Carlos Gonzales, of Buffalo, is the 2021 winner of the Tobin Memorial Award as the University of Wyoming’s outstanding graduating male.
He recently graduated with a 3.97 grade-point average, majoring in sociology, and gender and women’s studies, with minors in honors, queer studies and statistics.
UW School of Culture, Gender and Social Justice Professor Cathy Connolly has known Gonzales for four years, serving as his adviser.
“I have been waiting years to be able to write this letter, as I have known that Carlos was that extraordinary of a student,” she said.
Assistant Lecturer Alison Harkin concurs that Gonzales is one of those rare students who is not only an analytical thinker and a skilled writer, but also a “truly empathic and creative person.” He brought original observations to in-class discussions and a supportive attitude toward other students and their work.
May 25, 2021
Carlos Gonzales
Carlos Gonzales, of Buffalo, is the 2021 winner of the Tobin Memorial Award as the University of Wyoming’s outstanding graduating male.
He recently graduated with a 3.97 grade-point average, majoring in sociology, and gender and women’s studies, with minors in honors, queer studies and statistics.
UW School of Culture, Gender and Social Justice Professor Cathy Connolly has known Gonzales for four years, serving as his adviser.
“I have been waiting years to be able to write this letter, as I have known that Carlos was that extraordinary of a student,” she says.
Assistant Lecturer Alison Harkin concurs that Gonzales is one of those rare students who is not only an analytical thinker and a skilled writer, but also a “truly empathic and creative person.” He brought original observations to in-class discussions and a supportive attitude toward other students and their work.
February 1, 2021
Several virtual events are planned this month as part of the University of Wyoming’s Black History Month celebration.
“The Death of Black Wall Street and the Myth of the American Dream” is the theme of Black History Month, sponsored by UW’s African American and Diaspora Studies (AADS) and the Black Studies Center. Events are free and open to the public.
“This year’s theme reckons with the 100th anniversary of one of America’s most catastrophic events,” says Fredrick Douglass Dixon, the Black Studies Center’s director and an assistant professor in the UW School of Culture, Gender and Social Justice. “Each event examines the layered nuances of the economic, political and social impacts of Black Wall Street’s death.”