My formation at Wyoming Catholic College allowed me to be a versatile teacher. My intimate knowledge of the Socratic seminar method and familiarity with multiple disciplines was invaluable. And my leadership training from the College’s Outdoor Leadership Program strengthened my ability to build effective teams and to accomplish the many administrative tasks that go along with running a high school.

My interest in Wyoming Catholic stemmed from my experience of visiting the campus. I was stuck by how alive everyone was. There was space, simultaneously, for both rigorous study and spontaneous adventure. The two seemed to flow together without damaging the experience of either one. Students could devote themselves entirely to their studies while, paradoxically, finding time to rock climb at dawn. I loved that we didn’t have to choose between living an intellectual life and living an adventurous life. We traversed rivers, climbed mountains, and slept in remote canyons all the while discussing literature, reciting poetry, and singing hymns in polyphony.

There was room for everything that mattered, and nothing else.

The smallness, remoteness, and ‘weirdness’ of the College was exactly the cure I needed to break out of the autopilot that ‘normal’ life puts you into. Yes, Wyoming Catholic is small, but it can therefore give you a formation that is personal. It’s remote, but Christ prayed in the desert. It’s weird, but only because it’s different from the culture of mere subsistence. Wyoming Catholic College’s value isn’t diminished by being these things; it is valuable because of these things. I would not be where I am today without this education.