Bruce Richardson, the WAC board chair and the UW/CC English instructor at Casper College has won an Arts & Sciences Award for Extraordinary Merit in Teaching. Bruce teaches a huge array of courses to undergraduates in Casper. Bruce is an extraordinary teacher. He's articulate and generous, both extremely important qualities for teachers to have.
Bruce has also written a series of articles for the WAC newsletter on the topic of advocacy for the arts, of which he is very passionate and knowledgeable. These have become widely distributed to advocacy organizations and agencies. Bruce also is on the board of the National Association of State Arts Agencies.