Enrollment

The school district formed a facility condition and capacity study committee to review facilities with an eye to curbing costs as funding declines.

While the university is expecting the largest freshman class it has ever seen, the overall enrollment at UW will remain relatively stable. Aguayo said this is because the university also just graduated its largest class ever this year.

The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees approved several new personnel appointments during their meeting in Laramie today, including a new AVP of enrollment management.

The new position, in the UW office of academic affairs, was created to head UW’s enrollment management team management team and to increase student recruitment, retention and graduation.

Provost Kate Miller says low enrollment ultimately led to the decision to eliminate technical education.

School officials attribute the boost to university outreach.

The downturn in the state's energy industry has meant community colleges have lost more than $20 million in state funding.

The officer will also be involved in race-based campus investigations by the university's Title IX office.

UW Vice President for Student Affairs Sara Axelson says the university needs to break a trend of stagnant enrollment.

Nichols says UW's disappointing enrollment numbers in recent years was of high concern to many who attended listening sessions.