ROCK SPRINGS — The Wyoming Governor’s Energy, Engineering, STEM Integration Task Force will meet Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the Holiday Inn in Rock Springs.
The task force, composed of industry and state leaders, guides efforts to lift the University of Wyoming’s College of Engineering and Applied Science to “Tier-1” status. The group’s co-chairs are UW engineering alumni Tom Botts, former executive vice president of global manufacturing for Royal Dutch Shell; and Greg Hill, president and chief operating officer of Hess Corp.
The meeting is scheduled to run from 8 a.m.-noon at the Holiday Inn’s Patio Room. The session is open to the public.
The task force will hold an informal dinner at the Holiday Inn with invited guests the evening before the meeting.
UW Tier-1 Engineering Initiative Task Force
In May 2012, Governor Mead, the State Legislature and the Wyoming Governor’s Energy, Engineering, STEM Integration Task Force articulated a vision to propel the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) and the University of Wyoming (UW) to the realms of excellence in instruction, research and service. UW’s leadership, faculty and staff are committed to this vision; and equally important, UW’s industry partners have embraced this vision and will help actualize it.
On March 5, 2014, Governor Mead and the Wyoming State Legislature approved biennium funding of $8 million for Phase 1 of the Engineering Initiative, in addition to the $18.4 million for facilities development.
The faculty, staff and students of the College of Engineering and Applied Science are most grateful for this support. We also appreciate greatly the wisdom and dedication of the Task Force members and so many of our alumni and champions, who guided this effort and helped make it happen. We are honored by their vote of confidence and will strive to fulfill our collective ambition of becoming a Tier-1 institution.
Find more about the UW Tier-1 Engineering Initiative at www.uwyo.edu/ceas/.
