Matthew Wayne Shepard was a gay American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe head injuries received during the attack.
Matthew Shepard
President Barack Obama greets Louvon Harris, left, Betty Byrd Boatner, right, both sisters of James Byrd, Jr., and Judy Shepard at a 2009 reception commemorating the enactment of the legislation
The University of Wyoming (UW) is a public land-grant research university in Laramie, Wyoming. It was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, and opened in September 1887. The University of Wyoming's location in the state is written into the state's constitution. The university also offers outreach education in communities throughout Wyoming and online.
Old Main pictured in 1908
Panorama of Prexy's Pasture at the University of Wyoming
The west entrance of Wyoming Union
The main entrance to Coe Library