Enrich Wyoming
Western Wyoming Community College welcomes you to participate in their non-credit course program Enrich Wyoming – Cultivate your passion.
Enrich Wyoming focuses on three categories: Personal Enrichment, Personal Development, and Senior Citizens. These categories and courses were chosen to help fill a gap in community needs. Many of the new classes will work in tandem with the College’s credit programs.
Enrich Wyoming - Western's non-credit program will no longer be accepting Senior Waivers. All participants will be responsible to pay the full course fee.
These courses are tentative for the Summer and Fall 2024 Semester. Details and courses below may change.
PERSONAL ENRICHMENT CLASSES - FALL OF 24
Date: Saturday, 10/26/2024
Time: 9:00am-11:00am
Location: Western's Rock Springs Campus, Activity RM 1662
Registration Fee: $25
Course #: 24/FA NCPEA 125 R1
Instructor: Sue Arambel
Course Description: Join us for an introduction to Qigong workshop this fall! Qigong is an ancient wellness practice that cultivates, circulates and utilizes your energy or life force for overall health benefits. Slow, gentle movement, breathwork,
alignment and focus are all incorporated to increase balance, strength and flexibility in both the mind and body. Qigong is a practice for anyone. This class will be done standing or sitting in a chair – no floor work.
*Not accepting anymore fall registrations at this time.
Date: Saturday, 12/07/2024
Time: 9:00am-12:30pm
Location: Western's Green River Center, RM 211
Registration Fee: $50
Course #: 24/FA NCHOE 101 G1
Instructor: Ainhoa Ferrer
Course Description:
In this class, students will learn basic decorating techniques, including how to decorate
cupcakes: preparing an icing bag with coupler and a tip, filling a bag with frosting,
and decorating cupcakes. Students will also learn how to decorate cakes: torte, fill,
and frost a cake, piping borders on a cake, and using different edible mediums to
add details to finish off cakes.
*Please note all supplies and tools are included in the cost. Students will not keep the tools at the end of the course, but will get to bring home an amazing creation!
Date: Monday, 11/04/2024
Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm
Location: ZOOM (online)
Registration Fee: $49
Course #: NCMUS 103 NT
Instructor: Craig Coffman
Course Description: In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment. Learn to play piano the way professionals do-using chords. The chord method is LOTS of fun and dramatically easier to learn than reading notes. Fee includes the online book, online follow up lessons, a recording of the class and also an optional periodic question and answer session. Class is held online using zoom and is partly hands on instruction and partly lecture demonstration. For ages 13+
Date: Wednesday, 11/06/2024
Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm
Location: ZOOM (online)
Registration Fee: $49
Course #: NCMUS 102 NT
Instructor: Craig Coffman
Course Description: In just a few hours you can learn enough about playing the guitar to give you years of musical enjoyment, and you won’t have to take private lessons to do it. This crash course will teach you some basic chords and get you playing along with your favorite songs right away. Fee includes the online book, online follow up lessons, a recording of the class and also an optional periodic question and answer session. Class is held online using zoom and is partly hands on instruction and partly lecture/demonstration. For ages 13+.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CLASSES - FALL OF 24
Date: Saturday,11/16/2024
Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Western's Rock Springs Campus, RM 1003
Registration Fee: $25
Course #: 24/FA NCOTH 502 R1
Instructor: Carolyn Durga
Course Description:
Are you dreaming about, or want to plan, a visit to the Serengeti, or are just curious?
You will find this session full of ideas from someone who has traveled to East Africa
and visited Tanzanian locations including the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Ruaha
National Park, and Zanzibar, multiple times. You will learn about flights to Tanzania,
options for guided group or private tours, food, culture and current costs. In addition
to Tanzanian travel, the instructor has hiked to see mountain gorillas in Rwanda and
chimpanzees in Uganda and can describe those options. The course will include lists
of resources, personally vetted contacts, and photos of all levels of travel from
tent camps to luxurious lodges.
SENIOR CLASSES - FALL OF 24
Date(s): Thursday's, 10/03/2024 - 12/12/2024
Time: 2:30pm-3:15pm
Location: RS Campus, Activity RM 1662
Registration Fee: $25
Course #: 24/FA NCHLT 900 R2
Instructor: Tamara Washington
Course Description: This course is designed to improve balance, agility, mobility, and power in older adults while having fun!
Date: Monday's & Wednesday's, 09/30/2024 - 12/11/2024
Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Location: Western's Rock Springs Campus, Activity RM 1662
Registration Fee: $45
Course #: 24/FA NCSOC 102 R1
Instructor: Tamara Washington
Course Description:
This course is designed to keep our ability to stay active and strong through retirement.
Continuing to do the things you love like sports, playing with grandkids, and feeling
strong while doing so!