Posts from November, 2022

Eastern Wyoming College presents a Winter Concert on Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 2:00 pm in the Fine Arts Auditorium.

This concert is Free and open to the public.

Wyoming Nurses Association Central Region VP, Megan Mendoza with Kasey Powell in the middle and on the right, Abby Bremer, Wyoming Nurses Association President.

Eastern Wyoming College Assistant Professor of Nursing, Kasey Powell recently was honored by the Wyoming Nurses Association (WNA) with the Inspiring Our Future Nurses award.

“I was honored with the Inspiring Our Future Nurses award,” Powell said. “Our Wyoming nursing programs are blessed with some very talented and amazing nursing instructors and it’s humbling and an absolute honor to even be mentioned with such names, let alone be presented with an award like this.”

The award is given to a WNA nursing instructor member who has been a positive influence on the future of nurses or Wyoming, according to the WNA’s website.

“As much as I am proud of Kasey winning this award, I am truly not surprised,” EWC Director of Nursing Dr. Monica Teichert said. “Her energy and passion for teaching is infectious. She is very deserving of this award as she does truly have a positive influence on the future of nurses and nursing.  She inspires our nursing students, and she inspires our nursing program team.  I am beyond proud of her and so glad she was provided this very commendable recognition.”

Kasey Powell teaches EWC’s day cohort in Douglas, and in this role, she takes her students from the very beginning of the program to the very end.

Powell has been a full-time Assistant Professor of Nursing on EWC’s Douglas Campus since 2021, but has been involved in the EWC nursing program since its start in January 2016 She has served as a guest lecturer and later, as an adjunct instructor. “I love mentoring and educating students and new graduate nurses,” Powell added. “It’s an opportunity to positively influence them and encourage them along their journey.”

Teichert said Powell “not only has important attributes of being a great teacher, like empathy and compassion, she also keeps up on evidence-based practice to keep our students learning the most up to date and current ways of nursing. She is great with bridging academia with real-life nursing, as she is also a phenomenal practicing nurse.”

“She advocates for her students and for this college in ways that only a person who has teaching and nursing in their heart can do. Kasey is a very inspiring person and truly a vital part of our team from their first day in the nursing classroom to the day they are given the “coveted nursing pen at the end,” Teichert said, “her passion is to turn our students into the best nurses in the industry.  This is always on the forefront of her mind and heart, which the students feel and pushes them to also want the same.”

Easten Wyoming College Nursing Instructor Kasey Powell demonstrates to her class how to take a blood pressure, with the help of EWC nursing student Hope Wood.

Before taking on the instructor’s role and teaching future nurses, Powell worked as a Registered Nurse on the Medical Surgical and OB floors at Memorial Hospital of Converse County in Douglas. She has worked there since 2011. She also was the Director of Inpatient Services where she managed clinical staff on Medical Surgical, OB and the ICU.  “Although I am employed full-time at EWC,” Powell said, “I continue to pick up intermittent shifts at MHCC as well.”

“The EWC nursing program is very special to me and I feel like we currently have a really strong group of nursing faculty and leadership team leading us in the right direction,” Powell said.

When her students arrive on the first day of class, she said, it is important to her to not praise the students for making such a special decision to join the best profession in the world but to reiterate the significant responsibility and extraordinary impact they can have on their patients.

“I try to lead by example”, says Powell, “and bring my passion and energy as a nurse to my role as an educator by sharing my nursing experiences and stories. These students are our hope to address the current and future nursing shortage, and I feel it’s our responsibility to encourage and inspire them.” Nurses, Powell said, go above and beyond the call of duty every day. They are the first to arrive and last to leave and have a “heart and soul of caring.”

Born and raised in Wheatland, Wyoming Powell attended the University of Northern Colorado where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology-Exercise Sports Science in 2002. She later attended the University of Wyoming and received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2011. She will graduate with her Master’s Degree in Nursing Education in May 2023.

Eastern Wyoming College in Douglas will be closed November 23 through November 25 for Thanksgiving. College offices will reopen Monday November 28.

Eastern Wyoming College will be closed November 23 through the 25 for Thanksgiving. College offices will reopen Monday November 28. The Fitness Center will close at 12:00 noon on November 23, and reopen for regular business hours on Monday, November 28^th.

The Eastern Wyoming College Veterinary Technology Club will be holding a dog wash on Saturday, November 19.

Appointments will begin at 8:00 am and will conclude at 1:30 pm. Walk-ins will be welcome at 9:00 am until 11:00 am. The student technicians will do minimal brushing and do not shave out mats. A current rabies certificate is required to participate. If you have a dog that is scared of the dryer, they need to be here early so they can stay until they are dry.

Pricing per dog is as follows:

Bath:
Small Dog (0-20#) $10
Medium Dog (20.1-50#) $12
Large Dog (50.1 – 90#) $15
Extra Large Dog (90.1 and above) $20.00

Added charge for long hair: (Require additional grooming and Drying Time)
$5.00 per dog

Other Services:
Nail trim: $10

If the weather permits, the students will set up a registration table outside of the north entrance to the Veterinary Technology building.

