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UW Provides Students With Outdoor Rec & Tourism Management Degree
Wyoming Public Media Reports On The University of Wyoming Launching A Degree For Those In The Outdoor Industry This Fall, Highlighting Entrepreneurial Skills.
It's been announced that the University of Wyoming will be launching an Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Management degree this fall. It’s been a three-year effort, but those in the industry have wanted the degree for almost 20 years. Tourism and recreation is the second leading industry in the state, so it was crazy to many that the state’s only four-year University wasn’t interested in helping the industry develop young people who could potentially work the wide range of jobs that the state has to offer.
According to writer for Wyoming Public Media, Bob Beck: "Director of the Wyoming Office of Tourism Diane Shober notes that there are jobs in the outdoor hospitality industry available, like at ski areas, museums, and state parks." And that’s just to name a few. The Haub School’s Doug Wachob did the early legwork and held groups with business leaders. He was pleasantly surprised at the list of skills they asked for. “Communication skills, critical thinking skills, teamwork skills, the ability to work in digital environments, things like that. They listed those out first and then they began to talk about things like I need a marketing person, or I need someone with accounting skills, or I need guides” The other thing the advisory group pushed was developing people with entrepreneurial skills.
For the full article by Bob Beck, click here.