UW'S WORTH INSTITUTE WINS $2.5M FEDERAL GRANT TO BUILD RURAL CAREER PATHWAYS IN OUTDOOR RECREATION, TOURISM, HOSPITALITY

LARAMIE, Wyo., Oct. 6 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:

The University of Wyoming's Jay Kemmerer Wyoming Outdoor Recreation, Tourism and Hospitality (WORTH) Institute has received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education to launch the Wyoming Rural Pathways Initiative (WRPI). The four-year project runs through September 2030.

WRPI will build a statewide system that moves rural Wyoming students and workers into careers in outdoor recreation, tourism and hospitality -- the state's largest private-sector employer. The sector generates $5 billion in annual visitor spending and supports more than 33,000 jobs, yet rural residents often lack loc...