| Written by Tom Schambow |
| Tuesday, 03 March 2009 17:22 |
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What does “13 + 6 ÷ 19” equal? One great accounting professor, Ron Pederson.
Pederson has been at the University of Wyoming for 13 years. His first years were spent attaining a degree in accounting and becoming a certified public accountant. His enthusiasm for teaching has led him to continue here at UW, and Pederson was named one of the top professors in 2004.
A native of the Bay area in California, Pederson now lives in Fort Collins, Colo., with his wife and teaches at UW Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Before coming back to school, Pederson worked for a power company that eventually moved him to Oregon for work. He decided to come to Laramie to escape the overpopulated areas on the west coast.
“I wanted to come to Wyoming to get away from all of the people out west,” Pederson said. “The people here are very kind, generous and down to earth, which is something I was looking for.”
He has found a home teaching at UW. Pederson mainly teaches Accounting 1010 and 1020 classes.
“I really like the students here and interacting with them,” Pederson said. “It gives me a lot of gratitude to see students and to stay in contact with them and know how they are doing after college.”
One of Pederson’s main goals is to always find different ways to motivate students in the classroom, and he enjoys teaching because it allows him to stay young. He plans on teaching another six to seven years, or until his health will not allow him to continue.
“Retirement sounds boring to me,” Pederson said. “I wouldn’t want to stay home and do nothing all day. Maybe I will go part-time when I get older.”
Pederson is happy to be a part of the College of Business and a part of the University of Wyoming.
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| Written by Amy Hammer |
| Monday, 02 March 2009 18:32 |
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The University of Wyoming’s Potter Law Club is holding their annual Spring Panel Presentation tomorrow.
The panel will discuss a murder trial out of Colorado that went dreadfully wrong.
The panel will take place at 7 p.m. in Classroom Building Room 129. The event is free and open to the public.
This year’s panel will consist of the first-hand account of Tim Masters, a man who was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder. The panel will also include Masters’ attorneys Maria Lui and David Wymore discussing the case.
According to a UW news release, Tim Masters was convicted in 1987 of the first-degree murder of 37-year-old Peggy Hettrick.
After years of lost appeals, Masters’ case was reopened, and he was granted a new trial in 2007, in which Masters’ DNA was proven not to match the DNA on Hettrick’s body.
After this discovery and the release of more information that had been hidden from Masters’ defense team in previous trials, murder charges against Masters were dropped by prosecutors.
For those who attend the Potter Law Club panel, Continuing Legal Education Credit will be available.
The UW Potter Law Club is the UW College of Law’s student bar organization. The club provides student government as well as academic and social activities to increase the educational experiences for Wyoming law students.
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| Written by Wiley Combs |
| Wednesday, 25 February 2009 17:50 |
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Senate Bill 2233 was postponed until next week’s Associated Students of the University of Wyoming meeting after a lengthy discussion over its terms. Dixie Thoman, the author of the “Equal Opportunity for ASUW-funded Events Bill,” said the the bill was made because of “concerns brought from students about a lack of ability to get those tickets—to any ASUW ticketed event.”
Thoman said the act was created during a discussion in the funding board committee aboutw the occasional unavailability of tickets to RSO-sponsored events for students.
“The intention of the bill is to provide equal opportunity for all students to be able to attend ASUW funded events,” Thoman said.
Other senators disagreed. “I think that this sets a really dangerous precedent. Just because ASUW provides some financial stake in an RSO’s operations, I don’t think we can say that allows us then to dictate how RSOs are going to organize, arrange and essentially put on their events,” Senator Paul Weaver said.
Weaver registered his disagreement with the act during committee, and informed the senate body that the bill was “telling student organizations how to conduct their events.” He said that there were already plenty of regulations on organizations in the ASUW finance policy.
“The RSOs that do the work for the events should be able to distribute tickets. I think they have a good interest in getting as many people to their events as possible, and to disburse those tickets to as many students as possible,” Senator Benjamin Kinney said.
After 35 minutes of debate, a motion to postpone by Senator Marcus Catchpole was carried by the senate. Speaking in favor of the postponement, Senator Weaver expressed an opinion that it would be important to consult RSOs and their leaders on the matter.
Ex-Officio Trent Mankowski, representing the United Multicultural Council, suggested consulting the international students organizations, whose events would be largely impacted by the implementation of the bill.
“Tonight was very interesting, I think that some senators had concerns that should had been brought forward before this evening’s debate,” said Thoman, echoing previous comments from Senator Brianna Jones asking fellow senators to do their homework before a second reading of a bill, to avoid a “hullabaloo at the senate meeting where everyone has amendments which conflict and we’re all stressing.”
“As the author, I think that RSOs should realize that they provide these services of awareness, and should realize that all students should be able to participate,” Thoman said.
Thoman said she hoped the bill would eventually help RSOs sell more tickets to their events.
The “Equal Opportunity for ASUW-funded Events” bill was sponsored by Senators Gilbert and Hansen and Student-At-Large Drumhiller.
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| Written by Justin Earnshaw |
| Tuesday, 24 February 2009 17:45 |
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The Wyoming Law Students for Equal Justice will present “Lunch Hour for Equal Power,” a short film and lecture today at noon in the College of Law Room 142.
The film is titled “Racial Profiling,” and comes from the American Civil Liberties Union “Freedom Files” series, which analyzes civil liberties issues in a half hour documentary.
“Racial Profiling” examines real individuals who have been harassed or unjustly jailed based on the color of their skin.
Nick Haderlie, student in the college and public relations specialist for the 2009 Potter Law Club, said the event has been scheduled to coincide with the last week of Black History Month.
“We thought it would be appropriate to show this film before the month ends and give any interested people a discussion topic,” he said.
The scheduled lecturer is professor Diane Courselle, an expert on criminal law and enforcement as well as the director of the College of Law’s Defender Aid program, a statewide legal assistance program for indigent persons convicted of crimes.
Food will be provided for the hour-long session, and all are encouraged to attend the event at noon.
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| Written by Tom Schambow |
| Tuesday, 24 February 2009 17:44 |
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The third annual leadership development series will begin Thursday. The series will focus on ways to strengthen participants’ leadership abilities within the University of Wyoming and Laramie communities.
The program will be taught by Matt Stech, a graduate assistant for the SLCE office.
This year’s Student Leadership and Civic Engagement series will consist of six parts held every Thursday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. for six weeks. It runs until April 9. The workshops are designed to target young leaders.
The series is free to any UW student and is especially aimed at those students that have a limited leadership experience and want to expand their leadership ability.
The six sessions are: Vision and Mission, Planning, Priorities & Success, The Self Leader, The Many Roles of the Leader, Leading Through Relationships & Community, and Service & Responsibility in Leadership.
The 90-minute workshops will consist of three parts: one-third lecture style format, one-third discussion as a group and one-third of the time spent participating in group team-building activities. Generally 15 to 25 students participate in the series every year.
“We really want to try to get those students that have never had any leadership experience at all,” Stech said.
“Many of the students we attract are ones that already have plenty of leadership experience, so it is really nice to incorporate those students that have a limited leadership experience. We want to show them all of the opportunities available here at UW.”
SLCE works with students at UW to increase student leadership ability and involvement in campus activities and the local community.
SLCE is funded through the ASUW and several private donors. Besides offering the spring leadership series, they helped to sponsor Pokes Vote, First Year Institute and other leadership related activities.
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