Central Wyoming College

Central Wyoming College (CWC) recently received some high marks from the college-ranking website Niche. The website listed CWC as the #1 community college in the state and the 20th community college in the nation, putting it in the top two percent of all community colleges ranked. The website’s assessment combines statistics like graduation rates with metrics like location, value, and quality of student life.

The annual Native American Education Conference will take place at Central Wyoming College in Riverton from August 8-10. The conference helps teachers increase their fluency with Indigenous culture and helps the state achieve the goals of the Indian Education for All Act, which was passed in 2017 and aims to educate all students in Wyoming about the Native American tribes of the region.

This summer, Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone college students will traverse the Wind River Range, collecting first of its kind weather data.The project is called ‘New Voices in Climate’ and is part of Central Wyoming College (CWC) near the Wind River Reservation.

The two day event will showcase Native American culture, history, dance and traditions.

The first meat science degree in Wyoming is officially launching this fall at Central Wyoming College. The degree program aims to train the next generation of local butchers and food scientists. Wyoming Public Radio's Taylar Stagner spoke with program director Amanda Winchester about the program and what she hopes the students will learn.

The balloon rally has historically been held the third weekend in July for the ideal weather conditions in the Wind River Valley.

Central Wyoming College's program is one of only a handful of meat science programs in the nation and the first in Wyoming. The program teaches United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines, food safety, and how to responsibly butcher an animal.

The Wind River Community Forum is sponsored by health care providers all over Fremont County. Another community forum is being planned in the next six months.

Hot Notes Cool Nights started in 1994, and the crowd this week attracted about one hundred participants from all over central Wyoming.

The facility is for low-income young adults from the ages of 16 to 23 looking to get job training in less than two years.