Homecoming Offers Events For All
 

UM’s Homecoming celebration Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14, will include all the beloved, traditional events: Singing on the Steps, the lighting of the M, the Grizzly Growl Pep Rally, a home football game, the Alumni Social and Dance and the state’s most impressive parade.

Also on the schedule are a Homecoming kick-off celebration from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at Southgate Mall’s Clock Court. The event features an appearance by Monte and the UM dance squad and a chance to win prizes, including “the ultimate tailgate party.”

The annual Homecoming Art Fair will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct 13-15, at the University Center Atrium. The fair opens at 10 a.m. daily and closes at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday.

University alumnus and acclaimed author James Grady will hold a reading and signing for his new book, “Mad Dogs,” at The Bookstore at UM from 11 a.m. to noon Friday, Oct. 13.

Receptions and open houses will be held at various locations on campus Friday.

See the Web site for the complete schedule.

Homecoming schedule 

 Alumni To Be Honored At Homecoming
 

The 2006 recipients of UM’s Distinguished Alumni Award are Kalispell broadcaster, writer and photographer G. George Ostrom; Missoula businessman Terry W. Payne; and Professor Steve E. Petersen of Washington University in St. Louis.

The three will receive the awards during UM’s Homecoming festivities Friday, Oct. 13. The presentation of the awards and a reception will take place at 6 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom.

Ostrom, UM class of 1953, joined Kalispell’s KOFI radio in 1956 and has served as co-owner, general manger and news director during the past 50 years.

Payne received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UM in 1963. He is the founder and principal of Terry Payne and Co. Inc., an independent insurance agency established in Missoula in 1972.

Petersen received a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from UM in 1974. He is the James S. McDonnell Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Washington University in St. Louis.

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 Dead Sea Scrolls Subject Of Lecture, Seminar
 

The second installment of the President’s Lecture Series at UM will take a look at the relationship between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible.

Eugene Ulrich, John A. O’Brien Chair of Hebrew Scripture and Theology at the University of Notre Dame, will present “The Impact of the Dead Sea Scrolls on Our Bible” at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, in the Montana Theatre, located in the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center.

Earlier that day from 3:10 to 4:30 p.m., Ulrich will give a seminar titled “Major Surprises in the Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls” in Gallagher Business Building Room 123.

The lecture and seminar are presented in conjunction with the University of Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Lecture Program and the Notre Dame Club of Western Montana.

Both events are free and open to the public.

The Dead Sea Scrolls include about 230 Hebrew and Greek biblical manuscripts that are 1,000 years older than previously known manuscripts. They illuminate a previously undocumented period in the history of the biblical books.

President’s Lecture Series 

 Symposium Addresses Right to Privacy
 

A three-day symposium titled “The Right to Privacy” will be held Oct. 11-13 at UM’s School of Law Castles Center. The event, hosted by the Montana Law Review, is the law school’s Honorable James R. Browning Symposium.

Presentations begin Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 4 p.m. All sessions are free and open to the public. Montana Supreme Court Justice James C. Nelson will give the symposium’s keynote address at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Castles Center.

The symposium honors Judge James R. Browning of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a 1941 graduate of the law school. President Kennedy appointed Browning to the Ninth Circuit in 1961, and he continues to serve today.

A complete schedule of events and more information is available online or by calling the law school at 406- 243-4311.

Browning Symposium 

 Sunrise Ceremony To Bless Building Site
 

It has been more than 100 years since the spiritual leaders of all 12 of Montana’s tribes have gathered for one specific spiritual purpose.

But as the sun rises over UM on Friday, Oct. 13, these leaders will unite to bless and heal the site of the future Native American Center.

UM President George Dennison (an honorary member of the Blackfeet tribe) and Salish Kootenai College President Joe McDonald also will speak.

The ceremony will take place at 7:15 a.m. just south of the grizzly bear statue on the outer edge of the Oval. The event is free and open to the public. Following the ceremony, all are invited to participate in a lodge (teepee) raising on the site.

The Native American Center will house the Department of Native American Studies and the American Indian Student Services office. It also will serve as a gathering space for cultural events and related campus programming.  

 Forestry College Hosts Plum Creek Conference
 

The College of Forestry and Conservation will host the annual Plum Creek Conference Oct. 9-11.

This year’s event is titled “After the Next Fire: Science and the Postfire Environment.” All conference presentations are free and open to the public.

Presentations include an “Overview of Postfire Ecological and Management Issues, Including Policy and Practice”; “Putting Science to Work After Wildfires”; and “Effects on Watersheds Based on Empirical Data and Modeling, Including the Roles of Mitigation and Monitoring.”

News release and schedule 

 UM Offers 54th Annual Tax Institute
 

If the intricacies of the U.S. tax code get you excited, it’s time to attend UM’s 54th Annual Tax Institute.

The Institute is intended for attorneys, accountants, trust officers, financial planners, development officers and insurance professionals.

Offered by the School of Law, the institute will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27-28, at Missoula’s Doubletree Hotel. Eleven speakers will present topics such as “A Taxpayer’s Principal Residence: Not Only a Castle But a Magnificent Tax Shelter” and “Challenging Treasury Regulations and IRS Rulings.”

The event costs $300 for registrations received by Oct. 20 and $350 for those received thereafter. Continuing education credits are available.

Online registration 

 Panel Explores Security, Press Freedom
 

Tensions between national security concerns and freedom of the press are the focus of a panel discussion that will take place Tuesday, Oct. 10, at UM.

