Scholarship deadline is tomorrow!

CWC is committed to recognizing academic and activity related achievement by offering more than $500,000 annually in merit scholarships.   Scholarship applications for the 2011-12 academic year are due tomorrow--March 1, 2011 by midnight.

Online scholarship application

Scholarship information page

University of Wyoming Rep on Campus today 9-1pm

Location: Student Success Center
Mon, Feb 28, 2011 starting at 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

A representative from the University of Wyoming will be on campus on Monday, February 28 from 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the table located outside the Student Success Center in Main Hall.  If you’re interested in transferring to UW or just want more information, please stop by and visit with the rep.  Hopefully, the UW Trio - EOC Office can pay that admission application fee for the student. 

Interested in a Criminal Justice Career?

The CWC Riverton campus is home to the Rural Justice Training Center.  The facility includes a state-of-the-art virtual firearms training system. The system includes a shoot back system as well as a split screen recording camera. This split screen camera allows law enforcement trainers and students to review not only their actions, but the scenario to which they are reacting to.

The RJTC contains a fully connected and equipped classroom. The RJTC also contains a hand-to-hand, defensive tactics area for training in custody and control.
For more information, contact Rural Health and Public Safety Director Jeff Hosking, or Eric Heiser @ 307.855.2038

Former Lander resident Matteo Pistono presents

Location: Intertribal Center 116

Mon, Feb 28, 2011 starting at 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
 

            Former Lander resident Matteo Pistono shares the stories and images of his ten-year journey in Tibet while discussing his book “In the Shadow of the Buddha,” at Central Wyoming College Monday, Feb. 28 at 3:30 p.m.

Pistono, born in Cody and raised in Lander, tells a story of multiple pilgrimages to Tibet where he witnessed countless human rights violations against the Tibetan people. The discussion is in the Wind River Room (116) of the CWC Intertribal Education and Community Center and is free and open to the public.

            While Pistono, a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism, was on his own spiritual journey across Tibet in 1999, he learned of abuses of Tibetans, particularly monks and nuns. For nearly a decade, he secretly carried out evidence of the atrocities by sewing them into boots and backpacks in order to share them with international news organizations and the U.S. government. In an illustrated slideshow, Pistono weaves together images from the Himalayas and vast landscapes of Tibet.

Pistono, who had worked in Wyoming in environmental politics, shared his stories with Wyoming political leaders, speaking often with the late Sen. Craig Thomas.

He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wyoming and his masters at the University of London. He is the founder of Nekorpa, a foundation to protect sacred pilgrimage sites around the world.

What is FERPA?

In accordance with FERPA*, Central is prohibited in disclosing student education records without written consent from the student.  How does a student give specific consent for release of educational records?

The student can complete a ‘Release of Information’ form giving specific consent to the disclosure of the student's education records. The release needs to be dated and signed and must describe the records, the purpose for the release, list to whom the records can be given and a time for how long the release is effective. A faculty member should have a student sign a release before providing a job reference or a reference for the student for certain academic purposes, such as scholarships or awards. The job reference is one area where faculty often forget to obtain a written release. The Registrar is the college official responsible for keeping all official academic education records. Only the Registration & Records Office may release an official transcript. All requests for education record information originating from outside the college should be directed to the Registration & Records Office.

*FERPA is an acronym for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g, 34 CFR § 99). Congress enacted FERPA, also referred to as the "Buckley Amendment," in 1974. FERPA conditions federal educational funding on providing student access to, and maintaining the privacy of, education records. Faculty, staff, administrators and other college officials are required by FERPA to treat education records in a legally specified manner.

The Central Wyoming College Equine Studies program hosts its annual Saturday Jackpot Series

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Entries: 7 a.m. Positions Drawn
Start time at 8 a.m.

The Central Wyoming College Equine Studies program hosts its 

annual Saturday Jackpot Series this winter.

4D format for open barrels, 3D format for open poles and 2D format for youth barrels and poles. Saddles are awarded in barrels and breakaway. PHT Magnetic Blankets are awarded in poles. Two rifles to be awarded in the Man's Barrel Race (must be 18 or older to enter in the Man's Race.)

