Annette Rocheleau Retires After 32 Years of Coaching Lady Griz
On June 2, UM hosted its annual Retirees Luncheon, where former UM faculty and staff members come together to socialize and recognize the newest crop of retirees. More than 65 people retired from...
Travis DeCuire Named Coach of Griz Men’s Basketball Team
Travis DeCuire has been selected to be the UM’s 27th head men's basketball coach, announced UM Director of Athletics Kent Haslam announced May 31. DeCuire, who set and still holds the Grizzly...
MTPR News Director Sally Mauk Retires After Storied Career
After more than three decades as Montana Public Radio News Director, Sally Mauk retires on May 30. She's logged hundreds of hours of interviews, on-the-scene fire coverage, long, frantic election...
UM Student Appointed to Serve on State Board of Regents
UM student Mariah Williams will serve as the next student regent on the state Board of Regents. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock appointed Williams to the post earlier this month. Williams served as a...
Camas Magazine Stays True to Its Environmental Roots
Twenty-two years after its inception, Camas, a magazine published twice a year by the Environmental Studies Program at UM, has stayed true to the its environmental roots, connecting people to...
Model UN Students from UM Win Award at National Conference
Twelve UM students on the Montana Model United Nations Team returned from a national conference in New York City with an award for representing the Pacific Island nation of Fiji. For the overall...
Alumnus Commits $1.5 Million Bequest for Athletic Facility Updgrades
When Jim Hilleboe traces the steps that led to his success as a businessman in Billings back to their genesis, he finds the four years he spent at UM in the mid-60s. To give back to the school...
Law School Commencement and Hooding Ceremony Saturday, May 24
James R. Silkenat, president of the American Bar Association, will deliver remarks during the UM School of Law Commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24, in the George and Jane Dennison...
33 Exceptional Freshmen Earn Presidential Leadership Scholarships
UM Presidential Leadership Scholarships have been awarded to 33 exceptional incoming UM freshmen. The scholarships recognize outstanding talent, academic performance, leadership and contribution...
Business Plan Competition Crowns Winners, Awards $31,000 in Prizes
The UM School of Business Administration and the Montana Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs have announced the winners of the 25th annual John Ruffatto Business Plan Competition. UM business...
Engstrom Approves East Broadway Site for Missoula College
UM has completed an environmental assessment for its planned Missoula College building. After careful review, UM President Royce Engstrom announced May 21 that he has determined constructing the...
Tennis Player Recognized for Achievements On, Off the Court
UM tennis player Maddy Murray was recently named the recipient of the ITA’s Arthur Ashe Jr. Sportsmanship and Leadership Award for the organization’s Mountain Region, a territory that covers eight...
Class of 2014 Celebrates at Commencement Ceremonies
Saturday, May 17, was a beautiful day for Commencement ceremonies at UM. Thousands of students received their degrees while their families and supporters watched on from inside Washington-Grizzly...
UM Graduate En Route to Ukraine as Fulbright Scholar
Recent UM grad Christina Bloemen leaves for Ukraine in September to teach English and serve as a cultural ambassador on behalf of the U.S. on a Fulbright Scholarship. Making the cut as a Fulbright...
Student, Alumni Win Film Festival Awards for Documentary
A unique perspective and five long days of work are paying off for a UM graduate student and three alumni. The filmmaking team Wheelhouse Missoula – comprising current and former UM School of...
UM's Payne Family Building Featured in Book on Native Building Projects
The Payne Family Native American Center at UM recently was featured in a new book titled “New Architecture on Indigenous Lands.” In the book, authors Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka take...
UM to Hold 117th Commencement Ceremonies Saturday, May 17
About 3,600 graduates and degree candidates are invited to participate in the University of Montana’s 117th Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 17, in Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The general...
Missoula College Student Will be First in Family to Earn Degree
There was a day when Sarah Smith had no plans to graduate high school. At 16 and with a baby on the way, getting that diploma was a secondary concern. But Smith dug deep and found her resolve. She...
Seekins Receives UM's 2014 Americans with Disabilities Act Award
UM has awarded Tom Seekins its Americans with Disabilities Act Award for 2014. The ADA Award honors individuals whose contributions advance education and employment opportunities for people with...
Artist Uses Digital Tools to Sculpt Works with Sense of Place
When he’s out for a bike ride in the Rattlesnake or taking a day trip around the Missoula area, Gary Batzloff might come upon on interesting spot on the landscape. He marks these areas with a GPS...
UM, MSU Students Go Head to Head in Filmmaking Competition
Students and fans at Montana’s two universities are used to competing against each other in athletic events, but now they will get a chance to go head to head on the big screen. The Audience...
Junior Named Student of the Year by American Indian Business Leaders
UM student Whitney Snow, of Olympia, Wash., recently was awarded the American Indian Business Leaders 2013-14 Student of the Year award. She was recognized at the 20th annual American Indian...
