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) to advance the school's globally recognized carbon management initiatives as well as its ongoing efforts to drive innovative land reclamation practices. The gift will augment the Arch Resources Technology and Sustainability Fund, an existing endowment the company first established mor more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 14 (TNSfund) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A $670,000 federal grant will help the University of Wyoming's Center on Aging (WyCOA) and its state partners strengthen and expand chronic disease self-management education and support programs across the state. The three-year grant from the U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL) is for the Healthy U program that involves the partnership of WyCOA, the Wyoming Department of Health's Agi more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Sept. 10 -- The Wyoming Judicial Branch issued the following news: Governor Mark Gordon has appointed James Kaste to be a District Court Judge for the Third Judicial District serving Lincoln, Sweetwater and Uinta Counties. Kaste's appointment fills a new vacancy created by the addition of a fourth District Court Judge, which was authorized and funded by the 2022 legislature and signed into law by Governor Gordon in March. Kaste has worked in the Wyoming Attorney General's Of more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The number of first-time students attending the University of Wyoming has grown by 10.2 percent this fall, the second year in a row that UW's incoming class has topped the previous year's enrollment. Some 1,627 first-time students have enrolled in the state's university, up from 1,477 in fall 2021 and 1,424 in fall 2020. The new class includes 969 Wyoming residents, up 6.6 percent from last year's 909, a more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Sept. 14 -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: Results for the fourth administration of the Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (WY-TOPP) are now available online. For the Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (WY-TOPP) and the Wyoming Alternate Assessment (WY-ALT), results indicate areas of growth in proficiency rates at individual grade levels within each content area. Overall student proficiency rates decreased in English Langu more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Sept. 9 (TNSper) -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has appointed James Kaste to be a District Court Judge for the Third Judicial District serving Lincoln, Sweetwater and Uinta Counties. Kaste's appointment fills a new vacancy created by the addition of a fourth District Court Judge, which was authorized and funded by the 2022 legislature and signed into law by Governor Gordon in March. Kaste has worked in the Wyoming Atto more PR