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Weekly Event Schedule
Thursday: President's Lecture Series, Seminar on Al-Qaeda, Lecture-Fair Trade Implication, Dr. Ahmed Rashid presents, Dr. Ahmed Rashid presents, Int'l Prgrm Housing Scholarshp, Play-Foreigner, Art Exhibit, Play - Foreigner
Friday: Int'l Festival Info Session, Dr. Ahmed Rashid presents, Int'l Prgrm Housing Scholarshp, Play-Foreigner, Art Exhibit, Weekend Movies, Play - Foreigner
Saturday: Int'l Prgrm Housing Scholarshp, Play-Foreigner, Art Exhibit, Cricket on the Oval, Weekend Movies, Play - Foreigner
Sunday: Int'l Prgrm Housing Scholarshp, Art Exhibit, Harvest Celebration-PEAS Farm
Monday: Int'l Prgrm Housing Scholarshp, Art Exhibit
Tuesday: Int'l Prgrm Housing Scholarshp, Art Exhibit, World Games: Get Your Jong on
Wednesday: Hiroshima Film Series, Concert-Taj Mahal Trio, Career Fair-Health Professions, Int'l Prgrm Housing Scholarshp, Art Exhibit, Irish Culture Night, UM Used Outdoor Gear Sale, Exhibition: Weaving Cultures
Events for Thursday, October 9, 2008
  • Event Details: Art Exhibit
    Date:  10/03/2008
    Location:  10-4 pm, M-F, UC Gallery
    Notes:  New Exhibit Opens At UC Gallery An art exhibit featuring new works by Kayla Romberger and Ramsay Hay is now on display at UM's University Center Gallery. The "Bean Weighter Goat Driver" exhibit addresses ideas of personal place and presence. Romberger's works on paper mediate distilled images of graffiti, abandoned structures and natural history. Hay explores familial and personal identity using domestic materials and expressions of daily chores. The gallery is located on the second floor of the University Center in Room 227. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The exhibit runs until Oct. 31. It is free and open to the public.
  • Event Details: Dr. Ahmed Rashid presents
    Date:  10/09/2008
    Location:  3:40 pm, UC Theater
    Notes:  PRESENTATIONS BY DR. AHMED RASHID – Note from the Provost’s Office We are extremely lucky to have such an outstanding expert on the Taliban, Pakistan, and Afghanistan visiting UM. October 9, 8:00 pm : Dr. Ahmed Rashid will deliver a talk, entitled “Descent into Chaos: The United Sates and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia” in the University Center Ballroom. Dr. Rashid has been on campus before (several years ago) and his talk brought a standing-room only crowd. Students, faculy, staff, and the community are invited. October 9, 3:40 pm : Dr. Rashid will offer a seminar, “The Strength, Appeal, and Prospects of Osama Bin Laden” in the University Center Theatre. Students, faculty, staff, and the community are invited. October 10, 10:00 am : Especially for first-year students, Dr. Rashid will meet for a Q&A regarding the book “Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia.” (Others may attend.) In the UC Theater. October 18—entries for Essay Contest due. First-year (only) students may enter an essay responding to “Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia.” Monetary prizes will be given to the top three essays ($400, $200, $100). Information regarding the essay may be found at: http://www.lib.umt.edu/firstyear/readingexperience.htm
  • Event Details: Dr. Ahmed Rashid presents
    Date:  10/09/2008
    Location:  8 pm, UC Ballroom
    Notes:  PRESENTATIONS BY DR. AHMED RASHID – Note from the Provost’s Office We are extremely lucky to have such an outstanding expert on the Taliban, Pakistan, and Afghanistan visiting UM. October 9, 8:00 pm : Dr. Ahmed Rashid will deliver a talk, entitled “Descent into Chaos: The United Sates and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia” in the University Center Ballroom. Dr. Rashid has been on campus before (several years ago) and his talk brought a standing-room only crowd. Students, faculy, staff, and the community are invited. October 9, 3:40 pm : Dr. Rashid will offer a seminar, “The Strength, Appeal, and Prospects of Osama Bin Laden” in the University Center Theatre. Students, faculty, staff, and the community are invited. October 10, 10:00 am : Especially for first-year students, Dr. Rashid will meet for a Q&A regarding the book “Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia.” (Others may attend.) In the UC Theater. October 18—entries for Essay Contest due. First-year (only) students may enter an essay responding to “Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia.” Monetary prizes will be given to the top three essays ($400, $200, $100). Information regarding the essay may be found at: http://www.lib.umt.edu/firstyear/readingexperience.htm
  • Event Details: Int'l Prgrm Housing Scholarshp
    Date:  10/03/2008
    Location:  deadline is Nov 15, see text
    Notes:  INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS HOUSING SCHOLARSHIP International Programs provides housing scholarships for a duration of one semester up to one academic year to international students enrolled in one of the following: The English Language Institute, the ELI Bridge Program, or The University of Montana. Each scholarship award varies in value. Application deadlines: November 15 for spring housing. For more information and application, please visit the International Programs website at www.umt.edu/ip or the International Programs office in the International Center.
