Welcome to ForUM, the e-newsletter for University of Montana staff, faculty and administrators. ForUM is published weekly during the academic year except during scheduled academic breaks.
"The President's Update," a video series for UM President Royce Engstrom to communicate with the campus community, is available on the President's Office website and on the official UM YouTube channel.
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A Day for UM Employees
The University will hold UM Employee Recognition Day on Wednesday, April 27 -- a day to show appreciation of all employees and to celebrate the impressive contributions they make to the success of the University.
UM Employee Recognition Day will be celebrated throughout campus and will conclude with a reception for all employees from 3 to 5 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom. The reception includes live entertainment featuring The Workers, hors d'oeuvres, faculty and staff awards, prize winners drawn from a pool of all UM employees, and celebration of the Griz family.
To help you acknowledge colleagues and co-workers who have contributed to your success at UM, the Employee Recognition Day Committee has set up a recognition website that allows you to send a personal message of appreciation. Messages can be posted on the website until 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, and will be delivered to recipients April 27.
For more ideas about ways to recognize the valuable contributions of employees, colleagues and co-workers, call UM Employee Recognition Day Committee co-chairs Sara Drake at 243-5705 or Amy Kinch at 243-5897.
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Award Winners Present Readings
Jeffrey Whitney, the winner of the 2011 Merriam-Frontier Award presented by UM's Department of English, and Keema Waterfield, who received an honorable mention in the award competition this year, will read from their winning submissions Friday, April 22, at UM.
The readings, which are free and open to the public, begin at 3 p.m. in the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library's Poetry Corner, located in the northwest corner of the library's fifth floor.
The Merriam-Frontier Award was established by H.G. Merriam, professor of English and creative writing at UM from 1919 to 1954, to recognize distinguished achievement in writing.
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Explore Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
A one-day symposium at UM on Saturday, April 30, will explore adaptation strategies to climate change through a blend of indigenous ecological knowledge and the most current voices in climate change research.
"Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples and Adaptation" will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the University Center Theater. The symposium is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Those who plan to attend should register online.
The event, hosted by the Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group of UM's College of Forestry and Conservation, will introduce and discuss the issues of climate change and the impacts, both potential and real, affecting indigenous peoples in the northern hemisphere, including the U.S., Canada and Norway.
For more information call UM graduate student Michael Price at 406-544-9391 or email migizee@yahoo.com.
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Campus Invited to DAC Awards Ceremony
UM will honor the winners of UM's 2011 Diversity Advisory Council Student Achievement Awards at a ceremony on Monday, April 18.
The campus community is invited to attend the ceremony, which will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom.
DAC Student Achievement Awards recognize students who encourage, advocate and facilitate communication, education and relations among persons of various races, physical conditions, religions, national origins, citizenship, genders, ages, socioeconomic backgrounds and sexual orientation at UM.
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Faculty, Staff Giving Campaign Under Way
"What does UM mean to you?" That's the theme of the 2010-11 Faculty and Staff Giving Campaign, which runs through the end of June. Co-chairs of this year's campaign are Mick Hanson, retired director of UM Financial Aid, and Karen Kaley, staff member of the Davidson Honors College, who have both interacted with generations of UM students and sported lots of maroon and silver.
Faculty and staff enjoy a long history of confidence in UM, supporting the University's strategic plan and providing valuable resources to build a stronger institution. UM employees alone gave more than $300,000 in 2009-10 to support classroom technology, research equipment, scholarships, program enhancement and more.
The goal of the campaign this year is participation. Currently, 15 percent of UM faculty and staff make an annual gift in support of the University. This year's goal is 25 percent. Hanson and Kaley are joined by more than 30 faculty and staff volunteers who will solicit their peers for gifts to benefit campus.
"You can give to a particular department or a special program or event," Kaley said. "You can contribute to help a student study abroad. Or you can give in memory of a former colleague. The options are limitless."
Information about how to make gifts through the campaign, either online or through payroll deduction, and quotes and profiles about what UM means to many faculty and staff members are on the UM Faculty and Staff Giving Campaign website. For more information, call Lauren Clark at 243-2456, email lauren.clark@mso.umt.edu or visit the UM Foundation on Facebook.
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News About U
 Anthropology and Native American studies Professor Neyooxet Greymorning traveled to Quebec during UM's Spring Break to meet with Huron language educators with the hope of finding a way to establish a systematic approach to teach their language. An outcome of the meeting was the decision to hold a language teacher training session in August.
Chief Information and Technology Officer Ray Ford was recently elected as a member of the Architecture & Operations Advisory Council of Internet2, a nonprofit led by the research and education community since 1996. Internet2 promotes the missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network capabilities and unique partnership opportunities that together facilitate the development, deployment and use of revolutionary Internet technologies.
Dance Professor Karen Kaufmann was awarded the National Dance Association's 2011 Artist/Scholar Award at the Oceans of Opportunity Convention of the American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, held April 1 in San Diego. Kaufmann's lecture at the convention was titled "Movement as a Metaphor: Changing a Culture Through Dance." She also had had two entries in "NDA Poster Forum: Cutting-Edge Research in Dance Education."
Mansfield Library Associate Professor Kim Granath recently received a Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Informatics from the Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine. Granath's studies covered coursework in public health and consumer health informatics, medical decision-making, clinical information systems, organizational behavior and management, the practice of health care, and ethical, legal and social issues in biomedical informatics.
Mathematical sciences Professor Bharath Sriraman gave a series of invited colloquia in Sweden: "Theory Development in Mathematics Education" on March 31 at Kristianstad University; "Conceptions/Studies of Creativity" on April 4 at Lulea University of Technology; and "Surveys of Studies of Mathematical Talent Development" on April 6 at Linkoeping University. The colloquia were hosted jointly by the faculty of pedagogy and departments of mathematics.
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Publications
 Abrahamson, I., C.R. Nelson, and D. Affleck. 2011. "Assessing the Performance of Sampling Designs for Measuring Abundance of Understory Plants." Ecological Applications, 21(2):452-464.
Ashmore, Rhea (co-author). 2011. "Effectiveness of Paired Repeated Reading on Mainland Chinese English Language Learners." Journal of Reading Education, 36(2):11-14.
Grant, A. S., C.R. Nelson, and A. Switalski. 2011. "Restoration of Native Plant Communities after Road Decommissioning: Effect of Seed Mix Composition and Density on Vegetation Establishment." Restoration Ecology, 19(201):160-169.
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Submissions must reach University Relations, 317 Brantly Hall, by noon Tuesday for inclusion in the following week's newsletter. Be sure to note that the submissions are for ForUM. Email submissions may be sent to campnews@mso.umt.edu. Items will be included as space permits. For more information email Brenda Day, ForUM editor.
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