The program will cost a total of $30 million over roughly three years and will be funded by a legislative appropriation and internal reallocations by the university.
Dr. Laurie Nichols was selected as the 26th president of the University of Wyoming by the Board of Trustees in a special meeting Friday morning.
Nichols will be the first female president in UW history. She will replace President Dick McGinity when his contract expires on June 30 and he returns to a faculty position in the College of Business...