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Western Wyoming Community College art student, Mae Sota, had her artwork was chosen to be wrapped on an electrical box in Bunning Park, in Downtown Rock Springs. Western is proud of students who are able to give back to their community. The Rock Springs Box Art committee and the Rock Springs International Day committee selected Sota’s “Japanese Culture” piece of art to be wrapped on a Rocky Mountain Power box in Bunning Park. Due to weather conditions, the box will not be wrapped until Spring of 2021. Mae Sota is the second Western art stude...
Many of Western Wyoming Community College’s students transfer to the University of Wyoming (UW) or other four-year institutions after graduation. For the past five years, Western has had a “two-plus-two” transfer agreement with academic departments at the University of Wyoming. The “two-plus-two” collaboration agreements are now being revamped to make the process even easier. The new “universal two-plus-two” partnerships will allow Western’s students’ coursework to transfer to UW no matter the academic discipline. In order to make the universa...
Western Wyoming Community College was able to use CARES funding for educational advancement and to help faculty accommodate students both in and out of the classroom. The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on the world, and Western is proud of the way its faculty and staff have diligently worked to ensure student learning outcomes are not compromised. Faculty, with the help of Western’s Center for Teaching Learning and Innovation (CTLI) and Information Technology (IT) Departments, are able to strengthen their online practices and continue t...
The Wyoming State Museum’s traveling exhibit, Suffrage Wyoming, will be on display at Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs from December 1st through May 31st, 2021. The exhibit is available for public view whenever the College is open. The exhibit traces the history and impact of women’s suffrage in Wyoming from 1869 to the present day. As Wyoming celebrates its 150th anniversary of universal suffrage in 2019, and the 100th anniversary of national women’s suffrage in 2020, this exhibit examines both the major successes and long...
By Audrey Harton Western Wyoming Community College Western Wyoming Community College launched a new website in 2019. The new website is a powerful tool that helps prospective students gain valuable insight into what it is like to attend Western. The site includes information on the Top Ten Reasons Why to attend Western, campus events calendar, financial aid information, applications, campus tours, student life information, details on courses and anything students may want to know about the College. One of the website pages, the Be an Outsider p...