All entries must be received by noon on the Friday prior to each Jackpot. No call-in entries. Late entries will be charged a $10 fee or $5 per event for more than two events. All entries are to be paid in cash on the day of the jackpot.  

Complete form and mail to Patti Stalley at 2660 Peck Ave., Riverton, WY 82501. 

No dogs are allowed on the grounds of the CWC Equine Center.

More information and entry forms are located on our CWC website

UPDATE

WHITE PINES SKI TRIP WITH CWC!
Saturday, Feb. 26
Bus leaves the Student Center Parking Lot

at 6 am

Don't forget to sign up!

Sat, Feb 26, 2011 starting at 7:00 AM - 11:00 PM

WHITE PINES SKI TRIP WITH CWC!
Saturday, Feb. 26
          Bus leaves the Student Center Parking Lot at 7a.m.


$25 Fee includes 

ALL DAY SKI PASS

TRANSPORTATION
FUN FOR ALL!

Space is limited so hurry down to the
ACTIVITIES & INTRAMURAL OFFICE
to reserve your spot!

SC107                        activities@cwc.edu                       855-2260

"Where did they go? African American history in the Equality State" presentation

Todd Guenther has done considerable research and won awards for his papers about African American History in Wyoming. Come listen to the fascinating stories he has unearthed.

"Where did they go? African American history in the Equality State"

Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 3:30-5:00 pm
Fremont Room

Refreshments will be served.

A CWC Diversity Committee presentation
February is African American History Month

As a Harvard-trained historian, Carter G. Woodson, like W. E. B. Du Bois before him, believed that truth could not be denied and that reason would prevail over prejudice. His hopes to raise awareness of African American's contributions to civilization was realized when he and the organization he founded, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), conceived and announced Negro History Week in 1925. The event was first celebrated during a week in February 1926 that encompassed the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The response was overwhelming: Black history clubs sprang up; teachers demanded materials to instruct their pupils; and progressive whites, not simply white scholars and philanthropists, stepped forward to endorse the effort.

By the time of Woodson's death in 1950, Negro History Week had become a central part of African American life and substantial progress had been made in bringing more Americans to appreciate the celebration. At mid–century, mayors of cities nationwide issued proclamations noting Negro History Week. The Black Awakening of the 1960s dramatically expanded the consciousness of African Americans about the importance of black history, and the Civil Rights movement focused Americans of all color on the subject of the contributions of African Americans to our history and culture.

The celebration was expanded to a month in 1976, the nation's bicentennial. President Gerald R. Ford urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” That year, fifty years after the first celebration, the association held the first African American History Month. By this time, the entire nation had come to recognize the importance of Black history in the drama of the American story. Since then each American president has issued African American History Month proclamations. And the association—now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)—continues to promote the study of Black history all year.

(Excerpt from an essay by Daryl Michael Scott, Howard University, for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History)
http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/about.html

Library services for distance ed students

    If you are currently enrolled in a class at Central Wyoming College you have library privileges, whether or not you attend class on campus.
    To activate your library privileges, you must fill out our online library card application. If you have had a library card here before, please let us know and we can re-activate it for you. If you have a CWC student identification card your library number is preprinted on the back. It should be 14 digits long. If you do not have a card, please let us know and we will have a number assigned for you.
     As a CWC student you have interlibrary loan privileges as well, which means that if our library does not have the item you need we can order it for you from another library. Please see our interlibrary loan policy for more information.     In addition, distance students can use their CWC logins to access the dozens of databases and other online resources made available by the CWC Library. Contact us for help getting started.

Student Health 101 online

Student Health 101 @ Central Wyoming College

http://readsh101.com/cwc.html

 

 

Have you signed up for Rustler Alerts?

Students are encouraged to sign up for “Rustler Alert” so emergency messages can be sent to your phone and/or computer. Students can sign up for the service by logging into MyCentral and clicking on the Rustler Alert icon in the upper left hand corner of the page.

The alert system was being launched in conjunction with CWC’s siren warning system that can be heard immediately on and off campus grounds in the event of an emergency.

For more information about Rustler Alert, contact Barlow at 307-855-2143.

 

Comedy Hypnotist Frederick Winters

Location: Little Theatre

Tue, Feb 22, 2011 starting at 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

 

Comedy Hypnotist Frederick Winters, will be here to show his skills and humor at CWC Tuesday February, 22 at 8p.m. in the Little Theater.

