ROCK SPRINGS — Western Wyoming Community College’s Board of Trustees will consider accepting a few grants during its meeting Thursday evening.
The board will consider accepting an adult education grant amounting to $105,000. The grant provides funds for support of basic adult education, high school equivalency preparation, English as a second language literacy programs and the Sweetwater County Detention Center’s education program provided through the college. The grant agreement would be between the college and the Sweetwater County Board of Cooperative Educational Services.
A second grant under consideration would be $652,717.16 and will fund the college’s GEAR UP program. The grant was reapproved in September as part of a statewide grant that is reapproved based on the program’s success. Western’s GEAR UP program serves students from seventh grade through their first year of college and provides mentoring, financial aid advising, academic planning, career exploration and advising. Western say it serves hundreds of students in its five-county service area and maintains the largest GEAR UP program in the state.
The meeting takes place at 6:45 p.m. in Room 3060 at Western’s Rock Springs Campus. The meeting will be open to the public, with a Zoom link to the meeting being provided the day of the meeting. An agenda and meeting link can be found here.
