UW President to Host Luncheon, Conversation with BoodleBox Founder, CEO

France Hoang, founder and CEO of BoodleBox, the University of Wyoming's artificial intelligence (AI) partner, will visit campus Friday, Oct. 16.

President Shane Reeves invites the campus community and others to a luncheon and conversation with Hoang from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the East and Center Ballrooms of the Wyoming Union. Attendees should arrive by 11:30 a.m. to be seated for lunch; the program begins at noon. An RSVP is requested here.

Hoang's visit is part of UW's Scholar Leader in Residence Program, which brings accomplished leaders from across the country to campus to engage and share their expertise directly with students, faculty and staff.

Hoang is a combat veteran, former senior White House staff member and university trustee who has taught as a lecturer and distinguished visiting lecturer at institutions including West Point and the U.S. Air Force Academy. He founded BoodleBox after more than a decade building technology for complex, high-stakes organizations, with a conviction that AI in education should strengthen human judgment rather than replace it.

His work with universities across the country centers on a practical question: How can institutions give students and faculty access to these tools in a way that is secure, equitable and genuinely supportive of learning? BoodleBox is built for that purpose -- FERPA-compliant, SOC 2-certified and designed so that AI use in coursework can be transparent and visible rather than hidden.

"AI is reshaping higher education, and the real question is whether universities will lead that transformation or react to it," Reeves says. "At UW, we are choosing to lead. Bringing France and BoodleBox to campus gives our faculty, staff and students the tools and the understanding to do exactly that."

Hoang's visit comes as UW rolls out BoodleBox as its enterprise AI platform. BoodleBox gives faculty, staff and students secure access to more than 38 leading AI models through a single, institutionally supported environment, with built-in tools for coaching, collaboration and instruction.

The Oct. 16 conversation is a chance to hear directly from the person behind that platform and to consider what AI means for the future of teaching, learning and scholarship at UW, Reeves says. Hoang has asked that the conversation include hard questions -- attendees are encouraged to bring skepticism as well as curiosity.