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Commencement Ceremonies Set For May 16
More than 3,000 graduates are invited to
participate in the 112th Commencement
ceremonies at UM on Saturday, May 16, at the
Adams Center. Commencement weekend begins
Friday, May 15, with class reunions,
campuswide open houses and special receptions
for graduates and their families.
The general ceremony for the College of Arts
and Sciences and the College of Technology
will begin at 9:30 a.m. The general ceremony
for professional schools and colleges will be
held at 2 p.m. After each ceremony, students
will disperse to various campus locations for
individual awarding of diplomas.
Craig Barrett, board chair for technology
giant Intel Corp., is this year's
Commencement speaker. UM will present two
honorary doctorate degrees during the
Commencement ceremonies. Caleb Shields, a
resident of the Fort Peck Reservation, will
receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
degree during the morning ceremony. Phyllis
Washington of Missoula will receive an
Honorary Doctor of Education degree during
the afternoon ceremony.
All degree candidates participating in the
Saturday morning Commencement ceremony must
line up at 8:30 a.m. on the UM Oval for a
procession to the Adams Center. Those
participating in the afternoon ceremony
should line up on the Oval at 1 p.m. In case
of rain, candidates should meet at the
auxiliary gymnasiums in the south end of the
Adams Center.
For more detailed Commencement information,
visit the Registrar's Office Web site.
Registrar's Office
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Live Music, Games Come To Campus May 8
Students from UM's Entertainment Management
program will host the annual Spring Thaw
event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, May 8,
on the Oval. Spring Thaw festivities,
designed to bring
together the UM and Missoula communities, will
include live music, games and giveaways.
The event is free and open to the public, but
donations of nonperishable food items to
benefit the Missoula Food Bank are
encouraged. Proceeds from a raffle that
includes paid airfares for two to Las Vegas,
tickets to see Phish in concert at the Gorge
Amphitheatre and more will go to local
charities and the student program.
The funk/jazz trio Soulive will top off the
day with an 8 p.m. performance in the
University Theatre. Concert tickets are $18
in advance and $20 at the door and are
available at Rockin Rudy's, The Source in the
University Center and online at Ticket Web.
The Entertainment Management program immerses
a new group of students each year in the
entertainment industry through career
training, guest lectures and events such as
Spring Thaw. Information about the program is
available on the Entertainment Management Web
site. For more about
Spring Thaw, call Scott Douglas at
406-243-5695 or e-mail scott.douglas@business.umt.edu.
Entertainment Management
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Two Montana Runners Qualify For NCAAs
The Grizzlies doubled their NCAA regional
numbers from two to four on April 24. Junior
Kara DeWalt qualified in the
steeplechase and sophomore Katrina Drennen
qualified in the 5,000 meters at the Oregon
Relays in Eugene, Ore. DeWalt ran a 10:40.46
to meet the regional standard of 10:50.25.
Drennen ran a 16:49.22 to meet the regional
standard of 16:52.
The rest of the team competed at the Duane
Hartman Invitational on Saturday, April 25,
in Spokane, Wash. UM had five new Big Sky
Conference qualifications and five individual
event winners at the meet. Adding
new Big Sky qualifications from the women's
team were Brooke Andrus and freshman Jessica
Leslie. Andrus became Montana's first
800-meter qualifier when she won the event in
a career-best time of 2:16.48. Her time met
the Big Sky standard of 2:17.50. Leslie
became the Grizzlies' first qualifier in the
long jump, men's or women's, when she won the
event with a distance of 18-3, meeting the
Big Sky standard of 18-2.
Adding qualifications for the men were
seniors Dan Bingham and Eli Hermann. Bingham
ran the steeplechase in 9:26.94 to place
second. Hermann, who was already qualified in
the event, ran a season-best 9:30.07 to place
third in the steeplechase. Bingham and
Hermann both added 10,000-meter
qualifications with their steeplechase times.
With two weekends before the 2009 Big Sky
Conference outdoor championships, the
Grizzlies have 19 women with 31 automatic
qualifications in 16 different events and 18
men with 24 automatic qualifications in 13
different events.
The Grizzlies will host the annual Griz-Cat
Dual against Montana State on Saturday, May
2, at Dornblaser Field. Field
events begin at 9:30 a.m., and running events
start at noon. The meet is free and open to all.
Montana Grizzlies
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