Resources and Facilities

Student Union

The Wyoming Union is the community center for campus life-the “living room of campus”, enhancing and complementing out-of-class educational experiences. Open daily, the Wyoming Union provides facilities, services, and various activities to all of the campus community. Through the Union Events office, reservations can be made for spaces in the building including meeting rooms, ballrooms, tables in the Breezeway, and advertisement space. For reservations and information, contact the Union Events office at unionres@uwyo.edu or online: https://www.uwyo.edu/union/reservations/make-reservations.html.

Pokes Pub and Game Room

 The Wyoming Union also houses the newly updated and rebranded Pokes Pub & Game Room. The game room offers five pool tables, foosball, air hockey, ping pong, shuffleboard, and our eSports Lounge. The eSports Lounge has 16 gaming computers with pre-installed games for students to enjoy. All games are free to play, and you can even reserve the game room for special events. The Pub offers both alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages for all to enjoy.

Veteran Services

300 Wyoming Union

Phone: (307) 766-6908

Located on the 3rd floor of the Wyoming Union, the Veterans Services Center has resources, a computer lab, and a lounge area where veterans and their dependents, spouses, and friends can meet, build a community, and lend support to one another. Special events, programs, meals, and student groups are coordinated out of the center. The staff works to improve access to and success in college for students who are veterans, military-connected, and independents. For more information, call, email, or visit their website at http://www.uwyo.edu/vetservices/. 

Campus Recreation

Half Acre Recreation and Wellness Center

Phone: (307) 766-5586

Website: www.uwyo.edu/Rec

Our mission is to promote a holistic approach to a healthy campus through quality recreation and wellness programs and facilities. Our programs, which include the Wellness Center, Open Recreation, Intramural Sports, Club Sports, and the Outdoor Program, offer a broad range of coordinated activities for individuals and groups that promote health awareness, a sense of community and a lifelong appreciation for wellness and recreational activities. Supporting the value of student development, our programs strive to offer opportunities to students to develop leadership skills and promote responsibility while maintaining a balance between personal, professional, and academic pursuits.

Wellness Center

Half Acre Recreation and Wellness Center, First Floor

Phone: (307) 766-9355

The Wellness Center offers health promotion and educational services to students and the broader campus community, taking a holistic approach to well-being. The staff at the Wellness Center are dedicated to supporting students across various dimensions of wellness. Available services and programs include Mental Health First Aid Courses, massage chairs, athletic training for students, a RelaxSpace Wellness Pod, Zen Den, drop-in meditation, and other weekly educational workshops. Located in the southwest corner of Half Acre in the “free zone,” the Wellness Center is accessible to both students and other University community members with or without a Campus Recreation membership.  While membership or student status is required to utilize some Wellness Center services, many are free to the entire university community.  Visit the Wellness Center to explore programs and services designed to enhance your overall wellness. 

Open Recreation

Half Acre Recreation and Wellness Center, First Floor

Phone: (307) 766-5586

The state-of-the-art Half Acre Recreation and Wellness Center serves as the main hub for Open Recreation on campus. The UW campus community can enjoy a wide variety of amenities, including cardio and weight training equipment, an indoor track, climbing wall and bouldering area, a golf simulator, and indoor courts for racquetball, basketball, volleyball, and badminton. Additionally, a new functional fitness space with a turf field is available. More than 40 Group Fitness classes are offered free of charge each week to all members. Corbett Pool hosts lap swim, water aerobics, and water-based fitness classes. Stop by Half Acre to check out what we offer-we strive to have something for everyone!

Intramural Sports

Half Acre Recreation and Wellness Center, Second Floor

Phone: (307) 766-4175

UW’s Intramural Sports Program offers organized individual and team competitive sport events in men’s, women’s, and co- recreational leagues. Students and employees can participate in organized recreation-level sport competition in approximately 30 activities per semester such as flag football, soccer, inner-tube water polo, wrestling, badminton, basketball, volleyball, or table tennis. Information is available from the Rec Sports Office or on the Campus Recreation website. Intramural competition is structured for various skill levels, ranging from competitive to recreational. Come alone or with a group to sign up for a fun time!