Cyber Triathlon Competitors Race One Another in Digital Contest
There are very few competitions where the rules have to expressly prohibit hacking another participant’s computer. On Saturday, UM hosted the inaugural Cyber Triathlon, which pitted teams against...
Fundraising Record Broken with $37.4 Million Donated to UM
This will go down as a record-breaking year for fundraising at UM. The UM Foundation has received $37.4 million in donations and pledges this fiscal year, which began July 1. This breaks a record...
Music Student Returns to Perform Senior Recital, Benefit Scholarships
A vocal scholarship brought Neal Lewing to the UM School of Music in 1970. But as he entered his junior year, Lewing interrupted his education before he had a chance to perform his senior recital,...
Missoula Startup That Searches Legal Big Data on Verge of Growth
When Joel Henry stepped away from his job teaching computer science at UM to attend law school, he couldn’t know that his interest in searching piles of electronic legal data would spin into a new...
Missoula, UM Take Weeklong Look at Big Data, its Effects
Data impacts all of our lives, from how businesses cater to our demands to how governments allocate resources. Missoula is home to several companies and organizations that work with big data,...
Couple's Estate Gift to Elevate Montana Museum of Art & Culture
A California couple with a love for Montana and art has committed a significant portion of their estate to the Montana Museum of Art & Culture at UM. The gift will come from alumna Suzanne Moore...
Paul McCartney to Play Washington-Grizzly Stadium Aug. 5
Rock icon Paul McCartney will perform Tuesday, Aug. 5, at UM’s Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 9 online and at all GrizTix locations. The concert is a...
Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta Delivers Lecture at UM
The power to hunt down a terrorist like Osama bin Laden may not be enough to protect the United States from the folly of its own spending problems, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta told a...
Donors Answer Call to Support UM, Break Fundraising Record
It’s been a banner year for the UM Foundation’s phonathon, an annual fundraising drive that supports UM’s academics, students and activities. Alumni and friends of UMhave pledged almost $315,000...
UM Named Princeton Review 'Green College' for Fifth Time
Just in time for Earth Day, the Princeton Review again named UM one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible “green colleges.” This is the fifth consecutive year UM has made “The Princeton...
$5 Million Gift for UM Scholarships to Benefit Generations of Students
UM has received $5 million to endow a scholarship fund for Montana students with financial need. The gift came from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous. The gift includes $144,000 for...
UM Transportation Study Seeks Recommendations for Improvement
UM and the UDASH bus system are launching a collaborative transportation study to plan for improving transit service to campus, easing traffic and parking pressure, and ensuring efficient access...
College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean Preps for Carnegie Performance
Stephen Kalm, dean of UM’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, was in New York City last week preparing for an April 22 performance at Carnegie Hall. Kalm will perform in the Harry Partch opera...
Underdog Ethics Team’s Tale of Victory a True Cinderella Story
If Hollywood made movies about philosophers the way it does athletes, then UM’s top finish in the national ethics bowl might fall in the class of “Rudy,” “Rocky III” or, even better, “The...
Wildland Restoration Students, Volunteers Improve Rock Creek Access
Five Valleys Land Trust and UM’s Wildland Restoration Program teamed up Saturday to host a volunteer day at the confluence of Rock Creek and the Clark Fork River. Some 60 volunteers gathered to...
UM Now Offering Online Bachelor’s Degree in Media Arts
Students in Missoula and afar now can take advantage of UM’s first Bachelor of Arts degree that can be earned fully online. Beginning autumn semester 2014, the UM School of Media Arts will launch...
UM Dining Wins Gold Award for Leadership in Sustainability
UM learned April 11 that UM Dining has won the Gold 2014 Sustainability Award, given by the National Association of College and University Food Services. The awards support the globally accepted...
Equestrian Team Takes Horse Sense on the Road to Finals at Stanford
The UM Equestrian Team took seven riders and a coach to Palo Alto, Calif., last weekend to compete in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Zone 8 Finals at Stanford. Competing against...
$26 Million Invested in Missoula Green Bio-Based Chemical Company
A few years down the road, if you find your wine glasses coming out of the dishwasher spotless, you might have Missoula scientists to thank. And you might thank them if your car is immune to rust...
Former Sen. Max Baucus Donates Official Papers to UM
Max Baucus, Montana’s longest-serving U.S. senator, has departed to become ambassador to China, but a significant portion of his legacy will remain with UM. On April 10, Baucus announced he would...
Carilloneur Makes Music From High Inside UM's Main Hall
Spring came warmly to the UM campus Tuesday when Barbara Ballas made her way into the belfry rising over Main Hall. Ballas is the latest musician serving as carilloneur – roughly translated as...
Film Explores Role of Wilderness for Future Generations
A new film celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Wilderness Act examines the transformative power of...
UM Works to Create Degree Plans for Vets, Revitalize Student Group
UM is working to bolster veteran support and services on campus, including launching an effort to help students create degree plans and revitalizing the UM chapter of Student Veterans of America....
