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Skaggs Building Addition To Be Unveiled May 9
Using the theme "Prescription for Discovery," UM will
unveil its new Skaggs Building addition on
Wednesday, May 9.
The dedication ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m. in
the addition's first-floor auditorium, Room 169. The
public is welcome to attend, and limited parking will
be available in the lot at the corner of Beckwith and
Mansfield avenues.
The Skaggs Building houses UM's College of Health
Professions and Biomedical Sciences, and the $14
million expansion offers an additional 42,000 square
feet, mostly for the Department of Biomedical and
Pharmaceutical Sciences. That department includes
the Center for Environmental Health Sciences and the
Center for Structural and Functional Neuroscience.
"Our pharmacy school is presently ranked No. 7
among U.S. pharmacy programs in total research
dollars awarded by the National Institutes of Health
and No. 5 in terms of NIH research dollars per faculty
member," said Dean David Forbes. "This addition will
help maintain the standard of excellence we have
established here in Montana."
The centerpiece of the new addition is the Biomedical
Research Facility. Each of the main research floors
has three large interconnected laboratories that allow
scientists from various disciplines to work on related
research problems.
A unique highlight of the building is its first-floor
science discovery area, where exhibits and activities
are designed to attract K-12 students and their
teachers and get them excited about science. The
addition also has more classroom space, including a
135-seat auditorium.
Funding for the expansion came from the ALSAM
Foundation and L.S. "Sam" Skaggs and his family, the
Jack Poe family, NIH and sale of revenue bonds. The
addition was a high priority of the University's historic
$100 million capital campaign, "Invest in Discovery."
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Campus Visits Scheduled For Provost Candidates
After a comprehensive, nationwide search,
three promising candidates will interview for the
position of UM provost and vice president for
academic affairs.
The position is the second highest senior
executive officer on the Missoula campus, and the
successful candidate will work closely with the UM
president to provide direction and leadership for the
University.
The provost is responsible for promoting
academic excellence and overseeing the
development of general goals and directions for
academic programs.
The candidates were selected from a
large pool of highly qualified applicants by the
University's Provost Search Committee, chaired by
Teresa Branch, UM vice president for student affairs.
The candidates will visit UM beginning this week.
Following is the campus visit schedule:
Friday, May 4 (continued from Thursday):
Robert Sheehan, interim provost and executive vice
president, University of Toledo.
Monday and Tuesday, May 7-8: Royce
Engstrom, provost and vice president for academic
affairs, University of South Dakota.
Wednesday and Thursday, May 9-10: Matthew Moen,
dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of
South Dakota.
Office of the Provost
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UM J-School Unveils New Home Next Week
The doors of Don Anderson Hall will be flung wide
Friday, May 11, in a long-awaited dedication ceremony
for the UM School of Journalism's new home.
From an open swath of grass first overturned with
silver-plated shovels three years ago to a five-story,
57,000-square-foot behemoth, Anderson Hall has
risen swiftly under the auspices of journalism school
Dean Jerry Brown, who spearheaded the project.
"I'm generally stunned by the beauty of it," he said.
Festivities will begin at 2 p.m. in front of the building
and include speakers from the journalism school, UM
President George Dennison, Missoula Mayor John
Engen and others. After the formal presentations, the
building will open for the public to tour, with journalism
faculty acting as docents.
Don Anderson, for whom the building is named, is
best known for organizing the Lee Enterprises
purchase of a number of Montana newspapers from
the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. His obituary
in 1978 referred to him as the "Abraham Lincoln of
Montana journalism" for his work in liberating Montana
papers from their corporate stranglehold.
Anderson Hall will bring the print, photo and
radio/television departments of the school back under
the same roof for the first time in 30 years, a crucial
move because of the increasingly multimedia nature
of the industry, Brown said.
The $14 million building was a top priority of the
University's historic $100 million capital
campaign, "Invest in
Discovery."
Invest in Discovery
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UM Presents Plans For New Education Center
The School of Education at UM unveiled plans for a
new Phyllis Washington Education Center
Wednesday in the Adams Center Sky Club. Montana
Gov. Brian Schweitzer was the featured speaker.
The Washington Education Center, equipped with the
latest technology, will train future education
professionals and enhance partnerships with
practicing educators in the field. Pending receipt of gift
commitments for the project, construction should
begin in 2008 on a 25,000-square-foot center
expansion to the Education Building.
A highlight of the addition will be space for the Early
Childhood Modeling Center, which takes an integrated
or "wraparound" approach to serving youngsters and
their families.
The planned facility also will feature indoor and
outdoor classrooms, observation stations for
education and counseling students, a state-of-the-art
classroom for science and math methods, distance
learning teaching, production and research areas,
seminar and conference rooms, and space for
professional and pre-professional activities.
Dennis and Phyllis Washington made a $3 million
contribution toward construction of the center as part
of their commitment to UM's historic $100 million
capital campaign, "Invest in Discovery."
Invest in Discovery
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Student Named High School Journalist Of The Year
Josh Barone, editor of the Great Falls High School
newspaper, "Iniwa," has been named Montana's High
School Journalist of the Year, an award that carries a
$1,000 scholarship from the Montana Newspaper
Association.
The annual contest, sponsored by the UM School of
Journalism, the Montana Journalism Education
Association and the MNA, offers competition in writing,
photography and design. It is judged by Montana
newspaper professionals and UM journalism faculty.
Barone was selected from six high school seniors
nominated for the honor by their high school
journalism advisers as part of the 2007 MJEA contest.
Runner-up was Jenny Tiskus, a senior at Polson High
School and editor of the "Salishian."
Complete contest results may be viewed online.
Montana High School Newspaper Contest
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