Club Sports

Half Acre Recreation and Wellness Center, Second Floor

Phone: (307) 766-4175

The Club Sports program provides an opportunity for UW students to participate in competitive sport contests with opposing intercollegiate clubs.  Club Sports are organized and directed by their members under the supervision of Rec Sports Coordinators. Emphasis is placed on student leadership and involvement. Active club sports include: baseball, cycling, equestrian, Esports, fencing, men’s hockey, men’s lacrosse, men’s rugby, men’s soccer, racquetball, shotgun sports, tennis, triathlon, women’s basketball, women’s hockey, women’s rugby, women’s soccer, women’s softball, and women’s volleyball. Visit our website or stop by the Recreational Sports office for more information on our club teams.

Outdoor Programs

Half Acre Recreation and Wellness Center, First Floor

Phone: (307) 766-2402

The Outdoor Program (OP) offers safe and affordable outdoor activities and services to the UW community. These activities include day and weekend trips to local destinations, as well as extended trips to unique locations. The OP hosts clinics, guest speakers, presentations, and other educational programs. With options for all skill levels, some of our activities include backcountry skiing, mountain biking, snowshoeing, hiking, camping, and rock climbing. The OP also offers a wide range of rental equipment at affordable rates. The OP staff are eager to introduce the UW community to the exciting adventures that the beautiful outdoors of Wyoming and beyond have to offer. For more details on OP activities and services, visit the office or check out our website.

High Altitude Performance Center

The HAPC includes 71,000 square feet of new space combined with 47,000 square feet of renovated space in the Rochelle Athletics Center for a total of 118,000 square feet dedicated to meeting the athletic, academic and nutritional needs of UW’s over 400 student-athletes.

Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium

One of the most picturesque football facilities in the nation, Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium sits between the Rocky Mountains’ Snowy Range to the west and the Laramie Range to the east and has been home to Cowboy football since 1950. “The War” is the highest NCAA Division I football stadium in the country at an elevation of 7,220 feet and seats 29,181 fans thanks to extensive renovations and upgrades over the past decade. The Wildcatter Club and Suites offers UW football fans the advantages of indoor, luxury seating with 12 individual suites along with a stadium-club area that contains 256 indoor seats on the upper east side of the stadium. The addition was named after the many successful “Wildcatters” of Wyoming.

Arena-Audtitorium

Rochelle Athletics Center

The state-of-the-art facility is located just north of War Memorial Stadium and has more than 46,000 square feet to accommodate several areas utilized by all the Cowboy and Cowgirl sports teams. The ground level houses an 8,600 square-foot strength and conditioning area that contains over 7,600 pounds of free weights molded with the custom “Pokes” logo, including 18 Power Racks and 15 Olympic Lifting Platforms. With the help of UW’s strength and conditioning staff members, student-athletes have access to tried and proven training methods.One of the most widely used facilities in UW Athletics, the Curtis and Marian Rochelle Athletics Center opened its doors in August of 2001 and serves athletic needs of all 17 Wyoming sports.

The Cowboy football offices are on the second floor, and are home full-time coaches with their own individual offices and individual position meeting rooms. A display on Cowboys in the NFL are also prominent on the second floor of the RAC.

Madrid Sports Complex

With seating for more than 700, fans have been able to watch Cowgirl soccer compete since Wyoming added the sport in 1995. The facility also includes a separate field just for practices.The Louis S. Madrid Sports Complex is one of the most attractive soccer and track and field venues in the Rocky Mountain region. Located a block east of the athletic department on the corner of 30th Street and Willett Drive, the facility is surrounded by beautiful pine trees and a view of several mountain ranges.

The complex became the outdoor home of the Wyoming track and field programs in 2006 when the 400-meter, eight-lane track received a new all-weather rubber surface.The facility also features jumping pits, throwing rings, locker rooms and fan amenities.

Indoor Practice Facility

UniWyo Sports Complex

The UniWyo Federal Credit Union Sports Complex (previously known at the Multi-Purpose Gymnasium) is one of the few facilities in the nation dedicated specifically to volleyball and wrestling. With a seating capacity of 1,200, the UniWyo gives Cowgirl volleyball and Cowboy wrestling a distinct home-gym advantage. Wyoming fans make the building one of the loudest and most difficult places for opponents in the country.The climate-controlled Everett Lantz Wrestling Room is also adjacent to the wrestling locker room and contains two full-size mats, along with weight-training and cardio-training equipment.

