LARAMIE, Wyo., June 4 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:

The University of Wyoming hosted its first Community College Summer Institute, a five-day program that taught students with a variety of learning backgrounds from UW and four of its community colleges the science of learning while also allowing them to engage in collaborative, problem-based learning.

The Community College Summer Institute (CCSI), which took place May 26-30, was designed by Rachel Watson, director of the UW Science Initiative's Learning Actively Mentoring Program, with the original concept coming from Vicky Mayfield, a retired Eastern Wyoming College (EWC) mathematics professor, who collaborated with Sherri Warren, an EWC faculty member. ...