  • Event Details: Lecture-Fair Trade Implication
    Date:  10/09/2008
    Location:  FREE, 7 pm, N Underground Lecture Hall
    Notes:  Speaker To Examine Fair Trade Implications Explore the social, economic and environmental implications of fair trade at "Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability and Survival" Thursday, Oct. 9. The free public lecture will be presented by Daniel Jaffee at 7 p.m. in UM's North Underground Lecture Hall. Jaffee is a sociology assistant professor at Washington State University. His presentation is based on extensive field work in indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico. He follows members of the Michiza cooperative, whose organic coffee is sold on the international fair trade market, and compares their experiences to those of their conventional counterparts. Jaffee also will examine the changing politics of the international fair trade movement, including challenges posed by the entry of transnational corporations. The event is sponsored by UM's Environmental Studies Program. For more information, call UM Associate Professor Neva Hassanein at 406-243-6271 or e-mail neva.hassanein@umontana.edu.
  • Event Details: Play - Foreigner
    Date:  10/07/2008
    Location:  Masquer Theater
    Notes:  WANT TO SEE THE PLAY “FOREIGNER”? From September 30 through October 4, October 7 trough 11, 2008, UM Theatre & Dance presents a funny play “Foreigner” at the Masquer Theatre. The tickets price for students is $12.00; however, groups can get some good discounts. Depending on the size of a group, it would cost around $9 or less. Contact Yelena Ablaeva via e-mail lexsis1@yahoo.com if you are interested to form a group and get some good price deals. Hurry up as the play will be on only this week and next week! Here is a brief description of the play: “All the locals at a rural Georgia fishing lodge mistakenly think Charlie, a pathologically shy visitor, speaks no English. Before long, everyone begins spilling secrets within earshot of the "foreigner," making him an unwilling witness to confessions, revelations, and devious plots. Enjoy nonstop hilarity with this Obie Award-winning comic romp!” Thank you very much! Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Yelena
  • Event Details: Play-Foreigner
    Date:  10/04/2008
    Location:  Masquer Theatre
    Notes:  WANT TO SEE THE PLAY “FOREIGNER”? From September 30 through October 4, October 7 trough 11, 2008, UM Theatre & Dance presents a funny play “Foreigner” at the Masquer Theatre. The tickets price for students is $12.00; however, groups can get some good discounts. Depending on the size of a group, it would cost around $9 or less. Contact Yelena Ablaeva via e-mail lexsis1@yahoo.com if you are interested to form a group and get some good price deals. Hurry up as the play will be on only this week and next week! Here is a brief description of the play: “All the locals at a rural Georgia fishing lodge mistakenly think Charlie, a pathologically shy visitor, speaks no English. Before long, everyone begins spilling secrets within earshot of the "foreigner," making him an unwilling witness to confessions, revelations, and devious plots. Enjoy nonstop hilarity with this Obie Award-winning comic romp!” Thank you very much! Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Yelena
  • Event Details: President's Lecture Series
    Date:  10/09/2008
    Location:  FREE, 8 pm, UC Ballroom
    Notes:  Pakistani Journalist To Give Lecture, Seminar Journalist and best-selling author Ahmed Rashid of Pakistan will give the next installment of the President's Lecture Series at UM. Rashid, a leading authority on the Taliban, will present "Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia" at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in the University Center Ballroom. Earlier that day from 3:40 to 5 p.m., Rashid will give a seminar titled "The Strength, Appeal and Prospects of al Qaeda Today" in the University Center Theater. Both events are free and open to the public. Rashid has been described as "Pakistan's best and bravest reporter." In 2001 he received the Nisar Osmani Award for Courage in Journalism from the Human Rights Society of Pakistan. He has unparalleled access to key figures in the vast and complex region that includes Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia, which brings to his works a panoramic vision, as well as the nuances that make his writing unique. Rashid's campus events are presented in conjunction with UM's First-Year Reading Experience program. The author's book "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia" is the program's fall semester reading selection.
  • Event Details: Seminar on Al-Qaeda
    Date:  10/09/2008
    Location:  FREE, 3:40-5 pm, UC Theater
    Notes:  Pakistani Journalist To Give Lecture, Seminar Journalist and best-selling author Ahmed Rashid of Pakistan will give the next installment of the President's Lecture Series at UM. Rashid, a leading authority on the Taliban, will present "Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia" at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in the University Center Ballroom. Earlier that day from 3:40 to 5 p.m., Rashid will give a seminar titled "The Strength, Appeal and Prospects of al Qaeda Today" in the University Center Theater. Both events are free and open to the public. Rashid has been described as "Pakistan's best and bravest reporter." In 2001 he received the Nisar Osmani Award for Courage in Journalism from the Human Rights Society of Pakistan. He has unparalleled access to key figures in the vast and complex region that includes Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia, which brings to his works a panoramic vision, as well as the nuances that make his writing unique. Rashid's campus events are presented in conjunction with UM's First-Year Reading Experience program. The author's book "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia" is the program's fall semester reading selection.