NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Media Contact: Tammi Hanshaw (307) 268-3756 tammi@uwyo.edu
July 1, 2016
UW-CASPER STUDENTS THANK DONORS AT LUNCHEON
Eight students from the University of Wyoming at Casper (UW-Casper) showed their
appreciation for a generous scholarship at a recent luncheon. As recipients of Myra Fox
Skelton Foundation scholarships, the students expressed their gratitude to the Foundation
for allowing them to pursue their education while participating in their children’s lives
and serving their community.
Skelton scholarships are awarded annually to single parents who achieve academic
success at UW-Casper, and participate in community service activities. The monthly
awards allowed students to reduce workloads, giving them time to study and spend with
their children.
During the luncheon, students stood to describe how the scholarship helped them to
continue their education. Through tears of gratitude, they told how they could watch their
children grow, and support their children’s needs while seeking a degree to make a better
life.
Myra Fox Skelton, the benefactor of the funds, dedicated her life to church, education,
and charity. She was elected superintendent of schools in Hot Springs County at age 23 –
the youngest person to ever hold that office in Wyoming. Upon her death in 1986,
Skelton’s estate was entrusted to the Foundation for annual distribution toward the causes
to which she felt endeared.
The 2015-2016 Myra Fox Skelton scholars are social work majors Leslie Brainard,
Amanda Kloeppel, Laurel Linton, and Jubillee Pierce; psychology major Yvonee
Freemole; technical education major Melissa Heck; secondary science education, biology
major Lauren Huntington; and English major Shannon Taylor.
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