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Germany Bound--Barbara Hollmann, UM vice president for student affairs,
will head to Germany in May for the 2001 U.S.-Germany International Education
Administrators Program. Conducted by the prestigious Fulbright Commission, the two-week
seminar on German higher education and society is designed for university administrators
whose responsibilities have a direct relation to international exchanges. Hollmann
oversees UM's Foreign Student and Scholar Services. "I am very excited -- not only to
be learning about German higher education, but also to be making personal contacts with
colleagues in German institutions for potential student and faculty exchanges," she
said. Blazing Trails--UM's Earth Observing System Education Project
will join forces with the U.S. Forest Service's Region 1 to gather data about the Lewis
and Clark Expedition. The EOS Education Project's Lewis and Clark Education Center, formed
last year, will pair the information with geographic-information-system technologies to
teach K-12 teachers and students about the Corps of Discovery. The Forest Service will
provide historical and current photos of Lewis and Clark's route, share information useful
in developing curriculum guides and work with UM on conferences, seminars and workshops
about the expedition. To sample the information offered by the Lewis and Clark Education
Center, visit www.lewisandclarkeducationcenter.com.
Hall Of Famers--Lady Griz basketball coach Robin Selvig, famous
hoopster Michael Ray Richardson and ace distance runner David Morris became members of the
Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame in a ceremony last Friday evening. They join 32 earlier
inductees, including Harry Adams, George "Jiggs" Dahlberg, Jud Heathcote, Marti
Leibenguth and Shannon Cate-Schweyen. Richardson has spent the past 13 years in Europe,
where he retired as a player in 1999 at age 45. He now is an Italian citizen living in
France and working for NBA Europe. Morris also has spent time abroad, training for three
years in Japan in an attempt to make the 2000 U.S. Olympic team. The Alaska native came to
UM in the late 1980s and left in 1993 with the school's first and only NCAA indoor track
championship. Selvig is the first to be inducted while still doing what he's being
inducted for, coaching the Lady Griz basketball team. He played for the Grizzlies in the
1970s.
Easing Parking--The Associated Students of UM received a Best
Practices Award from the Transportation Policy Coordinating Committee for working to
promote transportation alternatives for traveling to and from the University. ASUM and the
University sponsor free rides on the Mountain Line for students, staff and faculty. ASUM
and the UM Office of Public Safety also sponsor the Dornblaser Park-n-Ride program, which
cuts down on campus traffic. The student association also operates Cruiser Co-Op, which
allows students to check out bikes at no cost. UM also created a special parking lot for
vehicles with at least three occupants to encourage car-pooling to campus.
Winning Theme--Campuswide use of UM's new institutional theme
"The Discovery Continues" has earned one of the highest honors presented by the
Council for Advancement and Support of Education's District VIII Communications Awards
Program. University Relations representatives received the Grand Gold award for special
projects during the annual CASE conference in Victoria, B.C., Feb. 24-27. University
Relations introduced "The Discovery Continues" in January 2000 with the 1999
President's Report. On the report's cover, a Charles M. Russell painting titled
"Lewis and Clark Expedition" merges into an image of the Earth and NASA's
recently launched Terra satellite, which includes software developed by UM scientists.
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