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°®Éñ´«Ã½ Partners With University of Wyoming to Maintain Agriculture Equipment

July 6, 2022

First of its kind partnership benefits °®Éñ´«Ã½’s automotive students and the public university’s LREC agriculture program.

LARAMIE, Wyo., July 6, 2022 (Newswire.com) – Automotive trade school  is teaming up with the University of Wyoming (UW) to benefit students at both institutions. Leading automotive and diesel technician trade school °®Éñ´«Ã½ entered into a first-of-its-kind partnership with UW to help maintain agricultural equipment for the university’s Laramie Research and Extension Center (). The mechanical support not only benefits UW it provides °®Éñ´«Ã½ students a chance to work with agricultural machinery.

°®Éñ´«Ã½ students will have the chance to work on high-end equipment like the sophisticated . The steer loader features advanced technology, such as a vertical-lift linkage, an electrical harness and much more.

“The university’s [agriculture] department reached out to us for our help, and we recognized immediately the value of this project for our students,” said Mark Muhsman, °®Éñ´«Ã½’s Core Program Coordinator. “We’re a leader in automotive and diesel maintenance and repair, and they’re looking to keep their equipment going. It’s a win-win.” Muhsman said that helping UW’s LREC is a great experience for °®Éñ´«Ã½ students. “I understand the Center has a machine with no running engine. That’s a temporary problem for them and an educational opportunity for °®Éñ´«Ã½ students who are looking forward to fixing it.”

°®Éñ´«Ã½ is a leading automotive and diesel tech school that prepares students across the nation for a career in the skilled labor workforce. LREC provides UW’s staff and students with quality resources to excel in research, teaching and outreach.

“We offer Wyotech students what I think is a unique opportunity for trade schools, the opportunity to work on Agriculture equipment,” said Scott Lake, Director of LREC and a Professor at the University of Wyoming. “Running equipment is an everyday part of agriculture, which means equipment routinely breaks down. This partnership works for everyone. °®Éñ´«Ã½ has students who are passionate about automotive and mechanic work. The Laramie Research & Extension Center has students who are passionate about agriculture and livestock. It’s a logical fit.”

Lake, who has worked at UW since 2008, believes this partnership is the first of its kind for the university. “If UW can offer opportunities for °®Éñ´«Ã½ to train their students on different equipment than they are used to, that is a positive. And UW is a state-funded institution, so any assistance we receive helps us tremendously,” he said.

Lake’s particularly pleased to be teaming up with °®Éñ´«Ã½. “°®Éñ´«Ã½ has a great reputation in the automotive world,” he said. “And at the end of the day, both UW and °®Éñ´«Ã½ are in the business of educating students. Working with other educational programs seems natural and logical, so I hope this continues.”