Wyo-Tech Awarded For Community Service

WyoTech-Laramie has been awarded an Honorable Mention for community service by the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities (APSCU) as part of their Annual Achievement Awards.  The Community Service Award honors a campus that goes above and beyond to implement charitable community programs and engage staff and students in volunteer efforts. Over 90 nominations were reviewed by APSCU.

Over 1,000 students from the WyoTech-Laramie  campus engaged in some form of community service in 2011, logging over 13,896 volunteer hours. The service projects were varied and included partnering with the Laramie Beautification Committee for their Spring Community Clean-up Day and the Laramie Railroad Depot Association to help restore an important historical site. The most touching community service effort was the restoration of a fallen soldier’s (Bruce Hayes’) pickup for his wife. Students and faculty dedicated hundreds of hours to the project learning life lessons in addition to enhancing their education with hands-on training in rust repair, fabrication, dent removal, custom paint, and much more. In November of 2011, Bruce Hayes' wife, friends, and family were invited to a special unveiling of the completed truck on campus. The ceremony honored Captain Hayes.