CNA: Wyoming Catholic College finishes its first year

In a post from CNA dated June 6th, Wyoming Catholic College finished its first year as an institution:

The students, who finished their final exams on Thursday, have taken Latin immersion classes and read some of the masterpieces of Western literature. They have also learned leadership and survival skills and horsemanship on wilderness trips made to observe nature, which college officials call “God’s first book,” according to the Casper Star Tribune.

All incoming students participated in a National Outdoor Leadership School program before the start of the academic year. The students were broken into small groups to spend three weeks in the wilderness with a NOLS instructor and a priest from the college. Amid the hiking, camping, fishing, and rock climbing, they laid a foundation for a close community.

"It was hard, it was challenging, and it was survival," said Kate Harrison, a student from Kansas City. "I think the NOLS experience bonded everybody."

"The college's... motto is 'Wisdom in God's Country.'"