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Think Grizzly, It's Friday | Dec. 14, 2007 | Volume 13, Number 33

In This Issue:

TGIF Takes A Holiday
Think Green This Holiday Season
Fulbright Program Benefits UM Students
Register Now For Lifelong Learning Courses
Foundation Opens Scholarship Competition
Griz B-Ball Falls To Pilots
Lady Griz Tromp Cal State Northridge

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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.

TGIF Takes A Holiday

This is the final issue of TGIF News for the semester, as we join UM students on winter break. Finals conclude today and Wintersession runs Jan. 2-18, while spring semester classes begin Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Happy holidays from all of us at UM!

Academic Calendar

Think Green This Holiday Season

The holidays are a better time than ever to evaluate consumer habits and personal eco-footprints, according to Jessie Davie, Associated Students of UM sustainability coordinator. She offers the following tips for a sustainable holiday season:

Buy less by organizing a drawing for gifts. Buying things just for the sake of giving them is doing a disservice to your pocketbook, your friends and the environment.
Consider concert or movie tickets or certificates for massages or restaurant meals. Every gift doesn't have to come wrapped in plastic or packed in cardboard or Styrofoam.
Patronize local shops to find gifts that are more unique and made from materials available locally. Don't forget to bring reusable shopping bags.
Think outside the box when wrapping your gifts this season. Wrap them in cloth or old newspapers instead.
Use LED lights for your holiday tree. They use 80 percent less energy than the strings that burn out after only a few seasons, and when one bulb burns out, the rest of the lights will stay lit.

Here's Davie's final tip: Hum the three R carol -- "Reduce, Recycle, Reuse" -- as much this season as you do "Jingle Bells."

ASUM

Fulbright Program Benefits UM Students

From 1993 to this year, 40 UM students have had the opportunity to study abroad as Fulbright Scholars.

Each year, with the support of UM's Fulbright Program adviser, Professor Elizabeth Ametsbichler, students are encouraged to apply for program grants. The grants generally provide funding for round-trip travel, maintenance for one academic year, health and accident coverage, and full or partial tuition.

Ametsbichler's work with the Fulbright Program was recently commended by Allan Goodman, president and CEO of the nonprofit Institute of International Education. IIE manages the Fulbright Program, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

"Over the years, we have received many awards," Ametsbichler said. "The University has three students studying abroad as Fulbright Scholars this year."

Ametsbichler said she would like to see even more UM students apply for the award. E-mail Liz Ametsbichler for more information.

Information about the program requirements and application process are online.

Fulbright Program

Register Now For Lifelong Learning Courses

Community members 55 and older can explore topics ranging from writing, theater and drawing to history, politics and psychology in winter courses offered by the Montana Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

A dozen courses taught by dynamic UM and community educators will take place Thursdays and Fridays, Jan. 10-Feb. 15. Topics range from "Islam and the West" to "Culinary Culture" and "What Is Existentialism?"

Registration is now open at a cost of $50 per course, plus an annual MOLLI membership fee of $20.

MOLLI also will hold spring courses April 3-May 9 in Missoula and March 31-April 28 at the Daly Mansion in Hamilton.

A full description of all courses and class times, information about instructors and a registration form are online.

Continuing Education

Foundation Opens Scholarship Competition

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is accepting nominations for its Graduate Scholarship Program -- one of the largest and most competitive in the country.

UM selects two seniors or alumni who have graduated from the University since spring 2003 as candidates for the scholarships, which can total $300,000 -- as much as $50,000 per year for up to six years.

The scholarships will be awarded in early summer 2008 for use during the 2008-09 academic year. Each award will be renewed by the foundation in subsequent years based on student performance.

Potential UM applicants should review the requirements on the foundation Web site and then contact Laure Pengelly Drake, director of external scholarships at the Davidson Honors College, who coordinates the UM application process. She can be reached at 406-243-6140.

The UM deadline for applications is Thursday, Jan. 31.

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

Griz B-Ball Falls To Pilots

University of Portland sophomore guard Nik Raivio hit a three-point shot with seven seconds remaining Friday evening to lead the Pilots to a 58-57 win over the host Montana Grizzlies.

In front of 4,130 fans in UM's Dahlberg Arena, the Griz were led by Jordan Hasquet's 15 points -- 14 of which he scored in the second half. Senior guard Matt Martin also was in double figures with 11 points, while senior forward Andrew Strait chipped in 10 points. Hasquet and Strait led Montana with eight and six rebounds, respectively.

Montana has a three-game road swing to California, playing at Pacific Dec. 15, at Santa Clara Dec. 17 and at Cal State Fullerton Dec. 20.

Montana Grizzlies

Lady Griz Tromp Cal State Northridge

The Montana Lady Griz shot 60 percent in the first half to jump out to a 30-point halftime lead, eventually defeating Cal State Northridge 87-52 Saturday night in Dahlberg Arena.

All 12 Lady Griz basketball players in uniform for the game shot at least one field goal in the victory. Montana improved to 5-3 with the win.

The Lady Griz host the Idaho Vandals at 7 p.m. Saturday in Dahlberg Arena.

They'll also host UC Santa Barbara and Mississippi in the Lady Griz Holiday Classic Dec. 28-30 in Dahlberg Arena.

Montana Grizzlies

Patia Stephens, TGIF editor

The University of Montana

e-mail: patia.stephens@umontana.edu

phone: (406) 243-2522

web: http://www.umt.edu


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