Question: Between University of Wyoming and Clarkson University, which institution was founded earlier?

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Clarkson University
University of Wyoming
Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey
Clarkson Golden Knights
Thomas S. Clarkson
Union Graduate College
Clarkson Golden Knights ice hockey
Cheel Arena
Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey

WTSC-FM (91.1 FM, "The Source") is a non-commercial campus radio station licensed to serve the greater Potsdam, New York area.
 The station is owned by Clarkson University and licensed to Knight & Day Inc.
 The WTSC organization is affiliated with the Clarkson University Student Association (CUSA), from whom it receives the majority of its funding.
 WTSC is one of the few CUSA affiliated organizations which does not charge a membership fee.
Clarkson University is a private research university with its main campus located in Potsdam, New York, and additional graduate program and research facilities in New York State's Capital Region and Beacon, N.Y.
 It was founded in 1896 and has an enrollment of about 4,300 students studying toward bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in each of its schools or institutes: the Institute for a Sustainable Environment, the School of Arts & Sciences, the School of Business and the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering.
 Clarkson University ranks #8 among "Top Salary-Boosting Colleges" nationwide.
 The Carnegie foundation classified Clarkson University as a "High Research Activity" institution.
The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,220 feet (2194 m), between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains.
 It is known as UW (often pronounced "U-Dub") to people close to the university.
 The university was founded in March 1886, four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state, and opened in September 1887.
 The University of Wyoming is unusual in that its location within the state is written into the state's constitution.
 The university also offers outreach education in communities throughout Wyoming and online.
The Clarkson Golden Knights women's hockey team is an NCAA Division I ice hockey team that represents Clarkson University in rural Potsdam, New York.
 The Golden Knights have been a member of ECAC Hockey since 2004, and play home games in Cheel Arena on the Clarkson University campus.
The Clarkson Golden Knights are composed of 20 teams representing Clarkson University in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's alpine skiing, basketball, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, nordic skiing, soccer, and swimming.
 Men's sports include baseball and golf.
 Women's sports include softball and volleyball.
 The Golden Knights compete in the NCAA Division III and are members of the Liberty League for all sports except ice hockey, which competes in NCAA Division I, as a member of ECAC Hockey.
Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson III (November 30, 1837 – August 19, 1894) was an American businessman and philanthropist who was the namesake of Clarkson University.
Union Graduate College (UGC) merged into Clarkson University on February 1, 2016, becoming the "Clarkson University Capital Region Campus," which serves as a recruiting hub for graduate and professional degree program admissions at all of the institution’s operations in New York State and online.
Clarkson Golden Knights ice hockey may refer to either of the ice hockey teams that represent Clarkson University:
Cheel Arena is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Potsdam, New York at Clarkson University.
 Cheel Arena was opened on October 26, 1991, and is named after Helen Snell Cheel, a long-time benefactor of Clarkson University, who provided a major gift towards the project.
The Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Clarkson University.
 The Golden Knights have been a member of ECAC Hockey since 1962, and play their home games at Cheel Arena in Potsdam, New York.
 Although it is said that the first Clarkson hockey game was played in 1916 against the Hogansburg Indians, they were established as a hockey club in 1921, under the tutelage of head coach Gordon Croskery, and led by captain Bill Johnson.
 The Knights won their opening encounter against Alexandria Bay, 6–4, and finished the year with a 2–1 record, their first of 72 winning seasons.