GILLETTE Wyo.
University of Wyoming officials are interested in establishing a research partnership between the new School of Energy Resources and Gillette College.
“We want to look to better support your efforts,” UW President Tom Buchanan told Gillette College Advisory Board members last week. “When we work together, we are a much more powerful force than when we go our separate ways.”
The details of the proposed collaboration are far from clear at this point, and Gillette may need to wait its turn before such a partnership would come to fruition.
UW officials have recently visited several community colleges in the state to discuss possible joint efforts. It has partnerships in the works at Casper and Cheyenne.
But Buchanan vows that the recently hired UW School of Energy Resources director will visit Gillette to explore possibilities within the next few weeks.
Gillette College Dean Paul Young said after the meeting that he’s enthusiastic about the partnership, but he would like to see it happen sooner rather than later.
