Police investigated a suspected threat on Eastern Wyoming College’s Torrington Campus which turned out to be unfounded.
The campus was locked down, on the evening of Sunday, March 5, while local law enforcement investigated the possible threat. No students, faculty, or staff were endangered.
Due to the extreme cold the Torrington campus will open at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23. EWC’s Douglas campus will be closed on Thursday, Feb. 23. Watch the EWC website, social media accounts and local news outlets for additional updates
Due to the weather, Eastern Wyoming College will close the main campus in Torrington and the Douglas Campus on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Watch the EWC website, social media accounts and local news outlets for additional updates.
PTK Spring 2023 inductees
Eastern Wyoming College is pleased to announce that forty-two students were inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society on February 9, 2023. Phi Theta Kappa is the world’s largest and most prestigious honor society for two-year college students.
Sam Birdsall, Torrington, WY; Shae Blanke, Scottsbluff, NE; Reece Cook, Torrington, WY; George Cordall, Nottinghamshire, England; Roberta Cordingly, Wheatland, WY; Carson Diedrich, Laramie, WY; Ana Djurovic, Belgrade, Serbia; Darija Erakovic, Belgrade, Serbia; Jillian Ewing, Douglas, WY; Abigail Flesvig, Evansville, WY; Austin Griess, Cheyenne, WY; Jadyn Hall, Veteran, WY; Destiny Hanson, Hemingford, NE; Madison Heilbrun, Torrington, WY; Sarah Hillers, Guernsey, WY; Lillian Holt, Douglas, WY; William Howell, Morrill, NE; Hanna Huffman, Burwell, NE; Kaylee Hughes, Crawford, NE; Shelby Long, Burns, WY; Alexia Mahaffy, Burns, WY; Jenny Marsden, Torrington, WY; Serenity Meyer, Custer, SD; Casidee Miller, Sutherland, NE; Mackenzie Moore, Douglas, WY; Kaetlin Paice, Cheyenne, WY; Fayth Price, Laramie, WY; Juliana Russell, Torrington, WY; Aidyn Saucedo, Torrington, WY; Monse Serrano, Albin, WY; Casandra Spurgin, Torrington, WY; Andrew Stannard, Laramie, WY; Noah Taylor, Spanish Fork, UT; Karen Thomas, Gillette, WY; Tyler Tinney, Torrington, WY; Alysen Turek, Hemingford, NE; Atte Vuoristo, Helsinki, Finland; Avery West, Torrington, WY; Trace White, Chadron, NE; McKenzie Wood, Glenrock, NE; Jadyn Wunder, Torrington, WY; Liberty Zavorka, Colorado Springs, CO.
Phi Theta Kappa’s mission is to recognize and encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students and provide opportunities for individual growth and development through participation in honors, leadership, service, and fellowship programs.
Eastern Wyoming College professor Matt Scott flies a DJI Matrice 100 drone. It is an expandable platform drone that can have different payloads or sensors added to it to increase its versatility. drone on the EWC campus. Drones allow for more detailed data making the decisions needed for those working in the field of precision agriculture.
For those curious about the latest technological innovations in ag, the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources will lead a seminar at Eastern Wyoming College Thursday, March 2.
“It’s all about cutting-edge technology and how that’s being used to make agriculture more sustainable and efficient,” Randall Violett, associate director of UW’s Ranch Management and Agricultural Leadership (RMAL) program, said.
Matt Scott, a precision agriculture instructor at EWC and licensed drone pilot, will present on the use of multispectral drones, spray drones and more. Georgia Younglove, also an EWC faculty member, will share the latest technological innovations featured at the 2023 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
Steve Paisley, director of the James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center near Lingle, will discuss the use of carcass ultrasounds and GrowSafe technology for beef cattle selection.
Additional topics may include block chain application, virtual fencing and cloud-based GPS collar technology.
The 3.5-hour seminar is the third event in a five-part series facilitated by the RMAL program in partnership with community colleges across the state. Titled “Ranching the West,” the series provides relevant, actionable information to Wyoming producers as well as practical learning experiences for students.
The upcoming seminar will begin at 4 p.m. in the Agricultural Technology Education Center on EWC’s Torrington campus. For community members and students not seeking academic credit, the cost is $25 per session. Dinner is provided. To register, visit www.uwyo.edu/uwag/rmal.
Following the event in Torrington, UW will host two additional seminars this spring, available in person and via Zoom. Topics, dates and locations are below. For more information, visit www.uwyo.edu/uwag/rmal.
Eastern Wyoming College announces that it will host a site visit for continuing accreditation of its associate degree nursing program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).
The public is invited to meet with the site visit team and share comments about the program in person at a meeting scheduled at 2:30 – 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, in the multipurpose room on EWC’s Douglas Campus, at 800 South Wind River Road, Douglas, Wyoming.
Written comments are also welcome and should be submitted directly to:
Nell Ard, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
3390 Peachtree Road Northeast, Suite 1400
Atlanta, GA 30326
Or email: nard@acenursing.org
All written comments should be received by the ACEN by Monday, March 20, 2023.
Eastern Wyoming College announces a change to the Golf Banner presentation on Friday, February 10.
The 2021-2022 NJCAA Golf Championship Banner presentation will be held after the 5:30 pm women’s game.
The Lancers Golf team will then sign posters before the men’s basketball game at 7:30
The Lancers will host Central WY College in the Verl Petsch Jr. Activities Center Gym. Please plan on attending to support the EWC student athletes.
Eastern Wyoming College announces the Lancers Golf team will be signing posters before the men’s basketball game at 7:30 on Friday, February 10. The 2021-2022 NJCAA Golf Championship Banner presentation will be held during half time of the 5:30 pm women’s game.