Need help completing your CWC scholarship applicaton?

Location: Student Success Center lab
Tues, Feb 22 & Thurs, Feb 24, 2011 starting at 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Paula Hartbank and Kathryn DeWitt will be available to answer any questions

Campus is CLOSED

Have a great day off!

Basketball schedule

Men's:

Feb.18	@ Laramie County CC	7 p.m.
Feb.19	@ Eastern Wyoming College	5 p.m.
Feb.24	@ Northwest College	7:30 p.m.
Feb. 25	@ Miles Community College	TBA

Women's:

Feb. 19	@ Eastern Wyoming College (Torrington)	3:00
Feb. 24	@ Northwest College	5:30
Feb. 25	@ Miles Community College (Miles City, MT)	TBA

What does the CWC Student Senate do?

The Student Senate is a group of 12 students who act as representatives for the entire CWC student body. The Senate plans activities, controls the spending of student activity fee revenues, serves as an advocate for student interests and concerns, and appoints students to positions on college governance committees. It is a powerful and effective organization. All interested students are encouraged to run for Senate positions.

You’re eligible to run for Student Senate if you are enrolled in at least six credits and have a minimum 2.5 grade point average. To vote in Senate elections you must be enrolled in at least one credit course. Six senators are elected each spring and the remaining six are elected early in the fall. The Senate elects its own officers following the fall election.

The Student Senate exists to serve your needs. Get acquainted with your representatives, share your ideas, attend Senate meetings or contact any one of the Senators to let them know what is important to you. If you don’t know a Senator, stop by (SC106), or call (855-2220), the Student Senate Office in the Student Center and introduce yourself!

Recreation Riverton

R Recreation has activities planned for all ages this spring.  Try something new!

http://www.cwc.edu/what/recreation

Attention High School Seniors

High school seniors who plan to attend CWC in the Fall 2011 must request to have their high school transcript to be sent to CWC as soon as possible.  Deadline for our guaranteed CWC Senior scholarships is May 1.

Need help getting ready for college?  Below are some great links to help:
http://www.cwc.edu/admissions/stepstoadmiss.aspx

http://www.college.gov/wps/portal

http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/index.jsp

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

IMPORTANT INFO!

The Spring 2011 Graduation Application Deadline has been extended!  If you would like to graduate this Spring, please get online ASAP to the CWC website and complete your application. 

The deadline has been extended to March 11, 2011. 

Remember that the application is FREE and must be completed in order to receive your diploma and/or walk at convocation.

CWC Help desk is here to help

Students and staff may call or visit during office hours for assistance with password help and resets, Network access, E-mail, WebCT, WebAdvisor and for other IT related information.

Helpdesk Contact Information

Phone: (307) 855-2198 or 877-292-3375
Email: helpdesk@cwc.edu
Office: Central Wyoming College Library
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 7:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday, noon - 5 p.m.
Sunday, 2 p.m. - 9 p.m.

A phone call or e-mail received out-of-hours will be returned the following business day.

View the I.T. FAQ to get a list of commonly asked questions and answers.

Campus closed this weekend

The CWC campus and library 

will be closed for the President's Day holiday weekend.

CWC Activities & Intramurals

Open Gym TONIGHT-come play basketball, volleyball or whatever from 8-10pm in the CWC Student Center Gym!

Wii Game Night is Thursday in the Student Center. 

CWC presents South Pacific

The show opens Friday, Feb. 25 and runs Feb. 26 and 27 and the following weekend on March 3-5. The Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m., and the Sunday matinees on Feb. 27 is at 2:30 p.m. in the Robert A. Peck Arts Center Theatre.  For more information check out our webpage.

Free Tax help available on Wednesdays

The students and former students of Accounting Instructor Kristen Ressler and Professor Emeritus Rob Richards are providing the help from 6:30-8 p.m. in room 103 of CWC’s Classroom Wing on Wednesday evenings Feb. 9, 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and April 6.

The service will also be provided in Lander on Friday, Feb. 11 and Feb. 25 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the CWC Lander Center, 427 Main Street.

In cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service, CWC is one of the many Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites around the country. VITA volunteers assist low income, elderly, disabled, and non-English speaking taxpayers with their tax returns. The income limit is approximately $49,000 to qualify for the free service.

CWC on YouTube

Did you know we have a CWC YouTube channel?  No? You can find us here: 
http://www.youtube.com/user/CWCRustlerTV

Join this initiative-WY PBS is important to US!

170 Million Americans use public media every month. That's over half of the country!

Stand up for public broadcasting and join this initiative:  170Millionamericans.org

 

There are proposals going through congress right now to eliminate all funding for public broadcasting services including PBS and NPR. If passed, this will greatly impact CWC and all of Wyoming in a BIG way. CWC's radio and television broadcasting students rely on the Wyoming-PBS station to learn the framework for a successful career in broadcasting. Here's how you can help, please contact one or all of your representatives regarding this issue. Let them know how important PBS, and Wyoming PBS specifically, is to so many individuals and CWC students.

Sen John Barrasso
Phone:  202-224-6441
Website:  www.barrasso.senate.gov

Sen Mike Enzi
Phone:  202-224-3424
Website:  www.enzi.senate.gov

Rep. Cynthia Lummis
Phone:  202-225-2311
Website:  www.lummis.house.gov

(Here’s a press release sent out by PBS on Saturday:)

PBS Expresses Deep Concern Over the Elimination of Federal Funding For Public Television

ARLINGTON, VA - February 12, 2011 – PBS expresses deep concern today as the House Appropriations Committee formally proposed to eliminate federal funding for public broadcasting.

“PBS and public television stations are America’s largest classroom, the nation’s largest stage for the arts and a trusted window to the world – all at the cost of about $1 per person per year,” said PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger. “Federal funding provides vital seed money for PBS’ nearly 360 member stations, which are locally owned and operated, supporting important programming and initiatives, particularly among underserved groups like rural populations who wouldn’t otherwise be able to access public media content and services.”

Kerger added, “We understand that, in this difficult economic environment, it is appropriate for Congress to carefully examine every federal expenditure to ensure its continued value to the American public. Legislation to eliminate funding for public broadcasting overlooks the critical value that PBS member stations provide, especially to parents and their children. It’s America’s children who will feel the greatest loss, especially those who can’t attend preschool. PBS’ educational media helps prepare children for success in school and opens up the world to them in an age-appropriate way.”

About PBS

PBS, with its nearly 360 member stations, offers all Americans — from every walk of life — the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television and online content. Each month, PBS reaches 117 million people through television and 20 million people online, inviting them to experience the worlds of science, history, nature and public affairs; to hear diverse viewpoints; and to take front row seats to world-class drama and performances. PBS’ broad array of programs has been consistently honored by the industry’s most coveted award competitions. Teachers of children from pre-K through 12th grade turn to PBS for digital content and services that help bring classroom lessons to life. PBS’ premier children’s TV programming and its website, pbskids.org, are parents’ and teachers’ most trusted partners in inspiring and nurturing curiosity and love of learning in children. More information about PBS is available at pbs.org, one of the leading dot-org websites on the Internet.

Important deadlines to watch

Nursing applications are due March 1, there is more information on our cwc website.

Scholarship deadline for the 2011-12 academic year is March 1st also.  To learn more and/or complete an application follow this link:  http://www.cwc.edu/cash/scholarships

Financial Aid Awareness Feb. 14-16

The CWC Financial Aid office has information tables on campus in the Main Hall, Student Center and Pro-tech building.  

Stop by to pick up your packet!

Valentine’s Day Extravaganza

Today

11am-2pm

Student Center Lobby

 

Make your Valentine a card, Buy a flower, a cake roll, and more!

 

Raffle Prizes & Snacks

Sponsored by CWC Student Senate

Oh wow it's been too long!

Classes have been in session for four weeks now--busy, busy on campus although I must say we have neglected our blog! No more though! This week we will kick off exciting things that are happening here on campus, upcoming events, deadlines and such!  So, to start off here is what we are looking at for the rest of this semester:

President's Holiday	February 21
Mid Semester	February 25
Spring Break (College Closed)	March 17-18
Last Day to Drop Classes	April 21
Classes End (Final Exams included during class time)	April 28
Commencement	April 29