News Anchor Returns To UM To Give Lecture
 

Network news anchor Meg Oliver will return to her alma mater Thursday, April 26, to give the annual Dean Stone Lecture.

Oliver, a 1993 graduate of the UM School of Journalism, anchors the overnight CBS news program, "Up To The Minute."

Oliver's lecture is titled "The Battle For Your Attention: Everyone Wants It, But Is It Worth Your Time?" It will begin at 7 p.m. in Urey Lecture Hall and is free and open to the public.

The lecture precedes the journalism school's Dean Stone Awards Banquet, scheduled this year for Friday, April 27, at the Holiday Inn Parkside in downtown Missoula. A social hour begins at 5 p.m., and dinner is at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 for students and $25 for non-students. They can be purchased in Journalism Building Room 209 or the Radio-Television office at 730 Eddy Ave. Tickets should be purchased by Friday, April 20.

The lecture and banquet are named in honor of the first dean of UM's journalism school, Arthur L. Stone.

School of Journalism 

 CNN Correspondent To Address Global Media
 

A former CNN world affairs correspondent will discuss perceptions of the United States during a lecture sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Montana on Thursday, April 26, at UM.

Ralph Begleiter, host of the Foreign Policy Association’s “Great Decisions” television series, will speak on “Global Media and the Power of Images or Why ‘They’ Hate Us and Why It Matters.” The talk begins at 7 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom.

Begleiter is a 30-year veteran of broadcast journalism who currently is the University of Delaware’s Distinguished Journalist in Residence. His lecture will examine the politics of imagery in the Arab and Muslim world and beyond.

 

 Lecture Examines Towering Wilderness Thinker
 

An upcoming UM lecture will examine the life and philosophies of Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) -- an essential figure in the development of contemporary American ideas about nature.

“Aldo Leopold: A Critical Look at an Essential Man” will be presented at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 19, in the North Underground Lecture Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Presenter William deBuys is a professor of documentary studies at the College of Santa Fe and an environmental historian and activist. He will discuss inconsistencies and even fallacies in Leopold’s work and his path of intellectual and moral development.

The event is the fifth annual Hammond Lecture in Western/Environmental History. It is sponsored by the Hammond Endowment in the Department of History and UM’s O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West.

 

 UM Gets Ready For Earth Week Celebration
 

Earth Day just wasn’t enough time for UM organizers to cram in all of the events they had planned, so instead UM will host Earth Week 2007.

Every day from Monday, April 16, to Earth Day on April 22, there will be Earth Week-related films, speakers, tours, performances and other campus activities.

Saturday is Earth Service Day, when service opportunities include river cleanup, prairie restoration on Mount Sentinel, sorting recyclables and working at UM's organic PEAS farm. Ecopentathletes ride their bikes from event to event and do all the service events.

After a hard day working for the Earth, enjoy the Earth Service Day Dance in the UC Ballroom from 7:30 to 11 p.m. The dance features easy-to-learn folk dances and old-time fiddle music by the Parlor Pickers. All of the dances are taught, and no experience or partner is needed.

Earth Day schedule of events 

 Conference Studies Importance Of Central Asia
 

The fifth annual Central Asia Conference at UM will take place Thursday through Saturday, April 19-21.

The theme of the three-day event is “Central Asia and Its Geopolitical Impact on South Asia, the Caucasus and the Middle East.” All conference events will be held in the University Center and are free and open to the public.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher will present the keynote address, “Central Asia, South Asia and the Middle East: Policy Challenges for the United States,” from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, in the University Center Ballroom.

Information about panelists and presenters and a complete conference schedule are online.

Central Asia Conference 

 Powwow Celebrates American Indian Heritage
 

The 39th annual Kyi-Yo Powwow will kick off at 7 p.m. Friday, April 20, in the Adams Center.

The three-day powwow offers a chance for students to share in the celebration of American Indian heritage and artistry. Events run from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, April 21, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 22.

Grand entry events also will take place at noon and 7 p.m. Saturday and at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Admission is free for children 7 and under and seniors 55 and older and $5 for others. Students with ID cards get a $2 discount. Tickets are available at the door.

