In its recent meeting with the UW Foundation Board, the UW Board of Trustees outlined nine major areas of emphasis for fundraising:
-- Exploring creativity and imagination in the arts: Fine and performing arts
-- Enhancing the graduate experience: Graduate student support
-- Empowering the nontraditional learner: Nontraditional student support
-- Reaching out to Wyoming: Service to Wyoming and its residents
-- Powering Wyoming's future: Energy, environment and natural resources
-- Promoting political and cultural leadership: The Simpson Family Fund for Excellence in Political and Cultural Leadership
-- Cultivating a global perspective: International student experiences
-- Advancing athletic excellence: Athletic program support
-- Fostering academic innovation: Academic program support
While you can make the case that all of these goals involve creativity, at least two of the nine are geared to support arts and culture at UW and in Wyoming.
In a speech to the UW Foundation Board:
[President Tom] Buchanan made special note of three of the priority areas saying funding for the fine arts is important for long-range economic development in Wyoming because a vibrant presence in the arts is "essential to Wyoming's quality of life."