The Lancers will host Central Wyoming College in the Verl Petsch Jr. Activities Center Gym this Friday night. Please plan on attending to support the EWC student athletes.
Eastern Wyoming College is pleased to announce the honor rolls for the Fall 2022 semester. There were 147 students receiving recognition for achieving high scholastic grades.
The President’s Honor Roll recognizes students that are full time (12 or more credit hours) and achieve a 4.0 grade point average. To qualify for the Dean’s Honor Roll, students must also be full time and achieve a grade point average of 3.5, but less than 4.0.
President’s Honor Roll
Torrington, WY: Jordan Barth, Reece Cook, Jenna Kaufman, Carly Keller, John Lessard, Jenny Marsden, Megan Martinez, Katrina Moss, Gavin Mowery, Beau Murphy, Daniel Murphy, Karissa Rayhill, Rave Rising, Reece Robertson, McKenzie Schwartzkopf, Emma Short, Payten Sorensen, Casandra Spurgin, Bobbi Steinfeldt
Casper, WY: Frederick Mellema, Ryan Swan
Cheyenne, WY: Latrell Grayson
Douglas, WY: Zoee Ferguson, Karly Hoffer, Grace Muncy, Ruth Muncy
Evansville, WY: Abigail Flesvig
Ft. Bridger, WY: Rhyan Thomas
Gillette, WY: Haley Mooney
Hartville, WY: Macoyia Stoneking
Laramie, WY: Fayth Price
Lusk, WY: Aravis Johnson, Hannah Kerkes
Lyman, WY: McKinzie Rasmussen
Powell, WY: Beth Brazelton
Shoshoni, WY: Tara Maddock
Veteran, WY: Jadyn Hall
Wheatland, WY: Elle Harms, Curtis Nickle,
Akron, CO: Mariah Demers
Thornton, CO: Makenna Reinert
Rosebud, MT: Cassandra Schiffer
Alliance, NE: Cord McBride
Bayard, NE: Lorren Henkel
Burwell, NE: Hanna Huffman
Chadron, NE: Trace White
Crawford, NE: Kaylee Hughes
Dalton, NE: Ashton Van Anne
Hemingford, NE: Alysen Turek
Mitchell, NE: Wendy Stookey
Mullen, NE: Jordyn McDowell
Scottsbluff, NE: Shae Blanke
Valentine, NE: Michaela Keller
Custer, SD: Jayme Cass, Serenity Meyer,
Sofia, Bulgaria: Vanesa Marinova
London, England: Seal Osajivbe
Indjija, Serbia: Marko Krtinic
Dean’s Honor Roll
Torrington, WY: Alejandro Chavarria, Weston Cronk, Sidney Eaton, Ryder Hackbarth, Madison Heilbrun, Hunter Howe, Emma Johnson, Tyler Juma, Danielle Krueger, Jayce Munoz, Alexa Osmotherly, Chelsea Prall, Aidyn Saucedo, Tyler Tinney, Alexandria Wells, Avery West, Liberty Zavorka
Albin, WY: Monserrat Serrano Gonzalez
Baggs, WY: Anniston Jeannerett
Burns, WY: Shelby Long, Alexia Mahaffy
Casper, WY: Ayden Adsit, Cambria Macy
Cheyenne, WY: Austin Griess, Kaetlin Paice, Jacob Ruiz
Douglas, WY: Bobbie Alameda, Mark Helms, Hope Hernandez, Samuel Jones, Jared Meredith, Natasha Stephens, Kiari Vaillette
Encampment, WY: Kamry Knotwell
Farson, WY: Jesse Madsen
Ft. Laramie, WY: Karen Schardt
Gillette, WY: Blake Edwards, Karen Thomas-Rodriguez
Guernsey, WY: Jasmine Castellaw, Tylinn Cooper, Sarah Hillers
Laramie, WY: Carson Diedrich, Morgan McConnell, Andrew Stannard
Lingle, WY: Colton Jensen, Kaylie Rafferty
Lovell, WY: Alma Delacruz
Lusk, WY: Abigail Mushitz
Newcastle, WY: Julie Bohnet
Rozet, WY: Coy Thar
Wheatland, WY: Joseph Clamp, Roberta Cordingly, Madison Tretter
Hugo, CO: Colby Simmons
Phillipsburg, KS: Nicholas Beckman
Richey, MT: Ella Robbins
Alliance, NE: Shelby Carr
Big Springs, NE: Bree Johnson
Crookston, NE: Mya Shelbourn
Ewing, NE: Jacob Napier
Gering, NE: Nicole Brown, Cailin Demeranville
Hemingford, NE: Hayden Blumanthal, Destiny Hanson
Kimball, NE: McKynna Deeds
Lyman, NE: Halle Fegler
Mitchell, NE: Justin Chasek
Morrill, NE: William Howell, Jackson Margheim, Elizabeth Schaefer
Scottsbluff, NE: Kristin Clause, Lindsey Steyer
Stapleton, NE: Sadie Dimmitt
Sutherland, NE: Casidee Miller
Joseph, OR: Celilo Brun
Pierre, SD: Eleanna Verbeek
Lynchburg, TN: Pandora Keele
Spanish Fork, UT: Noah Taylor
Vernal, UT: Hadlee Owens
Sofia, Bulgaria: Viktoria Sarbakova
Nottinghamshire, England: George Cordall
Belgrade, Serbia: Ana Djurovic, Darija Erakovic
Cornella de Liobregat, Spain: Andrea Gutierrez Ciordia
Hjarup, Sweden: Oscar Behle
Eastern Wyoming College athletics has rescheduled the Lancers vs Central Wyoming College game. This game is rescheduled for February 10, women at 5:30, and men at 7:30 pm. Please join us in the Petsch Center gymnasium to cheer on our Lancers.