Kyi-Yo Powwow 

 National Award Goes To UM Professor
 

UM Professor Carol Brewer has been selected to receive the 2007 American Institute of Biological Sciences Education Award.

The award is presented annually to individuals or groups who have made significant contributions to education in the biological sciences.

In announcing the award, AIBS noted Brewer’s efforts to improve scientific literacy and reach diverse audiences through projects that connect the general public, educators and scientists.

“She encourages collaboration between scientists and educators, trains teachers to use their schoolyards for ecological investigations with students, and practices new assessment strategies to clearly connect teaching and learning,” AIBS said. “Especially noteworthy is Brewer’s work heading the educational initiatives of the National Ecological Observatory Network.”

Brewer is associate dean of UM’s College of Arts and Sciences and teaches in the University’s Division of Biological Sciences. She came to UM after receiving a doctoral degree from the University of Wyoming in 1993, and has since developed successful programs in ecology research and education.

She will receive the AIBS award at the institute’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., May 14-15.

 

 School Of Education Honors Missoula Teacher
 

For the last 14 years, Carla Gail Clement has shepherded Missoula first-graders through Hellgate Elementary School with the same level of excitement and warmth she had her first day on the job.

In recognition of her contribution to Missoula’s youth and her commitment to teaching excellence, Clement will receive this year’s Maryfrances Shreeve Award for Teaching Excellence from the UM School of Education.

The award is named for the late Maryfrances Shreeve, who taught with distinction around Western Montana and was the first recipient of the award, created by her children in 1992.

The winner is presented with a check for $2,000 and another check for $1,000 to be used for teaching resources or other school needs.

Clement, a graduate of Montana State University-Billings, has spent her entire teaching career in Montana, with time in Ronan, Great Falls and Missoula schools.

The winner and finalists will be honored tonight at the annual School of Education reception sponsored by UM President George Dennison.

 

 Town Hall Meeting Focuses On Privilege
 

The last town hall meeting of the year at UM will focus on the thorny and oft-overlooked subject of privilege.

The meeting, titled “Making Privilege in Education Visible: Curriculum, Income and Sexual Orientation,” will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in University Center Rooms 330 and 331. It is free and open to the public.

The meeting will feature a panel discussion on how class, history and heterosexual privilege manifest themselves in the educational environment. Speakers are Julie Cajune, tribal history project director at Salish Kootenai College, UM psychology Professor Bryan Cochran and UM sociology Professor Sergio Romero.

The presentation will be followed by a brief refreshment break and facilitated dialogue.

 

 Transfer Transition Set For April 23
 

Transfer Transition, an early registration day for students who plan to transfer to UM fall semester 2007, will be held Monday, April 23.

All transfer students who were admitted to UM for fall semester 2007 before Monday, April 6, are welcome to attend.

During the daylong event, students will meet with academic advisers to develop schedules and register for classes.

Information also will be available about campus resources, on-campus and off-campus living options, and the costs and payment options associated with attending UM.

For more information about Transfer Transition or to sign up to attend the event, visit the Web site or call UM Admissions and New Student Services at 406-243-6266 or toll-free at 800-462-8636.

Transfer Transition 

 Film Festival Features Math Topics
 

UM's eighth annual Math Film Festival will be held from 3:10 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in the third-floor University Center Theater.

The UM Math Club is sponsoring the festival to celebrate Math Awareness Month. This year's theme is “Mathematics and the Brain.”

All films are free and open to the public, and a complete schedule is online.

Math Film Festival schedule (PDF) 

 Web Survey Seeks Opinions About UM Site
 

In its effort to continually improve and enhance the UM Web site, the Home Page Subcommittee of the University Web Committee is collecting user feedback via an online survey.

The survey will be available as a featured link on the UM home page through April 23. All users of the Web site are encouraged to complete the survey.

Results from past surveys and forums have led to a number of site improvements, including the Phone/E-mail Directory, a more detailed Events Calendar and the "Voices" student blogs.

UM Web survey 

 Meeting To Sketch Plan For Montana Arboretum
 

Unbeknownst to many, UM's main campus is the Montana State Arboretum, designated as such in 1991 by the Legislature.

