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The Wyoming Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the University of Wyoming’s Honors College are offering a three-week course beginning next month to give those with creativity a chance to turn those ideas into reality. This includes opportunities for artists, scientists, activists, and entrepreneurs, among others. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hugh Cook spoke with Dr. Penelope Shihab, the center’s director, about this opportunity.

The idea is to make sure that students know their potential career options in science. And if they go that route, they have a leg up.

The Wyoming State Mathematics Contest is back after a two year hiatus. This is the 66th year of the contest that started back in 1956 at Northwest College in Powell.

For years, Central Wyoming College in Riverton has been studying the effects of climate change on Wyoming's glaciers. Now they have an even more ambitious project up their sleeve. Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards talked with Alpine Science Institute Director Jacki Klanchar about Climate Capture, an international effort to collect climate data with the help of locals. Partway through the conversation, they were lucky enough to be joined by NOLS instructor James Kagambi, who will be part of the first all-black team to ascend Mount Everest later next year as part of the Full Circle Everest Expedition.

Wyoming community colleges urged the legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee this week to support the governor’s request for pay hikes.

The agreements deal with how issues such as finances, debt, insurance, and employee contracts, among others, will be handled in the separation process.

Two and a half months ago, Campbell County voters overwhelmingly chose to make Gillette College Wyoming's newest independently governed community college. Since that time, steps have been taken to ensure a smooth transition.

On Aug. 17, Campbell County overwhelmingly voted to make Gillette College independent of the Northern Wyoming Community College District (NWCCD), its parent institution that it had been part of since its inception in 1969. Just over two months later, plans are underway by Sheridan College to help aid in this objective by offering guidance and assistance along the way.

Western Wyoming Community College's fall semester began yesterday and the College is starting as "normal," according to a press release. This means that classes are in-person, orientation is in-person, and students aren’t required to wear masks.

Residents of Campbell County will soon vote on the future of its community college. The vote will ask residents if they want to separate from the Northern Wyoming Community College District and become an independent one. Wyoming Public Radio's Catherine Wheeler explains how the issue came up for a vote and what it will mean if it passes.