LARAMIE, Wyo., May 11 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
Whether she continues to build upon the Chinese language program minor she created
at the University of Wyoming in 2002 or expands study-abroad trips to other countries,
Yan Zhang's commitment to teaching the Chinese language shows.
Zhang, a senior lecturer of Chinese and section head in the UW Department of Modern
and Classical Languages, is the recipient of the 2026 John P. Ellbogen Lifetime Teaching
Award. The Ellbogen award recognizes the long, distinguished and exemplary career
of one senior faculty member who has excelled as a teacher at UW.
"This award is both a great honor and a moment of reflection for me. It makes me pause
and look back on a l...