§ 21-17-204 — Additional powers and duties; sectarian or partisan instruction or test prohibited

(a) The board of trustees shall prescribe rules for the
government of the university and all its branches, elect the
requisite officers, professors, instructors and employees, a
director of finance and budget and a superintendent of buildings
and grounds, any of whom may be removed for cause, and fix the
salary and term of office of each. The board of trustees shall
prescribe the studies to be pursued and the textbooks to be
used, and determine the qualifications of applicants for
admission to the various courses of study. No instruction
either sectarian in religion or partisan in politics shall ever
be allowed in any department of the university, and no sectarian
or partisan test shall ever be exercised or allowed in the
appointment of trustees or in the election or removal of
professors, teachers or other officers of the university or in
the admission of students thereto, or for any purpose
whatsoever. The board of trustees may:
(i) Confer such degrees and grant such diplomas as
are usual in universities or as they deem appropriate;
(ii) Through bylaws confer upon the faculty the power
to suspend or expel students for causes therein prescribed;
(iii) Possess and use for the benefit of the
institution all property of the university;
(iv) Hold, manage, lease or dispose of, according to
law, any real or personal estate as is conducive to the welfare
of the institution;
(v) Expend the income placed under their control from
whatever source derived, and exercise all other functions
properly belonging to such a board and necessary to the
prosperity of the university and all its departments.
(b) The board of trustees shall adopt university
regulations consistent with the requirements of W.S. 9-2-3006
for capital construction projects let by the University of
Wyoming.
(c) The board of trustees shall procure the professional
services of architects, engineers and surveyors in accordance
with W.S. 9-23-105(f) through (h) and 9-23-106(g).