UW President Search

The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees has received the names of four finalists for the job of UW president from screening committees charged with narrowing the field of candidates in a national search.

University of Wyoming trustees now say they will tell the public who are the finalists to become the next university president.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A bill that would allow the selection of University of Wyoming and state community college presidents to be closed to the public has passed the Legislature.

A legislative committee has endorsed a bill that would allow searches for University of Wyoming and state community college presidents to be closed to the public.

A judge in Laramie has ordered the University Board of Trustees to identify the finalists for university president after they get those names from a search committee. A proposed bill in the Wyoming House may change that decision.

A District Court Judge in Albany County ruled Wednesday, that the University of Wyoming must release the names of finalists in the search for a new University President.

Former Gov. Dave Freudenthal says he has no interest in becoming the next president of the University of Wyoming.

The University of Wyoming has released their official response to a lawsuit filed by three media outlets regarding the secrecy with which UW is conducting its search for a new president.