UM's Office for Civic Engagement will host its ninth annual "Trick-or-Eat" food drive Sunday, Oct. 31, in Missoula. Volunteers from across campus and community are invited to participate.

Costumed volunteers will go door-to-door in local neighborhoods asking for non-perishable food items to donate to the Missoula Food Bank. The donations will benefit needy families this holiday season. During past events, volunteers have collected an average of 7,000 pounds of food.

Volunteers should meet at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at UM's Davidson Honors College.

Explore the original lands, people and cultures encountered by the 1803-06 Corps of Discovery in a new documentary titled "Native Homelands Along the Lewis & Clark Trail."

The 35-minute film describes tribal life at the dawn of the 1800s and, through oral histories, clarifies some misconceptions perpetrated by the Corps of Discovery. The film was produced and directed by Sally Thompson, director of the Lifelong Learning Project at UM-Missoula.

Two Missoula screenings of "Native Homelands Along the Lewis & Clark Trail" are planned. The first is free and will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, in the third-floor University Center Theater. The second will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, in the Roxy Theater at 718 S. Higgins. Tickets cost $3 for the general public and $2 for students and seniors. Panel discussions will follow both presentations.

The documentary also is available in DVD and VHS formats at the Bookstore at UM for $19.95. For more information, call (406) 243-5889.

UM-Missoula has been awarded a three-year, $890,000 grant aimed at increasing the number of American Indian pharmacy students and faculty members.

The grant was presented by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to the School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences. The funding will continue UM's Native American Center of Excellence, which works to increase the number of American Indian and Alaska native pharmacy students and professors nationwide.

UM-Missoula is hosting a Fulbright visiting scholar from Turkmenistan for the 2004-05 academic year.

Gaplan Esenamanov, formerly a senior specialist at the Ministry of Education in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, is one of about 800 foreign faculty and professionals the Fulbright Scholar Program has brought to the United States this year to teach and do research.

Esenamanov is investigating the higher education system in the United States to be used as a model for Turkmenistan's own educational reforms. He is based at the School of Education.

Turkmenistan, a country of 5.6 million, is a former Soviet republic north of Iran and Afghanistan.

UM-Missoula will host a traditional contra dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, in the University Center Ballroom.

The community dance will feature a live band that specializes in old-time fiddle music, jigs and reels. A workshop to teach contra dancing to beginners will be held from 7:30 to 8 p.m.

The dance is presented by UM's Environmental Studies Program and the Missoula Folklore Society. Admission is $4 for UM students and Missoula Folklore Society members and $6 for the general public.

For more information, call (406) 243-5153.

Each year, UM-Missoula presents the Robert T. Pantzer Award to a person from UM or the state who has substantially contributed to making the University a more open and humane learning environment.

The award honors Pantzer, UM president during 1966-74, whose open-door policy was a hallmark of his administration. UM seeks nominations of individuals who exemplify Pantzer's ideals of unfettered academic inquiry and expression. Nominations should include a statement of how the nominee fits the criteria and the nominee's resume.

Nominations should be sent to Provost Lois Muir, Pantzer Award Committee, University Hall 125, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812. They also can be faxed to (406) 243-5937. The nomination deadline is Monday, Nov. 15.

The Pantzer Award will be presented during UM Charter Day ceremonies on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005.

Become a permanent part of the UM-Missoula campus by having your name -- or another special person's -- engraved on a brick in Centennial Circle.

Centennial Circle was established in 1993, when UM celebrated its 100th birthday. Paved with red bricks, the circle surrounds Rudy Autio's landmark grizzly bear statue, located on the western edge of the Oval. With its classic Main Hall and Mount Sentinel backdrop, the circle is a favorite place for picture-taking.

Centennial Circle Bricks cost $150 each and may be engraved with names or brief messages.

The difference between a win and a loss in Sunday's match between Montana and Northern Arizona was one pass and one scoring header, leading UM to topple the Lumberjacks 1-0 in their final regular-season match at South Campus Soccer Field.

After Sunday's win, Montana is tied for first in the Big Sky conference at 3-0-1, moving to 7-5-2 overall and 1-3-0 in the Big Sky conference.

Today, Oct. 29, Montana is in California to take on Sacramento State at 4 p.m.

Montana Volleyball won its first Big Sky Conference match of the season in front of 452 fans Friday by rallying to beat Idaho State 20-30, 30-22, 30-25, 30-28 at UM-Missoula's West Auxiliary Gym.

Freshman Micaela Parker's serving, solid defense and a combination of hitters helped Montana snap a five-match losing streak. Then, Saturday night, Parker had 19 kills and eight service aces, both season highs, to help Montana rally from a 2-1 deficit and defeat Weber State in five games, also at home. These are Montana's first back-to-back wins of the season, letting them improve to 5-14 overall, 2-7 in Big Sky Conference play.

This week, UM takes its fresh win streak on the road against Sacramento State and Northern Arizona, playing the Hornets Thursday night in Sacramento, Calif., and the Lumberjacks at 2 p.m. Saturday in Flagstaff, Ariz.

After a bye week, the fourth-ranked Montana Grizzlies (6-1/3-0 Big Sky Conference) continue their 2004 conference season Saturday, playing the Portland State Vikings (3-4/1-3 Big Sky) in Portland's PGE Park. Kickoff is 4:35 p.m. MST.