CASPER, Wyoming, April 7 (TNSAwa) -- Casper College issued the following news: Dwight Gunnare, the Casper College Women's Basketball team's head coach, has been named Coach of the Year in Region IX for the 2020-2021 year and for the fourth year in a row. This also marks the ninth year since Gunnare began coaching at Casper College in 2008 that he has been named Coach of the Year in Region IX. "I view individual recognitions as a true compliment to the entire team. Individual awards are often   more

CASPER, Wyoming, April 10 (TNSPer) -- Casper College issued the following news: Angel Sharman, women's volleyball head coach at Casper College, has been named Coach of the Year in Region IX North for the 2020-2021 season. The recognition marks the sixth time, since Sharman began her coaching career at Casper College in 2001, that she has been named Coach of the Year in Region IX North. In addition to being named Region IX North Coach of the Year, Sharman achieved her 600th career win as a head  more

RIVERTON, Wyoming, April 6 (TNSGra) -- Central Wyoming College issued the following news: Vice President of Student Affairs Coralina Daly received news March 5, 2021 that Central Wyoming College was the recipient of a grant that will provide opportunities for Boundless Opportunity Scholarships for 2021-23 for a total amount of $25,000. According to the Daniels Fund, the Boundless Opportunity Scholarship "benefits motivated non-traditional students who recognize the power of education to creat  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 8 (TNSMon) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming has received a $1.8 million gift from Ann Ramsay in honor of her late mother, Elizabeth McCabe, that will support 4-H and UW Extension employees located in Teton County. The Teton County 4-H Building in Jackson will be named in McCabe's honor. "My mother was totally devoted to the 4-H mission, and all the children and families who participated in it," Ramsay says. Suppo  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 9 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on 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 fo  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 9 (TNSAcc) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Students graduating from the University of Wyoming's College of Business can be assured that their degrees will continue to carry a reputation of high quality, as the college has been reaccredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). UW's College of Business, one of less than 5 percent of the world's business programs that have earned AACSB accreditation, has held  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 6 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: An associate professor in the University of Wyoming College of Education's School of Counseling, Leadership, Advocacy and Design will develop resources for the state's school counselors after being named the college's Patricia McClurg Education Faculty Fellow for 2021-23. Lindsey Nichols received the award named in honor of McClurg, a former faculty member and dean of the college. The fellowship   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 6 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming College of Business invites the public to attend the 21st annual entrepreneurship competition, now the John P. Ellbogen $50K Entrepreneurship Competition, with webinar presentations scheduled Friday and Saturday, April 23-24. This year's competition will be moderated by Angela Ver Ploeg, UW Foundation director of development for the College of Business. It will be judged  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 10 (TNSRep) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Abandoned and unplugged oil and gas wells are likely responsible for less than 1 percent of reported methane emissions from the state's oil and gas operations, according to new research published by the University of Wyoming's Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI). Sampling conducted at 10 such "orphan" wells in Wyoming's Powder River Basin showed emission of minute amounts of methane, averagin  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A five-year study of mule deer does and newborn fawns in western Wyoming shows that migrating deer have a lot to balance when it comes to birth timing. The study led by University of Wyoming scientists challenges the long-held assumption that animals match offspring birth with the peak green-up of forage at the birth site. Instead, only deer that migrated long distances and followed the flush of  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A roundworm that plagues sheep grazing irrigated pastures has been found to be resistant to common classes of dewormers, according to a recently published report online in the Sheep & Goat Research Journal. University of Wyoming Extension sheep specialist Whit Stewart says research by him and scientists at Montana State University and the University of Georgia that began in 2017 is a baseline re  more