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“It is Paradise Valley. My God, that was a nice neighborhood at one time,” one of the residents said. “And it has turned into North Casper. North Casper is way better than this place right now.”
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Wyoming Food for Thought secure grant as they gear up for summer AmeriCorps opportunities By Brendan LaChance on May 6, 2021
Wyoming Food For Thought Project executive director Jamie Purcell gives Two Fly Foundation board member Kim DeVore a tour of the garden at Food For Thought’s main location in north Casper in 2017. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming Food for Thought Project made two announcements on Thursday, May 6. First, the nonprofit said they have secured grant funding through the Wyoming Community Foundation thanks to a recommendation from the Casper Area Community Foundation.
Second, Wyoming Food for Thought said they are seeking applicants to serve as summer associates as part of the “AmeriCorps VISTA” program.
April 8, 2021
The University of Wyoming College of Business has selected the panel of judges for the 2021 John P. Ellbogen $50K Entrepreneurship Competition.
The five judges have volunteered their time and expertise to judge the nine student business plans, each vying for a share of $50,000 in prize money.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have put together a panel of five exceptional judges for this year’s competition,” says Patrick Kreiser, the Rile Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and Leadership in the UW College of Business and an associate professor of management and marketing. “Each of these judges is extremely accomplished and, taken together, the judges represent career success in a variety of entrepreneurial contexts.”
February 22, 2021
State, national and international media frequently feature the University of Wyoming and members of its community in stories. Here is a summary of some of the recent coverage:
USA Today interviewed Jonathan Naughton, director of UW’s Wind Energy Research Center, for an article on critics who blamed the renewable energy industry for blackouts caused by last week’s cold snap in Texas. Iced-over wind turbines in Texas are to be expected because they are not built to withstand freezing temperatures in that state, according to experts, including Naughton.
The Casper Star-Tribune (CS-T) reported that the UW Board of Trustees voted to eliminate 11 academic programs amid a statewide budget crisis brought on by declining fossil fuel production and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Forbes, The Associated Press and The College Post published similar articles.
The president and founding director of Jonah Bank of Wyoming, Kim DeVore, will be speaking to the University of Wyoming Master of Business Administration