Vet Tech students will be calling previous customers for appointments. To make an appointment please contact Gracie at 307.389.3605. Leave a message and a student will return your call.

Eastern Wyoming College’s Rodeo Team will host a fundraiser, “Black Jeans & Gold Buckles Gala,” on Friday, Nov. 18 at the Rendezvous Center at the Goshen County Fairgrounds in Torrington, Wyo.

“The fundraiser is a way to help cover the costs the team members have to pay out of their own pockets to compete,” EWC Head Rodeo Coach Whit Peterson said. “It will also go toward covering the cost of feed and care of the livestock we practice on every day.”

The gala will feature a cocktail hour beginning at 4:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and the live auction starting at 7 p.m. A silent auction will also take place and the “Southern Fryed” band will play live music after the conclusion of the auction, and there will be fun activities for everyone.

Among the auction items there are National Finals Rodeo Plaza Tickets of the buyer’s choice, Cheyenne Frontier Days tickets, a two person guided Fly Fishing trip, and a four person guided goose hunt, and much more.

Tickets are $35 each, with children 10-years-old and younger free. Tickets can be purchased in-person at EWC or online at cvent.me/LZZgaz. Dinner will be catered by Redz Bar and Grill and a cash bar will be provided by 307 Sports Bar and Grill.

“EWC’s Rodeo Team members dedicate their time and talents every day to represent our community,” Peterson said. “This is a way for us to give back to them.”

For more information, contact Rodeo Head Coach Whit Peterson at 307-575-0314 or wpeterson@ewc.wy.edu.

Eastern Wyoming College is sponsoring a community meeting hosted by EWC Faculty Senate and EWC’s Staff Alliance on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the EWC Fine Arts Auditorium on the Torrington Campus.

“This will be a time to learn what has and is happening at your local community college,” Staff Alliance president Callie Allred said. “The meeting will also be a chance to look ahead into EWC’s future.”

The meeting will give individuals an opportunity to hear from college representatives, including EWC’s new president Dr. Jeffry Hawes. There will be a short presentation updating the community followed by a time for questions and answers.

Everyone in the community is welcome to attend and find out more about what has been happening at the college. For more information, call 307-532-8200.

A panel of local judges have selected five finalists for the first annual Goshen County Start-Up Challenge business competition. The judges chose the finalists after hearing presentations about their start-up ideas from a pool of over 90 applicants.

The five finalists will now pitch their business ideas for the opportunity to receive seed funding in front of the judging panel and a live audience at an event on Nov.10 in the Fine Arts Auditorium on the campus of Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington, Wyoming beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The five finalists are as follows:

Dark Side Shades (Kiari Vaillette) – improved glasses for welding that auto darken, are solar powered, and more stylish than existing products on the market.

Hemp Animal Bedding (Justin Loeffler) – high quality animal bedding made from the hemp plant that provides for better moisture absorption, reduced odor, and a longer period of use.

Hemp Air Filters (Carly Keller, Clayton Auzqui, and Jared Clapper) – a business using hemp to create air filters for tractors, HVAC units, and other filtration needs.

Bear Creek Rubs (Judith Bartmann and Patricia Day) – this existing business involving custom blended spices and rubs for the discerning cook looks to expand to a national presence online.

Bits and Spurs (Blake Afdahl) – silversmithing of high-end bits and spurs targeting the custom market and sold primarily online.

The Goshen County Start-Up Challenge is a joint effort between the University of Wyoming’s IMPACT 307 program and Eastern Wyoming College.

This event is sponsored by Goshen County Economic Development, Eastern Wyoming College Foundation, the Economic Development Administration, University of Wyoming, and the

Wyoming Business Council.

A panel of local judges have selected five finalists for the first annual Goshen County Start-Up Challenge business competition. The judges chose the finalists after hearing presentations about their start-up ideas from a pool of over 90 applicants.

The five finalists will now pitch their business ideas for the opportunity to receive seed funding in front of the judging panel and a live audience at an event on Nov.10 in the Fine Arts Auditorium on the campus of Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington, Wyoming beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The five finalists are as follows:

Dark Side Shades (Kiari Vaillette) – improved glasses for welding that auto darken, are solar powered, and more stylish than existing products on the market.

Hemp Animal Bedding (Justin Loeffler) – high quality animal bedding made from the hemp plant that provides for better moisture absorption, reduced odor, and a longer period of use.

Hemp Air Filters (Carly Keller, Clayton Auzqui, and Jared Clapper) – a business using hemp to create air filters for tractors, HVAC units, and other filtration needs.

Bear Creek Rubs (Judith Bartmann and Patricia Day) – this existing business involving custom blended spices and rubs for the discerning cook looks to expand to a national presence online.

Bits and Spurs (Blake Afdahl) – silversmithing of high-end bits and spurs targeting the custom market and sold primarily online.

The Goshen County Start-Up Challenge is a joint effort between the University of Wyoming’s IMPACT 307 program and Eastern Wyoming College.

This event is sponsored by Goshen County Economic Development, Eastern Wyoming College Foundation, the Economic Development Administration, University of Wyoming, and the Wyoming Business Council.