Why UM?
At UM, our dedication to student success and dynamic learning environment prepare you to be a positive force in a changing world. We offer a diverse array of academic programs, allowing you the flexibility to explore your interests and find a course of study that suits your unique strengths.
The academic experience at UM will challenge your mind and bring your dreams to life. You can thrive at UM.
Josh Herbold - Accounting & Finance
The Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants recently named University of Montana Associate Professor Joshua Herbold recipient of the 2013 Jack Kempner Outstanding Educator Award. The award honors an educator who is distinguished for excellence in classroom teaching, motivating students, and educational innov ...
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Joel Berger - Wildlife Biology
The American Society of Mammalogists recently awarded UM Wildlife Biology Professor and Craighead Chair Joel Berger the 2013 Aldo Leopold Conservation Award. The award honors well-established individuals who have made lasting contributions to the conservation of mammals and their habitats. “I am motivated ...
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Zach Brown - Environmental Studies
Recent UM graduate and Truman Scholar Zach Brown is interning in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) as part of the Truman Foundation’s Summer Institute program in Washington, D.C. The USTR oversees bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations on behalf of the President. ...
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Samantha Mitchell - Biology
Biology major Samantha Mitchell presented exciting new findings from UM’s Lawrence Lab to fellow neuroscience students and professors at the Society for Neuroscience annual conference in New Orleans in November 2012. Samantha’s research explores the behavioral effects of deleting a subclass of ac ...
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Kevin Kicking Woman - Anthropology
In September 2012, anthropology graduate student Kevin Kicking Woman travelled to attend “Stories and Songs of the People” at the InterNational Peoples Village in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia, where he participated in a series of events featuring Indigenous people’s stories, mu ...
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Abigail Nastan - Geosciences
Geosciences major Abigail Nastan travelled to San Francisco in fall 2012 to represent both UM’s Geosciences and Physics & Astronomy Departments at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Her poster topic compared climate change on Earth to that on Mars and explored whether humans could one day liv ...
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Louise Economides - English
As an English Professor at the University of Montana who specializes in British Romantic literature and ecocriticism, my career has led me down some unexpected paths. Compared to other academic disciplines such as Biology, Political Science or Philosophy, English has been rather slow in responding to the dramatic ec ...
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Edwin Webster - Political Science
During Wintersession term in January 2013, a group of undergraduate UM Political Science majors traveled to Washington, D.C., for an intensive seminar course at The Washington Center. Edwin Webster was one of these students. Edwin’s trip included visits to think tanks, congressional offices, the Capitol bu ...
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Casie Dunleavy - Philosophy
Casie Dunleavy, a graduate student in Environmental Philosophy, represented UM at the International Association of Animal Hospice and Palliative Care Conference in November 2012. At the conference in Denver, Colorado, Casie met many veterinarians interested in philosophical concepts like animal dignity and whose wor ...
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