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Law School Names New Dean
Irma Russell, a legal scholar and national
leader in environmental and energy law, will
become the next dean of the UM School of Law.
She will be the school's first female dean.
Russell is now a law professor at the
University of Tulsa College of Law, serving
as a National Energy-Environment Law and
Policy Institute professor. She is a graduate
of the University of Kansas, where she earned
two undergraduate degrees, a master's in
English literature and a law degree.
She will begin her new UM duties July 1. E.
Edwin Eck, dean of the School of Law since
1995, announced last fall that he will step
down from his position at the conclusion of
this academic year and return to the law
faculty.
UM President George Dennison said, "We are
confident we have found the right person to
lead the School of Law into the future. The
law dean serves not just UM, but is entrusted
with leading legal education for the entire
state. It's a special position, and Irma has
the full complement of skills needed to
affirm UM's growing national standing."
Read the Full News Release
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Students Try Their Hand At Philanthropy
Students in a UM School of Business
Administration class learned about
philanthropy firsthand this spring when they
awarded $10,000 to seven local nonprofit
organizations.
The class, called Leadership and Motivation,
focuses on leadership and management skills
and engages students in community-based
service learning with local nonprofits. This
semester a new element of the class focused
on philanthropy through the Learning By
Giving Program. With a generous grant from
the Sunshine Lady Foundation, students
learned about the importance and practice
of philanthropy by disbursing grants to
Missoula-area nonprofits.
The students issued a request for proposals
in March and received 63 submissions from
local nonprofits requesting a total of
$128,000 in funding to support a variety of
programs and services. With only $10,000 to
award, the students implemented a rigorous
in-class review and scoring process to
determine which projects to fund.
In the end, seven Missoula nonprofit
organizations received funding. The
organizations are the RiteCare Language and
Hearing Clinic, 1st Way Pregnancy Support
Center, Partnership for Children, Missoula
Community Food and Agriculture Coalition, the
Flagship Program, Missoula Food Bank and the
Missoula Family YMCA. Grant awards ranged
from $821 to $2,500.
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COT Faculty Members Honored
Five faculty members at the UM College of
Technology have been recognized for teaching
excellence by the National Institute for
Staff and Organizational Development.
The faculty members and their departments are:
- Thomas Campbell, Business Technology.
- Josef Crepeau, Applied Arts and
Sciences.
- Deborah Fillmore, Health Professions.
- Penny Jakes, Applied Computing and
Electronics.
- David Neu, Industrial Technology.
The National Institute for Staff and
Organizational Development emphasizes the
importance of teaching and leadership
excellence in institutions of higher
education. NISOD works to serve, engage and
inspire teachers and leaders through
conferences, publications, Web services,
partnerships, programs and more.
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'Backroads Of Montana' Rolls Out 30th Episode
"Backroads of Montana," the popular
travelogue series on Montana PBS, presents
its 30th episode -- and the first in high
definition (where available) -- at 8 p.m.
Monday, May 11. The episode will repeat at 7
p.m. Thursday, May 14; at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 16; and at 10:30 a.m. Sunday,
May 17.
Subtitled "Comin' Round the Mountain," the
program climbs aboard one of the famous
"jammer" buses in Glacier National Park,
observes the spring snowmelt near Lolo Peak,
listens in to a ham radio operation with some
space-age credentials and joins an
archaeology dig for Chinese artifacts in Big
Timber.
William Marcus hosts the program on location
from the historic Stevensville area in the
Bitterroot Valley of southwestern Montana,
with stops at Fort Owen, St. Mary's Mission,
the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge and
Valley Drug.
"Backroads of Montana" is a production of
Montana PBS, a collaborative effort of UM and
Montana State University. Check local
listings for channels.
Montana PBS
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Cats Beat Griz In Dual Meet
Montana State swept both the men's and
women's track teams on Saturday, May 2, at
the annual Griz-Cat Dual at Dornblaser Field.
The Bobcats downed the Grizzlies 109-93 on
the men's side and 108.5-91.5 on the women's
side. MSU's victories snapped Montana's
three-year winning streak in the men's dual
and two-year winning streak in the women's dual.
Despite the losses, the Griz men had a big
day in the throws, winning the shot put,
discus, javelin and hammer. Junior Chris
Hellekson was a double winner in the discus
and hammer and became Montana's fifth NCAA
Midwest Regional qualifier with a hammer
throw of 187-4. Sophomore Richard Brumbaugh
competed against the top three javelin
throwers in the Big Sky Conference and had
a career-best throw of 214-9 to win the event by
over 10 feet.
The Montana men added seven new Big Sky
Conference qualifiers for the outdoor
championships, which will be held
Wednesday through Saturday, May 13-16, in
Missoula. Sophomore Phil Krok was a double
qualifier with a pair of career bests,
meeting the standard in the 100 and 200
meters with a first-place time of 10.84 in
the 100 and a second-place time of 21.60 in
the 200. Senior Cody Henning qualified in the
200 meters (third place, career best 21.72).
Junior Chris Hicks qualified in the triple
jump (second place, 47-8). Junior Dan Beaudin
qualified with his second-place throw of
155-11 in the discus. Sophomore Kyle
Danreuther qualified in the 400-meter hurdles
with a career-best winning time of 54.34 and
sophomore Colin O'Neill qualified for the
10,000 meters with his altitude-adjusted time
of 15:19.19 in the 5,000 meters.
The women also added seven new Big Sky
qualifications. Four of the qualifications
came from athletes who were previously not
qualified in any event. Senior Nichole
Walker qualified with her altitude-adjusted
winning time of 2:16.68 in the 800 meters.
Senior Kaci Calway qualified in the
steeplechase with her fourth-place,
altitude-adjusted time of 11:37.71. Junior
Jessa Linford qualified in the high jump with
a winning height of 5-5, and sophomore Hannah
Stanton qualified in the javelin with a
third-place throw of 132-8.
Juniors Danica
Bates, Megan Betz and Kim Tritz all added
additional events to previous qualifications.
Bates added the 100-meter hurdles with her
second-place time of 14.68. Betz hit the Big
Sky standard of 15.00 in the same event with
a third-place time of 14.77. Tritz, whose
previous steeplechase times this season met
the 10,000-meter Big Sky standard, added the
steeplechase with a third-place,
altitude-adjusted time of 11:31.65.
The Grizzlies will attend a meet at Montana
State this weekend, the final event before
the Big Sky championships. The Montana men
have 23 athletes with 31 qualifications in 15
different events. The women have 23 athletes
with 38 automatic qualifications in 18
different events.
Montana Grizzlies
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