Reality

[TheRealUW]

I get your point about Clemson but Laramie is as close to Denver as Logan is to Salt Lake. Logan to salt lake in the winter is terrible. Logan is freezing in the winter just like Laramie. They actually might get more snow.

Why can't we tie into that Denver market for revenue and also a student base like Utah state does with Salt lake metro area. I think a group with vision could tie into it somehow. If we don't figure it out soon we might just slip below the Montana schools.

The University of Wyoming is funded by Wyoming residents for the benefit of Wyoming residents. Its mission should not be to serve the residents of Colorado.

I wouldn’t want my tax dollars subsidizing the tuition of a kid from Colorado. Just my opinion though. Others may disagree.

 

[PokeTransplant]

The University of Wyoming is funded by Wyoming residents for the benefit of Wyoming residents. Its mission should not be to serve the residents of Colorado.

I wouldn’t want my tax dollars subsidizing the tuition of a kid from Colorado. Just my opinion though. Others may disagree.

This is very close minded thinking that has put Wyoming where it is now. "If you ain't from here...we don't want you" attitude is what has put the state in the state it's in (not in entirety), but that is the mindset of the wonderful residents of Wyoming. Either adapt and accept ideals that may possibly bring revenue into the state, or hold onto the antiquated mindset of whatever the fuck that is these days, and wither on the vine while the rest of the country passes you by.....

I love Wyoming and wish to this day (after 20+ years after graduation) that I could have found a place there

 

[ragtimejoe1]

Total guess but it's better WYO per capita uses the community college system more than most areas. I think there's something like 17k+ community college students but no idea how many of those are just taking a cake decorating class or something. Still, it's not an insignificant number. WYO's juco system is great but sometimes I wonder if it hurts UW? Maybe kids end with associates but would have been more likely to pursue a bachelors if they started at UW. Maybe they get out of the house a couple years and decide they want to go farther away, but if they started at UW, they would have been more likely to stay? Total guesses.

Maybe the athletics being the front door is more accurate than we've given credit. Maybe people view UW like they do our athletic department?

I'll argue to my grave, however, that people are the problem. If you get the right people to teach, coach, research, administrate, whatever, it solves most problems. Focusing on how to get the right people and providing them resources to be successful is far more productive than focusing on things that can't be changed.

 

[Douglaspoke]

he University of Wyoming is funded by Wyoming residents for the benefit of Wyoming residents. Its mission should not be to serve the residents of Colorado.

What?? Colorado UW alums are the 3rd largest contingent of Cowboy Joe members donors. The parking lot on game day is filled with Colorado plates and the stream of cars going to the game. Largest recruiting area for UW sports! Face reality. On any given day in Colorado cars have Steamboat on their back windows. If the Admin had any clue they would be focusing more on the Colorado alums for donations and backing--that effort is so minimal and closed minded. Missing the boat on revenues. I know that free office space was offered to help the program and the alum group which went with no response!

That is why , among so many other reasons, CSU has Mora, UNLV in the championship game and New Mexico almost there and we are darn near dead last with Sawful!

Sad--such small minded thinking.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

What?? Colorado UW alums are the 3rd largest contingent of Cowboy Joe members donors. The parking lot on game day is filled with Colorado plates and the stream of cars going to the game. Largest recruiting area for UW sports! Face reality. On any given day in Colorado cars have Steamboat on their back windows. If the Admin had any clue they would be focusing more on the Colorado alums for donations and backing--that effort is so minimal and closed minded. Missing the boat on revenues. I know that free office space was offered to help the program and the alum group which went with no response!

That is why , among so many other reasons, CSU has Mora, UNLV in the championship game and New Mexico almost there and we are darn near dead last with Sawful!

Sad--such small minded thinking.

Exactly. Also, the tuition break for kids whose parents are alumni, is nice, but then being ineligible for other things minimizes the benefit. I know we've talked about it on here before, but creating a better program for alumnus' kids, regardless of where they live, is really low hanging fruit.

 

[PAPoke]

Total guess but it's better WYO per capita uses the community college system more than most areas. I think there's something like 17k+ community college students but no idea how many of those are just taking a cake decorating class or something. Still, it's not an insignificant number. WYO's juco system is great but sometimes I wonder if it hurts UW? Maybe kids end with associates but would have been more likely to pursue a bachelors if they started at UW. Maybe they get out of the house a couple years and decide they want to go farther away, but if they started at UW, they would have been more likely to stay? Total guesses.

Maybe the athletics being the front door is more accurate than we've given credit. Maybe people view UW like they do our athletic department?

I'll argue to my grave, however, that people are the problem. If you get the right people to teach, coach, research, administrate, whatever, it solves most problems. Focusing on how to get the right people and providing them resources to be successful is far more productive than focusing on things that can't be changed.

Ragtime, you just jogged something in my brain. I was a dorm director when I was there.... We had a ton of kids drop out after their first semester... They never intended to go to college, but the Hathaway scholarship made it super cheap for kids to come for a semester, spend time at the Buckhorn, and then go back to farming/or JUCO as they always intended. When kids were kicked out or dropped out of school, they lost their housing, and I got to have some really interesting conversations with them.

Also, do you really think some of the things that are being discussed can't be changed?