Jacoby Golf Course

The Jacoby Golf Course is home to the Wyoming men’s and women’s golf programs. With picturesque views of the Snowy Mountain Range to the west, Jacoby is the highest golf course in the Mountain West Conference at an elevation of 7,220 feet. It features 18 holes that can play as long as 7,247 yards with a par of 72. The course has multiple practice greens and hitting ranges, including one specifically for the Cowboy and Cowgirl golf teams, while its hole layout provides a variety of practice environments. The Ron R. Richardson Golf Performance Center is the indoor practice home for Cowboy and Cowgirl golf teams. The facility features a state-of-the-art putting surface, indoor hitting bays and golf simulators. It also houses the locker rooms for the Cowboy and Cowgirl golf programs.

Tennis Complex

Hager-LeBar Indoor Track and Field

With more than 34,000 square feet, the Fieldhouse holds a four-lane, 160-meter track. The state-of-the-art surface also includes areas for a throwing cage, long jump pit and pole vault pit, while the building houses coaches’ offices for the golf, swimming and track programs and locker rooms and a team room specifically for track and women’s soccer. The programs also have access to their own sports medicine room in War Memorial Fieldhouse. The 69,000 square-foot building was the largest in the state of Wyoming at the time of its construction and features 2,400 seats that overlook the arena floor. Built in conjunction with War Memorial Stadium in 1950, War Memorial Fieldhouse has been a hub for Cowboy and Cowgirl Athletics since that time, and has gone through several renovations to keep the facility a functional area for Wyoming’s athletic teams. The unique multi-use facility is currently the indoor home of the Wyoming track and field programs, but also hosts several other large events throughout the year, including the annual Cowboy Wrestling Open. The facility currently hosts several indoor track meets a year, as well as accommodating 10 wrestling mats for the Cowboy Open.

John Corbett Building

The John Corbett Building has been home to the Wyoming swimming and diving teams for more than 30 years. The facility houses a 25-meter by 25-yard pool, including two one-meter diving boards and a three-meter board. The area is utilized by the Cowboys and Cowgirls to practice in daily and host four to five duals during the competition season. UW also has access to an indoor diving pit that includes two dry boards, a spotting harness and trampoline.Corbett contains spacious locker rooms for the public and two locker rooms specifically for UW swimming and diving. The building also houses the university’s division of kinesiology and health, which includes classrooms, labs, offices and an instructional gym.

UW Aquatics Center

University Store

Student Union

Phone: 307-766-3264

Email: uwyo-bookstore@uwyo.edu

Website: www.uwyostore.com

Located in the Student Union, The University Store is owned and operated by the University of Wyoming and is an official retailer of University of Wyoming apparel, including t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats and athletic apparel. The goal of the University Store  is to provide you with an enjoyable, hassle-free online shopping experience. We continuously monitor response to the site to make sure our customers are finding it friendly and easy to navigate. Whether you are a University of Wyoming alumni, student, Cowboy fan or Wyoming enthusiast, we hope you will find what you are looking for! 

American Heritage Center

Centennial Complex, 2111 Willet Drive

Phone: 307-766-3756

Email: ahcref@uwyo.edu

Website: www.uwyo.edu/ahc

Officially established in 1945, the American Heritage Center now holds over 90,000 cubic feet of historic documents and artifacts in more than 3500 collections-placing the AHC among the largest non-governmental archives in the nation.Today, the AHC contains important holdings in numerous areas. Its western history archives include materials on early women’s suffrage and political achievements, native Americans, ranching, politics, authors, and under-documented communities. Other featured collecting areas include transportation (railroad, highway and air travel), mining and energy extraction, entertainment and popular culture (with important collections featuring Hollywood, music, radio, television and the comic book industry), natural resources and the environment, and military history. The AHC also serves as the primary archives for the University of Wyoming.

Information Technology Services

1710 Sorroroity Row

Phone: 307-766-4357

Email: userhelp@uwyo.edu

Website: www.uwyo.eud/infotech

The University of Wyoming’s Information Technology Center (ITC) houses a state-of-the-art computing facility and student computing lab. The center is designed to meet the computing and data needs of the university - students, administrators, faculty, and researchers - for the foreseeable future.The ITC offers a gathering and studying place for students with an extended-hours, high-tech student computing lab. The lab is equipped with individual student workstations and with group study pods.

The ITC also houses UW’s Division of Information Technology, including the IT Help Desk. The Help Desk is the primary point of contact for computer support. It provides timely and professional phone, email, online chat, and remote support for hardware, software, connectivity, and UW computer access. TA modern technology training room houses software training classes for faculty, staff fand students. The Walk-in Service Center area is where expert level advice and quick evaluation of software and hardware computing problems is provided.

