Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the sharp decline in the mineral industry, economic hardship has hit many families in the Sheridan area. Many residents have been forced to tighten their belts as personal finances suffer.
The University of Wyoming Extension is offering a free, five-session online class to learn about personal finances. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays Feb. 9, through March 9, taking place over the noon hour.
“Participants can attend any of the classes, but they’ll get the most from attending all of them,” Extension Personal Finance Management Specialist Cole Ehmke said.
The classes will cover financial basics, managing money, investing, insuring success: retirement and insurance, and life events.
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December 21, 2020
Jennifer Thompson
Developing Facebook Live shows and other innovative methods for University of Wyoming Extension to deliver resource information to small-acreage owners in the face of COVID-19 has led to the originator receiving extension’s Creative Excellence Award.
Jennifer Thompson, small acreage outreach coordinator for UW Extension, organized the digital delivery effort earlier this year when COVID-19 halted all UW Extension in-person events across Wyoming.
Thirty-five shows were aired April to September as part of the Barnyards and Backyards small acreage project in Wyoming. The project’s goal is to provide Wyoming landowners with the information and resources they need through workshops, its www.uwyo.edu/barnbackyard website and the Barnyards & Backyards quarterly magazine to sustainably manage their land.