Eastern Wyoming College faced with $1.5M in cuts

Posted 7/2/20

TORRINGTON (WNE) — Eastern Wyoming College has been ordered to slash expenses by almost $1.5 million over the next two years.

How that’s going to happen is still somewhat up in the …

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Eastern Wyoming College faced with $1.5M in cuts

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TORRINGTON (WNE) — Eastern Wyoming College has been ordered to slash expenses by almost $1.5 million over the next two years.

How that’s going to happen is still somewhat up in the air, as the EWC Board of Trustees met in executive session June 24 to mull its options.

EWC President Lesley Travers said she presented trustees with three options — none of them ideal — as part of a two-year plan that would cut spending by the 20% hinted at by Gov. Mark Gordon and state officials.

The breakdown of the tentative plan, which EWC Trustees have yet to approve, is in two phases, she said.

The first phase, the 2020-21 academic year, would not lead to cuts to staff or programs. It does, however, call for some vacant positions remaining unfilled.

Cuts in staffing would come during the 2021-22 academic year, if needed, Travers said. Not sharing all the details of possible cuts, she said they could lead to the loss of five, 12 or as many as 14 positions at the college, depending on which option trustees choose.

Gillette College and Sheridan College are planning to eliminate nearly all of their sports programs to cut costs, but doing away with EWC’s Lancer sports programs is currently not in the cards, Travers said.

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