Celebrate Academics - Past Events

February 13, 2013

The first Celebrate Academics event took place in conjunction with Charter Day on the 120th anniversary of the chartering of the University of Montana.

The day's program:

Registration/Info Table opens

Energy Technology Program Student Presentation

Charter Day Cupcakes & Music Student Performance

Luncheon featuring student presentations from UM's Programs of National Distinction: Organismal Biology & Ecology, Creative Writing, and Wildlife Biology. Provost Brown announced a new academic affairs initiative: the Teachers for the Global Century task group.

Food, Science, and Eating for Academic Performance

Health & Human Performance Student Presentation

Students Share Study Abroad Experiences

“Learning in the North Fork” Student Presentation

Classes open to public

UM Insights: Faculty on Teaching

Peter Schmidt: “Climbing a Different Mountain”

Sneak Preview: “Jumping into Fire”

Charter Day Awards, Reception

Concert by the Bandini-Chiachiaretta Duo

February 12 and 13, 2014

On February 12, the Luncheon on Inspired Learning featured a panel of students who described the most formative moments of their academic careers. Small groups of UM faculty, students and administrators discussed ways to create similar life-changing opportunities for more UM students.

On February 13:

Grand opening of UM’s Blackstone LaunchPad

Student presentations from

  • Environmental Reporting
  • Archaeology
  • Montana Digital Academy
  • Energy Technology
  • Structural Biology


Charter Day cupcakes

Luncheon featuring student presentations from UM's Programs of National Distinction: Organismal Biology & Ecology, Creative Writing, and Wildlife Biology. The UM Data Science Initiative and the UM Brian Initiative were publicly launched, followed by a report on the previous day's Luncheon on Inspired Learning by members of the Teachers for the Global Century task group. Read Missoulian reporter Martin Kidston's account of this event online.

Technology’s role in learning: moderated videoconference with Daphne Koller, Stanford University, co-CEO and co-founder of Coursera

Charter Day awards ceremony and reception