“Terrorism and Truth: Security and News in a New Era” will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the University Center Theater. The event is free and open to the public.

Panel members are former CBS White House correspondent Robert Pierpoint, Great Falls Tribune Capitol Bureau Chief Gwen Florio, and World Affairs Council of Montana Executive Director Mark Johnson. UM School of Journalism Dean Jerry Brown will serve as panel moderator.

The panel discussion is part of a Missoula International School two-day series of events and is co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Montana and UM’s School of Journalism.

 

 Public Invited To Visual Arts Open House
 

Three UM art venues will hold inaugural “Open House for the Visual Arts” events Thursday, Oct. 12. The Homecoming event is presented by UM’s Art Collaborative, formed earlier this year to promote the visual arts on campus.

From 4 to 6 p.m. that day, a diverse array of exhibits will be open to the public at UM’s Gallery of Visual Arts, Montana Museum of Art & Culture, and the University Center Art Gallery. There is no admission charge, and refreshments will be served at each venue.

On view at the Gallery of Visual Arts, located in UM’s Social Science Building, is the invitational exhibition titled “Changing Currents: Altered Landscape,” which features five artists who examine water as a natural resource.

The Montana Museum of Art & Culture, located in UM’s Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center, offers two photography exhibitions in the museum’s Meloy and Paxson galleries: “Changing Currents: Watershed Stories” and “Rephotographing Atget: Christopher Rauschenberg.”

The works of UM graduate student Kendall Mingey and Elizabeth Rose, who received a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from UM, are exhibited at the University Center Art Gallery.

 

 Native Plant Society Offers Free Lecture Series
 

The Clark Fork Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society will hold a series of evening presentations this semester at UM.

The lecture series will take place on the second Thursday of each month, except December, from Oct. 12 through April 12. All lectures will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Gallagher Business Building Room L09.

The series is free and open to the public. Upcoming lecture dates, titles and presenters include:

• Oct. 12: “Bark Beetle-Fungus-Conifer Interactions in Forests of North America.” Presenter: Diana Six, UM professor of forest pathology.
• Nov. 9: “Bringing Back the Dead: Revegetation of Silver Bow Creek.” Presenter: Plant ecologist Rich Prodgers, who has restored and reclaimed mined lands in Montana for three decades.

Montana Native Plant Society schedule 

 Grizzlies Take Command of Big Sky
 

The fourth-ranked Grizzlies traveled west to Oregon last weekend to face off with the Portland State Vikings in a battle of conference undefeateds.

PGE Park hosted its largest crowd since 2002 as more than 13,156 fans came out to see who would take the top spot in the conference.

Montana came away from the turnover-filled game with a 26-20 victory. Quarterback Josh Swogger completed 16 of 29 passes for a game-high 203 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. Ryan Bagley led the receiving core with five catches for 68 yards. Reggie Bradshaw finished with 79 yards on 18 carries.

The Grizzlies continue their 2006 Big Sky Conference season Saturday, playing the Eastern Washington Eagles in Cheney, Wash. Game time is 3:05 p.m. MDT.

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 Annual Griz Party Slated For EWU Game
 

If driving from Helena to Cheney to root for the Griz doesn’t suit your fancy, diehard fans can still get the spirit of a live game without leaving the capital city.

The UM-Helena College of Technology will host its second annual Griz Party Saturday in the Student Center. Complete with big screen TVs, a concession stand and Griz gear giveaways, the party promises to be the next best thing to being at the game.

The Griz Party begins with the 3:05 p.m. MDT kickoff against EWU, but those looking for the authentic Griz experience can start showing up at 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot for a pregame tailgate.

Montana Grizzlies 

 Griz Volleyball Split On Road
 

The UM volleyball team lost for the first time in three weeks Thursday night at Northern Arizona University in four games. But the Griz bounced back with a thrilling 3-2 victory at Northern Colorado Saturday night.

The Grizzlies won games one and three, and dropped games two and four, before scoring the match's final two points in a 15-13 game-five victory. Montana currently sits in third place in the Big Sky Conference standings after three weeks of play.

The Grizzlies hosted the second-place Portland State Vikings last night and take on the eighth-place Eastern Washington Eagles at 7 p.m. Saturday in UM's West Auxiliary Gym.

Montana Grizzlies 

 Griz Soccer Drops Dakotas
 

Sophomore Meghan Chambers put on a show as she notched two goals and assisted on another to help UM defeat North Dakota State 3-0 last Friday in the Montana Nike Cup.

On Sunday, the Grizzlies posted their third straight shutout with a 1-0 win over South Dakota State. Senior Kristina Lamberty scored the games only goal in the 76th minute of play.

Montana will open Big Sky Conference play today, hosting Northern Arizona at 4 p.m. at South Campus Soccer Field. The Griz continue conference play at 1 p.m. Sunday, when they host Northern Colorado.

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 Cross-Country Teams Take Second, Third
 

UM junior Allie Brosh and sophomore Eli Hermann led the Grizzly cross country teams to second- and third-place finishes last Saturday at the Montana Invitational on the University Golf Course.

Brosh finished second overall, covering the six-kilometer women's course in 21:52, while Hermann was 14th overall on the eight-kilometer men's course in 26:02.

Washington State won both the men's and the women's team titles, dominating the men's field with five of the top seven finishers.

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