Art Museum

211 East Willet Drive- Centennial Complex

Phone:307-766-6622

Email: uwartmus@uwyo.edu

Website:  www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum

The University of Wyoming Art Museum shares in the transformative power of art through exhibiting, preserving, and interpreting visual culture from around the world. As an integral part of the University of Wyoming, it fosters a deeper connection with humanity and creativity that envisions new futures by engaging academic, local, state, national, and global communities. The University of Wyoming Art Museum has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) since 1976. This accreditation recognizes the Museum’s commitment to excellence, high professional standards, and continued institutional improvements. Just 5 percent of all museums in the U.S. earn AAM accreditation. 

The Art Museum offers a year-round source of education and entertainment for the public Supported by public and private funds, the Art Museum was created to serve the people of Wyoming and those who visit the state. Museum exhibitions offer something for everyone and are displayed in an exciting gallery environment. Special programs, lectures, openings, workshops, classes, and tours are held regularly.

Geological Museum

Geology Department

Phone: 307-766-2646

Email: geolmus@uwyo.edu

Website:  www.uwyo.edu/geomuseum

The University of Wyoming Geological Museum in Laramie supports academic programs, scientific research and public education. It is overseen by the Department of Geology and Geophysics in the College of Arts and Sciences. The UW Geological Museum features a variety of displays to illustrate Wyoming’s past environments, highlighted by a 75-foot Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus) skeleton that dominates the museum’s exhibit hall. Another highlight is “Big Al,” a display of the most complete Allosaurus fossil ever found. 

Samuel H. “Doc” Knight, the legendary Wyoming geologist, was an early museum curator. Knight painted one of the museum’s large murals and constructed a campus landmark, the large, copper-plated Tyrannosaurus rex that stands outside the museum.

Anthropology Museum

George C. Frison Building,12th St and Lewis St

Phone: 307-766-5136

Email: anthropology@uwyo.edu

Website:  www.uwyo.edu/anthropology/anthropology-musuem

Visitors will find exhibits throughout three floors of the building. The main first floor gallery follows the “Human Odyssey”, from the evolution of humans in Africa several million years ago to the spread of our species throughout the world, and on to the Late Pleistocene entry into the New World. The Colby Mammoth Site, the Vore Buffalo Jump, and other Wyoming archaeology sites are featured. A part of the gallery is also devoted to a celebration of hunter-gatherer heritage throughout the world (the northern Plains, Alaska, Africa, and others). Other displays featuring archaeological research, bison evolution and world cultural diversity can be found in hallway exhibits on the first and second floor. The fourth floor hallway exhibits award winning Wyoming Archaeology month posters.

Insect Museum and Gallery

Agriculture Building, Room 4018

Phone:  307-766-5338

Email: braconid@uwyo.edu

Website: www.naturalhistorycollections.org

Serving as a research tool for UW students, faculty, and visiting research scientists, utilization of the collection facilitates and documents research, teaching, and outreach in arthropod biology. The University of Wyoming Insect Museum is the only research collection of insects in the state of Wyoming. Present holdings are estimated at more than a million specimens. It is an important regional resource, as well as a collection of national and international significance. Holdings are particularly strong in the major orders Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Coleoptera.

Rocky Mountain Herbarium

Aven Nelson Bldg., 3rd Floor

Phone: 307-766-2236

Website: www.rockymountainherbarium.org

The Rocky Mountain Herbarium is the largest facility of its kind between Saint Louis and the West Coast. Rich in material from throughout US, Canada, and northern Europe, it is the largest collection of Wyoming and Rocky Mountain plants in the world and reflects the region’s biological diversity and evolutionary history. Its mission is to discover and disseminate botanical knowledge, emphasizing the identification, taxonomy and distribution of plant and fungal taxa present in the Rocky Mountain region. It enhances scholarship about, and inform stewardship of, the region’s biodiversity, by making information about Rocky Mountain plant species available to researchers, land managers, students, and interested citizens.

Vertebrate Museum

Berry Center, 10th St and Lewis St.

