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Weekly Event Schedule
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
Thursday: Film-Peace & Justice Series, Int'l Prgrm Housing Scholarshp, Art Exhibit, MT Wind Energy Potential, Exhibition: Weaving Cultures
Events for Friday, October 10, 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:  10/10/2008
    Location:  10 am, 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: Int'l Festival Info Session
    Date:  10/10/2008
    Location:  3:10-4 pm, EL 226
    Notes:  GET READY FOR INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL The biggest foreign student event of the year is coming! The annual UM International Culture and Food Festival – presented to the community by the International Student Association and all the international students and scholars - will be held this academic year on Sunday, March 15, 2009 – just a few weeks after the start of spring semester. We need you to start thinking and planning for it Fall Semester so we can be ready in time. This is one of the biggest public events at UM, attracting 4,000 people to a day-long festival featuring over 90 different things ranging from food booths, stage performances, exhibits, and cultural demonstrations, to events for children. We need all of you and your friends to contribute your unique talents and ideas to the festival, and we’d like you to start planning your contribution now. One-hour information sessions will be offered in October to tell you more about the I- Festival, and how you can participate and contribute. Please come to one of them and learn more. New students and scholars who’ll be here Spring 2009 should plan to attend to find out what it’s all about and how to get involved! FOOD GROUPS Please Note: Food Booth Reservations will be accepted starting October 10 – don’t miss out! Come to one of these sessions to learn more : *Friday October 10 , 3:10 - 4:00 pm and repeated again at 4:10 -5:00 pm. in Lommasson Center Conference Room 226, (just down the hall from FSSS) *Friday, October 24 , 12:10 - 1:00 pm; and repeated at 1:10-2:00 pm in Lommasson Center Conference Room 226. Feel free to bring your lunch!
  • 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: 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: Weekend Movies
    Date:  10/10/2008
    Location:  7 & 9:30 pm., UC Theater
    Notes:  check them out