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Griz greetings!
Welcome to TGIF News. This e-mail newsletter is
provided weekly, except during the summer and
scheduled academic breaks, to subscribers including
students, alumni, employees and friends of The
University of Montana.
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'Ordinary Wolves' Author To Speak At UM
Author Seth Kantner will be in Missoula to talk about
his book, "Ordinary Wolves," at 7 p.m., Tuesday,
Oct. 3, in the University Theatre.
"Ordinary Wolves" was chosen to be the "first-year
reading experience" book at UM for 2006. The
program encourages all first-year students to read
the same book so they have one more thing in
common as they begin college.
Kantner is a 1991 graduate of UM's School of
Journalism, and his debut novel met with rave
reviews around the country. First-year students also
can enter an essay contest with a $400 first prize.
The essay must be about the reader's reaction to
the book.
Also connected to the first-year book experience:
- UM geography professor Anna Klene will give a
speech titled "Alaska, Great Land of Change: Some
Geographic and Historic Context for 'Ordinary
Wolves'" at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 26, in the
University Center Theater.
- UM wildlife biology professor Dan Pletscher will
present a speech titled " Wolves in Montana:
Separating Fact From Fiction" at 7 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 19, in
Urey Lecture Hall.
First-Year Reading Experience
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Kantner Follows Tough Road To, From UM
To nearly anyone, best-selling author, igloo builder,
hunter, trapper and Alaskan, Seth Kantner's life is
anything but ordinary.
Kantner said that while his novel about a white boy
growing up in the wilds of the Alaskan tundra is
fictional, the arc of the story closely mirrors his own
life.
"All the characters, all the scenes, it's all made up,"
he said. "They're not real people regardless of some
people who try to find themselves."
But Kantner writes about a life of living off the land
and sleeping in a sod igloo from experience, having
been raised north of the Arctic Circle in a harsh
landscape often romanticized in the lower 48.
"I wanted to write something that didn't have all the
natives as noble and the glaciers as beautiful," he
said. "It's a land of extremes; the country is
beautiful
and the wildlife is amazing, but the social problems
are depressing."
After attending the University of Alaska at Fairbanks
on and off for a few years, Kantner said a creative
writing professor told him about UM.
"About the only thing I learned in the first two years
of college and the only thing I remembered was the
word 'Missoula,'" he said.
Read the complete story
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Internet Safety Training Scheduled
Internet predation, identity theft and cyber bullying
are the topics of a series of free training workshops
that will be held Sept. 25-28 at four Montana
locations.
Workshops will be held in Missoula, Helena, Great
Falls and Billings, with one track for law enforcement
officers and a second track for educators,
administrators and parents.
The workshops are sponsored by the UM School of
Education through its Montana Safe Schools Project,
which is run by the Division of Educational Research
and Service. They are made possible in Montana by a
DERS partnership with the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children and the National Association of
School Resource Officers.
Workshop participants will learn about NetSmartz,
the Internet safety branch of NCMEC, which offers
interactive, up-to-date and age-appropriate curricula
for children and teens. Participants will be taught the
tools needed to successfully use the NetSmartz
program.
Space is limited, so those planning to attend the
training sessions must RSVP by calling Jen von Sehlen
at 406-243-4297 or e-mailing
jen.vonsehlen@mso.umt.edu. The deadline to RSVP is
Wednesday, Sept. 20.
Division of Educational Research and Service
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Goedicke To Be Honored At Sunday Memorial
Through her poetry, her teaching and her life,
Professor Patricia Goedicke was an inspiration to
countless UM students and community members.
Goedicke, who taught poetry at UM from 1981 to
2006, died this summer at age 75 from pneumonia, a
complication of lung cancer.
At 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, the University's
Department of English, in conjunction with the
College of Arts and Sciences and the President's
Office, will honor Goedicke at a memorial gathering in
the Dell Brown Room in Turner Hall. All are invited to
attend.
Goedicke wrote 12 books of poems during her career
and received numerous fellowships and awards. Her
most recent volume, "As Earth Begins to End," was
declared one of the top 10 books of poetry in 2000
by the American Library Association. In the title
poem, she declares, "I've never been able to
tell/where we end and the earth begins beyond us."
A memorial scholarship fund has been established in
Goedicke's name at the University. Those who would
like to contribute may do so by sending a check to
the UM Foundation, P.O. Box 7159, Missoula, MT,
59807-7159. Please note "in memory of Patricia
Goedicke" on all donations.
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'Still Life With Iris' To Premiere At UM
"Still Life with Iris," the newest production by UM's
Department of Drama/Dance, will be held Sept. 26-30
and Oct. 3-7 in the Montana Theatre.
The play will start at 7 p.m. Sept. 26-30 and Oct.
3-7. Weekend matinees will be held at 2 p.m. Sept.
30-Oct. 1 and Oct. 7-8. The Montana Theatre is
located in the PAR/TV Center on campus.
Steven Dietz's "Still Life with Iris" is set in
Nocturno, a magical land where, by night, people
develop the world that average citizens see
day-to-day. After Iris is chosen as the perfect girl
and new daughter of the rulers of Nocturno, her
memory is erased to ease the pain of her transition
from her past. When Iris finds a clue to her former
existence, she meets with friends, who throughout a
journey, try and help her release herself from the
rulers.
Tickets cost $15 for general admission, $12 for
students with an ID and seniors 60 and older,
and $5 for children 12 and younger. They can be
purchased by calling the the box office at
406-243-4581 between 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
Department of Drama/Dance
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Volleyball Team Nets Some Wins
The UM volleyball team had a school-record 19
service aces and won its second straight match
Sept. 9 over Cornell University, 21-30, 30-27, 31-29,
30-27, at the University of Portland Nike Invitational.
The Grizzlies enter Big Sky Conference play, which
kicks off next Friday, with a home match against
Montana State, with a 2-6 record.
Cornell out-hit the Griz .152 to .136, but Montana
had a school-record 19 service aces to the Big Red's
four.
UM earned its first win of the season Sept. 8 with a
30-25, 27-30, 30-22, 30-22 victory over High Point
University at Portland. The Grizzlies had four
players reach
double-figure kills.
Senior Claudia Houle led UM in kills with 17. Senior
Emily Sakis added 15, sophomore Micaela Parker had
13 and junior Jessica Petersen finished with 12.
Montana Grizzlies
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