In the wake of drastic budget cuts and significant restructuring plans, the University of Wyoming’s trustees hope American Recovery Plan Act funds can provide a lifeline for certain programs. Trustees have narrowed in on a list of requests they hope the Legislature or Gov. Mark Gordon will agree to fund with the federal relief dollars. The University has compiled about $315 million in requests, Trustee John McKinley said last month during a meeting of the trustees’ budget committee. Many of the wish-list items are aimed at jumpstarting new programs that UW administrators announced this month as part of a proposed restructuring of the university.
