LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Faculty members at the University of Wyoming are calling for more diversity on the school’s board of trustees.
The Laramie Boomerang (https://bit.ly/2nxPmks ) reports that the university’s Faculty Senate unanimously passed a resolution last week asking Gov. Matt Mead to recognize the need for more diversity on the board. In 2014, it passed a measure calling for parity of men and women on the board.
Faculty Senate Secretary Donal O’Toole says there are only two women on the 12-member board.
Mead recently declined to reappoint Democrat Mike Massie and named four men - three Republicans and one independent - to the board.
The next trustees aren’t scheduled to be appointed until after he leaves office but political science professor Maggi Murdock says the faculty still wanted to make a statement on the issue.
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Information from: Laramie Boomerang, https://www.laramieboomerang.com
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