by Top o the World Staff | Feb 16, 2023 | Features
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by Brian Wagenaar | Feb 14, 2023 | Features
Laura Hanks, a founding member of the Pre-Veterinary Society “I grew up ranching — I grew up living the ranch hand lifestyle. My dad convinced me to go to college and pursue human medicine, but I wasn’t quite interested in that. I thought ‘well I’ve been a ranch hand... 
by Brian Wagenaar | Feb 5, 2023 | Features
Gwendolyn (Wendy) Rector outlines her life plans in the Curecanti yearbook “It was crazy that I could get involved in everything [at Western] … so I did and I was having the time of my life,” recalls Wendy Rector, who served as editor of Top o’ the World in... 
by Brian Wagenaar | Jan 28, 2023 | Features
A gray wolf in Oregon Colorado Parks and Wildlife held a public meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 25 in Western’s University Center Ballroom to discuss the topic of wolf reintroduction. You can watch the recorded meeting in its entirety on YouTube. Public comments can... 
by Top o the World Staff | Jan 22, 2023 | Features
As Colorado Parks and Wildlife prepares to reintroduce wolves, a public meeting on the issue will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 25 in the Western Colorado University Ballroom, including a public comment period beginning at 10:55 a.m. Public comments can also... 
by Top o the World Staff | Jan 9, 2023 | Features
LaPlante speaks to his background, working as Western’s advancement ace, and the status of the university’s Elevate Western campaign By Kira Cordova “The genuine curiosity, passion and care our faculty and staff show our students is contagious. When a prospective...