Mike Olson has been a full-time ceramics instructor at Casper College since August 23, 2005, and currently also serves as the department chair for the visual arts department. Little did he know when he first started classes at CC that he would wind up returning to Casper, Wyoming, to teach and raise a family.
After 26 years of continuous service, Charlotte (Bennett) Babcock (AA, ’49) attended her last Casper College Alumni Board meeting as a member on October 15, 2016. Had it not been for true love, however, Charlotte likely wouldn’t have even been a Casper College alumnus, let alone a board member.
“If it wouldn’t have been for my experiences, professors, and friends that inspired me along the way at Casper College, I wouldn’t be the person that I am today,” says Chris Hoffman Coats (’83).
Laurel Schulze Burke (AS ’83)
Laurel Schulze Burke (AS ’83) came to Casper College following graduation from Campbell County High School. At Casper College she received her associate in biology then attended Central Missouri State University where she received her bachelor’s in biology and earth sciences.
Why a new curriculum, let alone a revolutionary statewide plan?
From Casper to Russia to Pennsylvania, students take advantage of Casper College’s online courses.
As I stood in a concoction of melt-off grime sourced by an aging snowbank from across the parking lot, a pair of stark realizations hit me. The first revolved around the idea of not being too thrilled about sending out a search party of one to recover a set of acrobatic car keys. The second was that winter’s welcome had worn thin.
“It was a pivotal moment in my life when I was offered a rodeo scholarship to Casper College,” says Dan Cheney (AS, AAS, ’87), vice-president and chief operating officer for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Rob Hill came to Casper when his wife, Jackie, got a teaching job teaching. He’d been working in the construction business. Upon arriving in Casper Jackie suggested that he look into the idea of becoming an educator.
In high school, Terry and Jerry Dunn were asked to wear colorful rubber bands around their wrists so the coach could tell them apart in practice. This need for individuality increases the irony that both brothers eventually gained fame in the same profession: as basketball coaches.