WyoTech seeks nominees for new alumni hall of fame
LARAMIE (WNE) — WyoTech, an automotive, diesel, and collision trade school in Laramie, is seeking nominees for its newly established WyoTech Hall of Fame.
The WyoTech Hall of Fame will feature inductees who have significantly impacted their fields, including successful business owners, industry innovators, and standout technicians, according to a news release from the technical school.
Hall of Fame inductees will be honored at a ceremony at the WyoTech Laramie campus on June 2 and will continue into June 3 in conjunction with the school’s annual car show.
Candidates can be nominated at: WyoTech.edu/HOF. March 1 is the deadline for submitting entries.
Six members will be inducted into the first hall of fame class, whose names will be announced in April. Inductees will be chosen by a committee of academics, staff and administration, Ashley Chitwood, vice president of marketing for WyoTech, explained.
To be eligible for the WyoTech Hall of Fame, nominees must be a graduate of any WyoTech campus. Nominees must be established in their career, with at least five years of work post-graduation.
““They have to have been in the career for at least five years, in the industry. It doesn’t matter if they are business owners, inventors, shop owners, a part maker; anyone who took their skills from their training at WyoTech and are doing great things,” said Chitwood.
Inductees will have made a personal impact, she said.
“They may have the only automotive shop in a town in Nebraska, keeping automobiles going; or someone who spent the last 10 years of their life keeping farm equipment going in Kansas, and that’s their business," Chitwood said. "They’re making a big impact with what they’re doing.”
This story was published on Feb. 25, 2023.