Wyoming Business

"Getting qualified employees is more difficult than getting guests."

After a steady decline in UW enrollment throughout the 1990s, recently the university’s Outreach School has helped boost enrollment back over the 13,000 mark, and now it appears the Hathaway Scholarship will continue the university’s growth into the future.

The pilot program demonstrated that many women have the motivation and initiative to complete training in nontraditional fields. As long as the state and its private partners fund it and employers hire the graduates, the program will fulfill its goal of improving the wages and lives of the participants.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal, who appointed industry officials as seven of the council’s nine voting members, urged the board to “think 40 years down the road.”

Wyoming’s Technology Organization Members are Now the #3 Contributor To the Wyoming Economy

Carl from Rhode Island rode 2,300 miles to get here. Jose G. visited the rodeo and even rode a bull. A man from Germany and his Austrian friend have decided to stay a few extra days.

All the men are first-time visitors to Cody, and all said they’re having a great time. And they all happen to be members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.

Wyoming has been cut from a list of prospective sites to host the world’s first ever zero-emissions coal-fueled power plant.

But Hells Angels, with their outlaw image, aren’t just any bikers, and not everyone is rolling out the welcome mat.

"There seems to be a growing number of science and technology entrepreneurs who are making things happen in Wyoming. Many of them are working quietly below the radar. We’d like to engage these folks in a greater dialogue-one where we all benefit.

Several states use scholarships to keep their best and brightest close to home. But Wyoming has added a twist: a planned $400 million endowment that will generate an estimated $20 million a year, virtually guaranteeing a steady source of funding for its program.