Phone: 307-766-6240

Email: biodiversity@uwyo.edu

Website: uwymv.wyomingbiodiversity.org

The University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates houses approximately 11,800 specimens in four separate collections: mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and fish. In addition, the museum is home to a growing collection of tissues and anatomical parts (e.g. stomach contents, syrinxes). Most of the historical specimens come from the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. Additional significant historical collections come from the eastern and southern areas of the United States. State of the art facilities in the museum’s new home in the Berry Center have provided the Museum with large amounts of additional collections space, and the museum is currently undergoing rapid expansion in all areas. The most common specimen types are skins and pelts, skeletons, and fluid preserved whole organisms. The bird collection also contains a small collection of eggs and nests, and a growing collection of spread wings. 

Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium

Physical Sciences Bldg.,  Basement Floor

Phone: 307-766-6506

Email: planetarium@uwyo.edu

Website: www.uwyo.edu/physics/planetarium

The Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium offers a variety of public and private shows in its dome-shaped ceiling with projector.  Additoinally, after a show tours of the S.T.A.R rooftop observatory can be arranged by request. The tours will be very informal, stargazing and telescope use will be limited by clouds and weather. The observatory is home to five 8’ Meade telescopes and the 16” LX200 telescope, we also have a Coronado Solar telescope for daytime observing. Fieldtrips for schools are frequent users of the planetarium as well as special events.

Speech and Hearing Clinic

Health Sciences Center, Room 160

Phone: 307-766-6426

Email: shclinic@uwyo.edu

Website: www.uwyo.edu/comdis/uw-speech-and-hearing-clinic

The Clinic is a training center for graduate and undergraduate students in speech-language pathology and audiology under the direct supervision of licensed and ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists (CCC-SLP) and audiologists (CCC-A). The Clinic is open to the public. A sliding fee scale is available for speech services based on financial need and UW student status. The Clinic serves people of all ages and with a variety of communication, cognitive, hearing, and swallowing disorders. These include difficulties due to developmental disabilities, learning disability, stroke, traumatic brain injury, or other injuries and conditions, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Audiology services include hearing screenings, diagnostic evaluations, hearing aid evaluations and dispensing, hearing aid repairs, counseling concerning assistive listening devices, fitting custom earplugs, and auditory brainstem response testing.

The Clinic has four treatment rooms, two sound booths, and a testing room for speciality procedures, such as videonystagmography, auditory brainstem response, and endoscopic assessments. Observation rooms with 1-way windows allow parents and family members, along with supervisors and student observers, to observe treatment sessions without intrusion. The Clinic is equipped with state-of-the art equipment and a comprehensive array of evaluation and intervention materials.The Division of Communication Disorders is an accredited graduate program by the Council of Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA).

Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts

Phone: 307-766-6666

Email: faticket@uwyo.edu

Website: www.uwyo.edu/boxoffice

The Buchanan Center is home to the UW Music Department and Theatre and Dance Department.  It is hosts visiting performers, artists, dancers, and musicians for students, faculty and the public. It hosts a full-service box-office for purchasing tickets to events and

University Police Department

1010 East Ivinson

Phone: 307-766-5179

Email: uwpd@uwyo.edu

Website: www.uwyo.edu/uwpd

The University of Wyoming Police Department is dedicated to providing quality law enforcement services to our community. Our mission is to protect life and property; preserve the peace; prevent crime; and enforce all laws, ordinances, and university regulations in a fair and impartial manner. We respect the rights of all people and are committed to being responsive to the needs of our community. The University of Wyoming Police Department (UWPD) is the principal law enforcement agency serving the University of Wyoming. The UWPD operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and is responsible for law enforcement, public safety, building security, and traffic control within the university. Nested within these traditional law enforcement functions are numerous non-enforcement activities, which include; fingerprinting*, VIN inspections*, lights-out surveys, money escorts, pick-up and storage of lost and found items, as well as other services that benefit the community. The University of Wyoming Police Department works with a variety of departments on campus and within the Laramie community to prepare for a variety of emergencies.

Transportation and Parking (TransPark)

1602 Spring Creek Drive

Phone: 307-766-7845

Email: tps@uwyo.edu

Website: www.uwyo.edu/transportation

Transportation Services supports the University of Wyoming’s education, research and service missions by providing courteous, safe, reliable, accessible, and efficient transportation solutions for students, faculty, staff, visitors and the local community. Students, faculty, and visitors use Transportation Services for managmenet of bussing, parking, and fleet services/rentals. They oversee the SAFERIDE, paratransit, and charter services.

