Enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year is now open at Wyoming Virtual Academy , an online tuition-free public school for K-12 students.
WYVA is an online, tuition-free school in the Niobrara.
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Matt Liu promotes critical thinking and dialogue through Wyoming debate
Matt Liu promotes critical thinking and dialogue through Wyoming debate
Matt Liu, Director of the UW Forensics, wants to promote informed dialogue and discussion through extracurricular debate.
“Informed citizenry is the bedrock of democracy and dialogue and deliberation are skills that need to be learned and practiced,” Liu said. “Debate is the training ground to do that.”
Liu received an undergrad degree in Communication from Liberty University and a Master’s from Wake Forest. Before coming to Wyoming, he was working at the University of Minnesota to receive his PhD.
LARAMIE The University of Wyoming (UW) is offering a program called Team Wyoming, in which high school students across the Mountain West can receive free supplemental debate coaching.
Students who sign up for the program are given the opportunity to work with UW Director of Debate Matt Liu, UW assistant coach Lawrence Zhou, and other Team Wyoming coaches from UW.
Liu said this is the first year Team Wyoming is being offered, but they are hoping to expand the program so more students within Wyoming can receive the coaching, as well as kids in surrounding states.
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