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Bear
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Journalism
Scholar-Jonathan Weber, former editor-in-chief of The
Industry Standard, will be UM's first T. Anthony Pollner
Distinguished Professor. Weber is the founding editor of
the highly regarded weekly business magazine that covered
the Internet economy from 1998 until August. Before joining
the magazine at its inception, Weber was technology editor
at the Los Angeles Times, preceded by stints as a business
writer in the Times' New York and San Francisco bureaus.
The visiting professorship was created by the family and
friends of T. Anthony Pollner, a 1999 UM journalism graduate
who died in an accident near London in May. It will bring
to the school a distinguished working journalist for one
semester each academic year. The professor will teach and
work closely with the Montana Kaimin, the University's student
newspaper, where Pollner worked as a reporter and Web designer.
Indian
Education-American Indian Business Leaders, a group
with national headquarters at UM, has received the largest
gift in its six-year history -- $130,000 from Toyota Motor
Sales USA Inc. AIBL will use the award to implement a financial
literacy project designed to teach American Indian high
school students about personal budgeting, money management,
credit reports and loan applications. The AIBL project will
train educators who teach on or near U.S. Indian reservations.
It will adapt the skills Native people traditionally have
used for resource management, as well as promote wise management
of contemporary financial resources. In cooperation with
the First Nations Development Institute, AIBL plans to implement
the financial literacy project early next year.
Geography
Geniuses-Six UM students triumphed over teams from seven
other universities to win the Great Plains-Rocky Mountain
Division of the Association of American Geographers' annual
Geography Bowl. The bowl was part of the division's annual
meeting held in Omaha, Neb. The winning team members are
Willard Gustafson of Billings, Brian Hall of Browning, Mahlon
Patrick Manson and Lee Macholz of Frenchtown, Beth Hartsoch
of Kirkland, Wash., and Stephanie Berg of Rock Springs,
Wyo.
Forensics
Support-An endowment for the University's Forensics
Program has been established as a memorial to UM alumna
Paula Jean Jellison. Jellison died of Hodgkin's disease
in 2000. She was 38. Started by her parents, Dean and Joan
Jellison of Kalispell, the endowment will support members
and coaches of UM's newly reactivated Forensics Team as
they prepare for speech and debate meets and travel to competitions.
In only its second year back, the Forensics Team has placed
in regional competitions, including taking second place
at the Western States Tournament.
Library Locomotion-Big changes are afoot at UM's Mansfield
Library. To keep pace with growing library holdings, collections
in literature, languages and linguistics are being moved
from Level 4 to Level 2. Also, Archives and Special Collections
and Montana state documents are moving from inadequate quarters
on Level 1 to new digs on Level 4. In addition, new shelving
is being installed on several levels to accommodate the
growing holdings. (The total number of items owned by the
library has passed the 1.2 million mark.) For regular updates
of library activities and construction, visit the Mansfield
Library Web page at www.lib.umt.edu/.
Helping
Hearts-UM Office of Public Safety personnel completed
training this month that gives them a better chance to help
students, visitors to campus and UM staff and faculty members
in emergency situations. "All officers are now certified
to use the AED (automated external defibrillator), a device
that comes into play when someone has a heart attack,"
said Kenneth Willett, Office of Public Safety director.
An AED is a portable device about the size of a laptop computer
that analyzes the heart's rhythm and, if necessary, tells
the user to deliver a shock to a victim of sudden cardiac
arrest. The shock, called defibrillation, may help the heart
to re-establish an effective rhythm of its own. UM's Curry
Health Center and the Office of Public Safety recently purchased
UM's first AED, Willett said. He is working to get financial
support to purchase more for the University.
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