Early Chare and Education Center

250 North 30th St

Phone: 307-766-4816

Email: early-care@uwyo.edu

Website: www.uwyo.edu/ecec

The UW Early Care and Education Center (ECEC) is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to providing high-quality early childhood education for families at the University of Wyoming and the broader Laramie community. Administered by the College of Education, ECEC fosters a nurturing, developmentally appropriate learning environment that supports children’s growth while providing a trusted resource for families. Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), ECEC meets the highest standards for early childhood education, ensuring a safe, engaging, and enriching experience for every child.

Science, Math and Teaching Center

College of Education

Website: www.uwyo.edu/smtc

The Science and Mathematics Teaching Center (SMTC) was established in 1970 and is committed to excellence in science, mathematics and technology education. As part of the Office of Graduate Education in Academic Affairs, the SMTC, in cooperation with the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) and the Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB), serves as a resource and professional development center for the state. The SMTC offers transdisciplinary graduate degree programs with multiple degree concentrations, certification options, and endorsement options. All of the programs emphasize both strong content knowledge and instructional practices. The affiliate faculty for the SMTC is comprised of include faculty from the Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arts and Science, Education, and Engineering and Applied Science, and the Haub School of Environment and Natural Sciences.

The SMTC provides extensive off-campus professional development that serves throughout Wyoming that serves teachers, students, administrators, school districts and communities. SMTC in-service and extension courses, workshops, institutes, and conferences are designed collaboratively to improve science and mathematics teaching in Wyoming.

NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputer Center (Cheyenne)

Phone: 307-766-5353

Email: wrap@uwyo.edu

Website: www.ucar.edu

The NCAR Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) represents a collaboration between NCAR and the University of Wyoming. Through the Wyoming-NCAR Alliance (WNA), 320 million core hours of the Derecho System, is available for Wyoming-led projects in the atmospheric, earth system, geological, anny NSF supported sciences and Science areas of interest to Wyoming. Large allocations are overseen by the WNA Resource Advisory Panel (WRAP) and Large Computation Allocation Panel (LCAP); a University of Wyoming-managed process. 

High Bay Research Facility

Phone: 307-766-3954

Email: mpiri@uwyo.edu

Website: www.coifopm.org

The High Bay Research Facility (HBRF) contains approximately 90,000 square feet of high-bay and traditional laboratory space, and affiliated office and meeting areas. The laboratories enable research that will improve understanding of how to maximize recovery from unconventional oil and gas reservoirs, part of UW’s Tier-1 Engineering Initiative. Research will be conducted in the Center of Innovation for Flow Through Porous Media (COIFPM), the Improved Oil Recovery Laboratory, and the Geomechanical/Petrology Laboratory. A Structures Research Laboratory also is part of the building. The program is designed to streamline access to the center’s state-of-the-art imaging instruments and facilities, ensuring that researchers can maximize the benefits of these advanced technologies. Imaging instruments available for use, include the ETEM, FIB-SEM, QEMSCAN, X-ray medical CT scanner and Micro-CT systems.

Marion H. Rochelle Gateway Center

222 South 22nd Street

Phone: 307-766-6300

Email: foundation@uwyo.edu

Website: www.uwyo.edu/foundation/fateway-center

The Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center is the University of Wyoming’s front door. It is a dramatic welcoming center with a state-of-the-art technological infrastructure that was funded entirely through private support. It is home for students past, present, and future. It is a place for prospective students and families to enter the university, for gatherings of current students, for alumni to arrive and celebrate the history and traditions of their alma mater, for friends to participate in the university’s programs, and for corporations and organizations to interview and recruit UW students. It also serves Wyoming’s donors, athletic fans, supporters, friends, and the general public.

The center can meet the needs of almost any size or type of event. The spaces within the building are technologically savvy, flexible, and aesthetically one-of-a-kind, and there are two plazas ideal for outside events.These spaces can be used for intimate lunches or for a banquet of 600 in the ballroom and spilling out onto the outdoor plazas. They can be used for tailgating, weddings, speeches, reunions, conferences, or just a meeting place for friends traveling into town.  There is free Wi-Fi and a 30-screen digital wall showing video content of Wyoming and its university.

Cliff and Martha Hansen Teaching Arena

4600 Hwy 230

Phone: 307-766-2224

Email: animalscience@uwyo.edu

The 47,500 square feet Cliff and Martha Hansen Teaching Arena was dedicated for use for numerous activities including livestock laboratories, judging contests, and equestrian practice and competition. In addition, the rodeo team practices in this facility and the NIRA sanctioned Laramie River Rendezvous rodeo is held here in the spring.