Lindsay Linton Buk has worked as a professional artist since 2008, though she has always been exposed to the arts. A native of Powell, she was classically trained in ballet, jazz, and modern dance. After earning her bachelor's degree in History, with a minor in Geography, from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, Buk graduated from the Photographic Communications program at Northwest College where she received accolades for her photographic work, including “Best in Show” and “Best Portrait” at the annual student showcases. Lindsay has worked professionally as an artist while also building her business as a photographer in Wyoming and beyond.

Lindsay’s work is described as “art with an impact." Her flagship work, "Women in Wyoming," celebrates the achievements, power and learned wisdom of Wyoming women today and uses art and media as tools to empower women and girls in Wyoming and beyond. The project has reached statewide to international audiences through the various media platforms (website, social media, and podcast), and a traveling exhibit. The exhibit has presented at several galleries across Wyoming as well as the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Fotonostrum gallery in Barcelona, Spain. Audiences feel the strength, spirit and power of Wyoming women up close and personal via large-scale portraits, an immersive audio soundscape and interactive storytelling components. Moreover, Lindsay cultivates curiosity through uplifting messaging and visuals to generate awareness for current issues facing Wyoming women.

Lindsay is a founding committee member of The Wyoming Committee for the National Museum for Women in the Arts and currently serves as a board member for the Wyoming Women’s Foundation. Additionally, Lindsay has remained connected to Northwest College after graduation by serving as both a final portfolio reviewer for the capstone Professional Portfolio II final presentations in 2020, and as a juror for the annual juried photography student show in the Northwest Gallery in 2019.

Lindsay and her husband, Dane, live in Jackson, Wyoming with their two young boys.

A 1976 graduate of Northwest College, Candy Moulton has written 17 Western history books, co-edited a collection of short fiction and a two-volume encyclopedia, and written and produced several documentary films. She won a Spur Award from Western Writers of America in 2006 for her biography, Chief Joseph: Guardian of the People; another Spur in 2010 for “In Pursuit of a Dream”, the documentary film she wrote and produced with Boston Productions Inc. (BPI) for the Oregon-California Trails Association; and a third Spur in 2023 for her documentary film “The Battle of Red Buttes.”

Moulton began writing for the Saratoga Sun in Saratoga, Wyoming, when she was in high school, which led her to study journalism at Northwest College and the University of Wyoming. While attending college, she edited the Northwest Trail and was News Editor for the UW Branding Iron. She edited the Saratoga Sun for five years and served for 17 years as the editor of the Western Writers of America Roundup Magazine.

Currently Moulton is the Executive Director of the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame and an Executive Producer for BPI. In 2022 she retired from her position as Executive Director of Western Writers of America. She lives near Encampment and is married to Steve Moulton, a 1975 NWCC graduate. They have two children and two granddaughters.

After Sarah Anderson graduated from NWC in 1989, she went on to Black Hills State University where she earned a bachelor's in elementary and special education. She also has a master's degree in teaching and instruction, as well as additional credit hours in various areas of education.  

Sarah taught for two years in Worland as a special education teacher, 12 years in Ten Sleep as a first and second multiage teacher, and two years in Worland as a special education case manager. She created and owns a company that provides an electronic forms system that runs on the Sales Force platform; it is used by school districts to write educational programs for disabled students. The forms meet all state requirements and help track student Individual Education Programs (IEPs). Her program, which is called SPED Advantage, is used by most school districts in Wyoming and South Dakota.

Sarah currently dedicates her time to training and supporting special education teachers and administrators through her software company. She also serves as treasurer on the Washakie County School Board.  

She resides in Ten Sleep with her husband, Aaron '89, on the family ranch where they raise Rambouillet sheep and Red Angus cattle. They have three beautiful daughters and two granddaughters.

After graduating from Northwest College in 1973, Curtis Clabaugh transferred to the University of Wyoming where he obtained a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering. He began his professional work as a construction engineer with the Wyoming Department of Transportation. Promoted through various positions over his 42-year career, Clabaugh culminated his time at WYDOT as manager of the Photogrammetry and Surveys Section.  

Curtis was among the first group nationally to be licensed as a professional photogrammetric surveyor, allowing Wyoming to become the first transportation department to fully implement digital surveying and mapping processes. Mr. Clabaugh also provided training and technical support to numerous other states.

Professionally, Mr. Clabaugh reached distinction as a member of the National Science Foundation Transportation Research Board and was granted emeritus status in 2017. Following formal retirement, Clabaugh is affiliated as a consulting engineer for ESP Associates in Cheyenne. He continues to study, lecture and write articles about evolving technologies.

Curtis also served his community as a member of the Weston County Planning and Zoning Board, the Weston County and Newcastle Recreation Board, a little league baseball coach, the Lions Club, and Cheyenne Engineers Club.

After graduating from Northwest College in 1961, Clay Cummins headed to the University of Denver where he earned a degree in business administration. A draft notice summoned him to the U.S. Army, launching a military career that would span 25 years. A retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, Cummins served in administrative roles behind combat lines during both the Vietnam and Korean wars. He completed his final oversees duty in Germany before being reassigned to Washington, D.C., in 1983 to serve his last five years in the Pentagon.

After retiring from military service and moving back to Montana, Clay has dedicated himself to giving back to Northwest College. He has dedicated countless hours serving on the NWC Alumni Association Board of Directors since 1999 and the NWC Foundation Board since 2004.