This resource page is an ongoing effort to provide access to useful educational opportunities in Wyoming.
NWC Online Teaching Toolbox – This LibGuide on the Northwest College Hinkley Library Website serves as an ever-growing repository of useful information on online teaching and learning that has been compiled by faculty and staff at NWC.
Canvas learning management system is in use at:
Northwest College and Casper College use the Moodle learning management system.
With the advent of the Wyoming Innovations in Learning conference, WyDEC has changed its award to recognize outstanding, innovative faculty from each of the member colleges. This award recognizes exemplary educators who demonstrate a commitment to education by bringing innovative learning experiences to their students. They embed innovation in their instructional practice to create a collaborative, student-centered, and active learning experience, thereby demonstrating connectedness with students and their learning.
Below is a partial list of award winners from the past.
For several years, WyDEC presented Master Distance Educator Awards to outstanding faculty from each of the member colleges. Criteria for this award include:
Below is a partial list of award winners from the past.
The Wyoming Distance Education Consortium (WyDEC) is a standing advisory committee for the council of Academic Vice Presidents of the Wyoming Community College Commission and is made up of representatives from all seven Wyoming community colleges and the University of Wyoming. It was formed to foster cooperation and coordination of distance education opportunities among the seven community colleges, the University of Wyoming and Wyoming Public Television. WyDEC also endeavors to benefit the citizens of Wyoming by coordinating distance education opportunities which are cost-effective and innovative.
The Mission of the Wyoming Distance Education Consortium is to coordinate the delivery of quality programs and courses as well as quality student services and instructional support to all our students (potential and enrolled), regardless of geographic or temporal limitations.
The Wyoming Distance Education Consortium members will cooperate to increase the number and quality of distance class and degree offerings and student services to each of their student bodies such that a student admitted to any of the member colleges will be able to complete their educational goals (within the legal parameters of the members) in a timely manner regardless of geographic or temporal limitations.
To that end, the Academic Advisor Council has charged the Wyoming Distance Education Consortium with the following goals:
The WyDEC logo was developed by a student from Western Wyoming Community College. It was adopted by the Wyoming Distance Education Consortium due to the symbolism of the eight “rays”—representing the seven community colleges and the University of Wyoming—and because the color scheme was neutral to all member institutions.
Educational institutions offering distance education classes or programs are required by federal regulations [Chapter 34, § 600.9(c)], to “meet any State requirements for it to be legally offering distance or correspondence education in that State.” As an approved NC-SARA institution, colleges are able to legally offer distance learning in all NC-SARA member states. Please follow this link for more information about SARA and to view the current list of states and U.S. territories participating in SARA. The University of Wyoming and the community colleges are working to obtain either exemption or authorization from the fifty states.
If you are not an on-campus student for these educational institutions and plan on enrolling in distance classes offered by one or more of them, please see the table below to verify that your state has either authorized or exempted the institution to offer such classes or programs to you as a resident of that state.
| State | CC | CWC | EWC | LCCC | NWC | NWCCD | UW | WWCC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | A | A | A | |||||
| District of Columbia | ||||||||
| Puerto Rico | ||||||||
| U.S. Virgin Islands | ||||||||
| All other states and US Territories: SARA | ||||||||
* Due to the high cost of obtaining authorization in some states, some institutions may decide to NOT seek authorization in that state. Prospective students living in those states should consult directly with the institution regarding possible enrollment.
All colleges in Wyoming are accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges & Schools
The Higher Learning Commission
230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500
Chicago, IL 60604
800-621-7440 or 312-263-0456
Each college is also accredited by agencies particular to their own degree programs. Please see the listings below.
Please follow this link for Casper College’s Accreditations list: College and Specialized Accreditations
American Veterinary Medical Association
1931 N. Meacham Road, Suite 100
Schaumburg, IL 60173-4360
847-925-8070
American Welding Society
550 NW LeJeune Road
Miami, FL 33126
800-443-9353
Please follow this link for Laramie County Community College’s Accreditations list: https://www.lccc.wy.edu/about/accreditation/index.aspx
Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
230 South LaSalle St, Suite 7-500
Chicago, IL 60604-1411
800-621-7440
Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
777 S Harbour St, Suite 750
Tampa Bay, FL 33602
813-769-6500
ABET (Formerly known as Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology)
415 N Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-347-7700
Accreditation Assoc. for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC)
5250 Old Orchard Rd, Suite 200
Skokie, IL 60077
847-853-6070
Accreditation Council for Nutrition & Dietetics (ACEND)
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2190
Chicago, IL 60606-6995
800-877-1600, Ext. 5400
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
401 N Michigan Ave, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60611
312-755-5000
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
190 S LaSalle St, Suite 2850
Chicago, IL 60603-3499
312-664-3575
American Association of Veterinary Lab Diagnosticians (AAVLD)
PO Box 6396
Visalia, CA 93290
559-781-8900
American Bar Association
321 N Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60654
800-285-2221
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1155 Sixteenth St, NW
Washington DC 20036
800-333-9511
American Psychological Association (APA)
750 First St. NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
800-374-2721
TDD/TTY: 202-336-6123
Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
1140 19th St NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036-4242
202-223-0077
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
655 K St. NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20001
202-877-6791
Computer Science Accreditation Commission (CSAB, )
417 Terrace Way
Towson, MD 21204
410-339-5456
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
500 Montgomery St, Suite 350
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-535-5990
Council for Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA)
2200 Research Blvd, #310
Rockville, MD 20850
800-498-2071
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
333 John Carlyle Street, Suite 400
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-683-8080
National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190-5248
703-437-0700
National Association for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE)
No mailing address or phone number available
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
1140 19th Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
202-223-0077
Society for Range Management (SRM)
8918 W 21st Street N, Suite 200, #286
Wichita, KS 67205
303-986-3309
Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB)
1920 Thomes Ave., Suite 100
Cheyenne, WY 82002
307-777-7291
National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation
101 Blue Seal Drive, S.E. Suite 101
Leesburg, VA 20175
703-669-6650
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
404-975-5000
Western Wyoming Community College currently has distance programs in these fields:
Visit Western’s Online Degree & Certificates for more information.
The University of Wyoming Outreach School’s Division of Outreach Credit Programs delivers university learning opportunities, in partnership with the university’s colleges and departments, to students across the nation through audio, video, and web conferencing technologies, as well as on the web through the Online UW program.
Students can achieve undergraduate and graduate degrees, certificates, or endorsements in more than 30 area of studies, including the new
Bachelor of Applied Science.
Explore all your degree opportunities with the University of Wyoming
Northwest College currently offers 4 degrees which are available to be completed online:
Additionally, NWC has a new online degree offering, the Bachelor of Applied Science in Professional Studies, beginning in Fall 2021.
To learn more about any of these programs, click on the links above or contact our Admissions Department for more information.