Sweet Hollow Farm partners with nonprofit on education
After being somewhat derailed by the pandemic, the nonprofit Mountainside Institute is getting back in the swing of things by offering a series of six free workshops on sustainable living and building, and this time nearby partner Sweet Hollow Farm is adding its own expertise to the effort.
MSI, a young nonprofit with a mission of helping people find creative solutions to sustainable living in mountain towns, was founded by Mountainside Village developer Larry Thal and is funded in part by a percentage from real estate sales in the Victor neighborhood.
âItâs helpful and it gets people who live here to be invested in the Institute,â MSI executive director Nancy Shea said about the transaction fee.
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President Biden has laid out his vision for the future of public education, which includes a nationwide community college tuition waiver for all Americans who want to take advantage.
That waiver would be especially impactful in states with the lowest levels of higher education attainment, including several in the Mountain West. In Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and New Mexico, fewer than 30% of adults over 25 have a bachelor s degree.
Central Wyoming College s president, Brad Tyndall, said Wyoming s low percentage is partly due to its history of high-paying jobs in the energy sector. In Wyoming we have the highest number of people who have made it to the middle class and above without a college education. Why? Oil and gas. You don t need a degree to work many jobs in those industries, Tyndall said. And now, the economy is shifting and we re in trouble. We need some major GI Bill kind of initiative to get adult learners through.
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The Craig Kiwanis Club provided more than $15,000 in scholarship funds this week to Moffat County High School students. Andy Bockelman / for the Craig Press
Despite a year of many changes locally and nationally, Craig Kiwanis Club went the distance to fulfill its mission of supporting area students.
And, that’s even without the group’s biggest fundraiser.
The local branch of the service organization provided more than $15,000 in scholarship funds this week to Moffat County High School students.
Kiwanis’s usual big draw for money is ticket sales for its annual March play, a satire of current events. However, this year the show could not go on due to concerns about a public gathering amid the coronavirus pandemic.
May 3, 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:
UW will receive nearly $3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for research focused on expanding and transforming the use of coal to produce coal-based products using carbon ore, rare earth elements and critical minerals. Oil City News and County 10 published UW’s release. Green Car Congress, World Coal and Electric Energy Online published similar articles.
The New York Times noted that UW is offering incentives to members of the university’s community who receive their COVID-19 vaccines. The article focused on the number of U.S. colleges that are requiring vaccinations for their employees and students this fall.
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