2010 Presidential Leadership Award

Outside The Classroom would like to honor Dr. Tom Buchanan, President of the University of Wyoming, recipient of the 2010 Presidential Leadership Award.

Among the most profound responsibilities of a college or university president is to help create a safe environment in which students can develop their intellectual potential. The Presidential Leadership Award recognizes one such president for his or her success in promoting a vibrant intellectual and social climate that deemphasizes the role of alcohol.

President Buchanan came into the University of Wyoming presidency committed to the values of alcohol abuse prevention previously established, and has enhanced this commitment and encouraged further growth. President Buchanan has communicated a collective sense of responsibility regarding this issue so that a single office or individual does not "own" the task of preventing alcohol abuse. Rather, he has fostered a spirit of initiative and cross-campus collaboration, and ultimately a sense of "we" around this important issue on university campuses. It has only been recently, under UW President Tom Buchanan's leadership, that UW has seen significant improvements in college student drinking. read the application