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April 28, 2017




Anthony Farmer



Excellence as a University of Wyoming honors student, service as a volunteer and key leadership roles have resulted in the selection of Anthony Farmer, of Cheyenne, for the 2017 Tobin Memorial Award as UW's outstanding graduating man.
The annual award is based on academic excellence and achievement, service to the university, participation and leadership in the community and campus activities, and citizenship qualities.
Sarah Maze, of Ranchester, is this year’s Rosemarie Martha Spitaleri Award recipient as UW's outstanding graduating woman.
Farmer, the son of Rachel Martinez and Brian Farmer, will graduate May 13 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a Bachelor of Science in economics, with a minor in the Honors Program. He will work toward his master’s degree next fall.
Farmer says his studies have always been an integral part of his life.
“While studying at the University of Wyoming, I have always pushed myself to strive for excellence and to direct all of my actions toward building a skill set I can use to make a positive impact on the world,” he says. “I hope to one day work in the public sector, crafting policy that will contribute to the elimination of institutional poverty. Throughout my college career, I have demonstrated my commitment to the core values of scholarship, leadership and service.”
One of his political science professors says Farmer is an intellectually gifted individual who is dedicated to his studies.
“He is, in fact, in the top five students that I have ever taught in my previous nine years of teaching. Anthony is one of the most intellectually gifted students that I have ever had the pleasure of teaching, demonstrating an understanding and mastery of the course material well above what would be expected of an undergraduate student,” says Associate Professor Andrew Garner. “He is, put simply, a natural academic ...

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