LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 18 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2021: University of Wyoming Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration Neil Theobald is moving to a new role in UW's College of Education aimed at raising the attainment of college degrees and workforce credentials across the state. As an executive professor in the School of Counseling, Leadership, Advocacy and Design, Theobald will teach in the educational leadership and adm  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 11 (TNSPer)-- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Melissa Owens to be a District Court Judge for the Ninth Judicial District serving Teton County. Owens's appointment fills the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Timothy C. Day. Owens has operated Owens Law Office, P.C. since 2013 and has served as a part-time Municipal Court Judge in the Town of Jackson since 2014. She previously worked in private pract  more

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 14 -- Holland and Hart, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2021: Holland & Hart is pleased to announce that Sue Combs, Partner in the firm's Jackson, Wyoming office, has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The Fellows of the ABF is a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal prof  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 18 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2021: A $1 million gift in memory of Tom Thorson, president of the Wyoming company Black Hills Bentonite LLC, supports the University of Wyoming's Summer Field Camp, which has been training geologists for almost a century. "Tom loved his experience going to the Summer Field Camp, and it fostered a lifelong love of the outdoors and for Wyoming," says Tom's sister, Mary Thorson Gullikson  more

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 15 (TNSRep) -- The office of the New York State Comptroller issued the following audit report (No. S9-20-4) on Dec. 14, 2021, entitled "Wyoming County Probation Department - Restitution Payments": * * * Here are excerpts: Audit Objective Determine whether the Wyoming County (County) Probation Department (Department) officials enforced restitution orders, notified the court when a probationer violated the court order and disbursed victim restitution payments promptly an  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 18 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2021: The first confirmed case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in Wyoming has been found in a member of the University of Wyoming community. Lab sequencing has confirmed that a student living off campus with recent domestic travel is infected with the Omicron variant, and confirmation is pending for a second off-campus student presumed to also be infected with the variant. Both cases w  more

WICHITA, Kansas, Dec. 15 (TNSOps) -- Friends University issued the following news: Friends University voice students recently competed in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) West Central Region Student Auditions. They competed against college and university students representing a four-state area including Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming. Students submit their auditions digitally where they earn scores from a panel of professionals. For the sixth year in a row, Frien  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 14 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice, Wyoming labs discover emergent social circles in myxobacteria * * * Scientists discovered a way to transform millions of predatory bacteria into swirling flash mobs reminiscent of painter Vincent Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" as the unexpected result of experiments on a genetic circuit the creatures use to discern friend from foe. Myxococcus xanthus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxococcus_xa  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2021: A state and federal effort to map big-game migration corridors in the American West received a major grant from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF), one of the country's largest big-game conservation organizations. The gift will help map iconic elk migrations across the region, stimulating public and private conservation to benefit wildlife populations. RMEF donated $180,000  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 15 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: Evan Johnson, an associate professor with the University of Wyoming's Division of Kinesiology and Health, has a vision about diversity on campus and in the division's classrooms: The more diversity among faculty and students, the better the outcome for students to receive a well-rounded education and be fully prepared to enter the workforce. Johnson's vision is shared by his fell  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Five Learning Actively Mentoring Program (LAMP) educators and two University of Wyoming mentors recently presented projects at the Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. LAMP, part of the UW Science Initiative, is a comprehensive, sustained mentoring and professional development program. LAMP emphasizes how to best adopt active-learning strategies in la  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2021: The University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources (SER) and 9H Research Foundation are collaborating on a $4,000 student research energy competition. Students entered in the competition will spend the spring semester developing an energy project on a designated topic addressing a critical energy need. The competition will be judged by energy experts at the end of the semeste  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 15 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon, Senators Barrasso and Lummis, and Congresswoman Cheney blasted the Biden Administration after Wyoming coal communities were conspicuously left out of the finalists for the Economic Development Administration's $1 Billion "Build Back Better Regional Challenge" and specifically the Coal Communities Commitment program. The federal government's Economic Development Administration nam  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 17 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: Governor Mark Gordon today unveiled his proposals for the use of the first round of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. In a letter to the Wyoming Legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee, the Governor recommends dedicating just under $500 million in funds to a range of programs and investments. Wyoming will receive more than $1 billion directly from ARPA. The Governor rec  more