UW EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER RECEIVES NEARLY $4 MILLION IN FIVE-YEAR TRIO FUNDING

LARAMIE, Wyo., Sept. 11 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:

Federal funding will expand support for about 2,800 adults and nontraditional students seeking to reenter and complete higher education across Wyoming.

The University of Wyoming's Educational Opportunity Center (EOC), housed within the Office of Student Educational Opportunity, has received nearly $4 million in federal funding to help more Wyoming residents access and complete higher education.

The U.S. Department of Education awarded UW's TRIO EOC program a grant totaling $784,000 annually -- or $3.92 million -- over the five-year grant period. UW EOC was among 130 proposals awarded in a discretionary grant competition -- from among 350 applicants na...