Over the years the Campus Arboretum Committee has helped guide the planting and maintenance of campus trees and shrubs. Now an opportunity has arisen to help put the arboretum on the map.

The Idaho-Montana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects is hosting this year’s Rocky Mountain Rendezvous today through Sunday in Missoula. The group will host a special design workshop for the UM arboretum from 1 to 5 p.m. today in the Adams Center Sky Club.

The workshop will be led by Professor Bob Grese, director of the University of Michigan’s Nichols Arboretum. Grese is known nationally for his work in landscape restoration, and he brings with him global experience in working with arboreta of various sizes and ecological contexts.

Up to 50 professional landscape architects and landscape architecture students from Montana and Idaho will form design teams to study the campus and address opportunities, constraints and possibilities for arboretum design.

 

 DeFranco Headlines April 27-28 Jazz Festival
 

Fans of jazz will be treated to some of the greats at UM's eighth annual Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival April 27-28.

Highlights of the festival are two concerts featuring DeFranco -- one of the top jazz clarinetists in history -- and guest artists. The concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 27-28, at the University Theatre.

Reserved seats are $20 for one night and $35 for both nights; students and seniors pay $15 for one night and $25 for both nights. Concert tickets can be purchased at the University Center and Adams Center box offices, at Worden’s Market, through GrizTix online or by calling 888-666-8262.

Friday’s guest artists are Bob Mintzer on saxophone and Ingrid Jensen on trumpet. Saturday night, DeFranco will be joined on stage by drummer Ed Soph and Andy Firth on the clarinet and saxophone.

In addition to the evening concerts, school jazz bands from throughout the western United States will perform from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the University Theatre. Featured artists will give clinics at 1 p.m. both days. Daytime festival events are free and open to the public.

Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival 

 Anonymous Collector Loans German Sculpture
 

The Montana Museum of Art & Culture at UM has received a second major art loan from an anonymous private collector.

“Torso of a Walking Woman” or “Torso Turning” by German Expressionist sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881-1919) may be viewed through July 23 in the lobby of the Mansfield Library.

Lehmbruck is considered one of Germany’s most important sculptors. Influenced by other Modernist sculptors such as August Rodin and Constantin Brancusi, Lehmbruck was active at a time of rapid change in the art world. His mature work -- characterized by stylized, elongated figures in pensive poses and primarily in the mediums of stone or cast stone -- is embodied in “Torso of a Walking Woman.”

“Torso of a Walking Woman” was conceived in 1914 and cast in stone in the 1920s after Lehmbruck’s death. It was the only artwork chosen in 1929 by Modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to be housed in his well-known Tugendhat House in what is now the Czech Republic.

The piece was confiscated by the Nazis in 1938 and stored at the Moravska Galerie in Brno, Czech Republic. Recently it was returned to the Tugendhat family and subsequently sold.

Montana Museum of Art & Culture 

 10 Athletes Qualify For Big Sky Championships
 

UM outdoor track and field teams had their second strong outing in as many meets April 6, adding another 10 Big Sky Conference-qualifying performances at the 36th Pelluer Invitational in Cheney, Wash.

Field events highlighted the performances, accounting for eight of the 10 new qualifying marks. The Grizzlies now have 18 men qualified in 21 events and nine women qualified in 14 events.

Qualifying on the men's team were junior Levi Zell in the pole vault with a second-place height of 14-9; sophomore David King, also in the pole vault, tying for fifth with a height of 14-3.25; junior Jake Stevens in the shot, finishing fourth with 50-3.5; freshman Chris Hellekson finishing fifth in the shot with 50-3.25; senior Robb Hollenbeck in the long jump, finishing second with 23-4.5; junior Logan Labbe in javelin with a sixth-place throw of 192-9; senior Ryan Flaherty in the 800 meters with a second-place time of 1:53.87; and junior Andy Mulvaney in the high jump with a height of 6-6.75.

The two new qualifiers on the women's side were junior Baily Cox, who met the standard in the long jump with her 18-3.75 performance during the heptathlon, and freshman Brooke Andrus, who won the 800 meters with a qualifying time of 2:17.52.

Montana competes Saturday, April 14, at the Montana State Open in Bozeman.

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