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| February 1999 Bear Briefs Sounds In Bloom-UM music faculty and students will usher in spring with concerts and recitals during March. Those of note include performances by the Jazz Bands at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 5, in the University Theatre; the University Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, in the Music Recital Hall; and baritone Stephen Kalm in a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, in the Music Recital Hall. Admission to the Jazz Bands concert is $4/general and $2/students and senior citizens, while all faculty recitals are $5/general and $3/students and senior citizens. The University Orchestra concert is free and open to the public. National Winner-Four programs produced by UM's Broadcast Media Center recently were honored by Communicator Awards, a national organization that recognizes outstanding work in the communications field. The programs are "How the West Is Fun: Artists in the West," "Growing Up in Japan," "Backroads of Montana" and "Building Bridges." "Growing Up in Japan" also won a Crystal Award of Excellence. The "Backroads" winner, "Pancakes and Polo," is the 11th and most recent in the Montana anthology series about interesting people, places and events across the state. The entire series is available at more than 140 city, county and college libraries throughout Montana. Italian Research-History Professor Richard Drake has received a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to continue researching and writing about Italy's past. He will use a yearlong NEH Fellowship for College Teachers and Independent Scholars during the 1999-2000 academic year to finish a book on Italian radicalism in the 1960s. He will divide the year between Rome and Missoula. Widely recognized for his knowledge of Italian history, Drake served as chief historical consultant for two television documentaries -- "Lucrezia Borgia" and "Ancient Mysteries: The Borgia Family" -- which were broadcast in 1997 on the History Channel. Drake was named UM's Distinguished Scholar in 1996 and Most Inspirational Teacher by graduating seniors in 1991. In 1989, he received the Burlington Northern Award for Teaching. For the past 12 years, Drake has organized UM's popular President's Lecture Series, which draws world-class speakers to campus to talk about diverse topics. Although Drake will be on research leave during his NEH fellowship, he will organize the 1999-2000 lecture series as well. Regional Recognition-UM won three awards in the 16th annual Council for Advancement and Support of Education's District VIII Juried Awards Competition. Gordy Pace, associate director of Admissions and New Student Services, won a Silver Award in the promotional copywriting category for the 1998-99 viewbook. University Relations won two Bronze Awards, one for its quarterly research newsletter, Research View, and one for UM's main Web page, www.umt.edu, which is updated daily by the UM News Bureau and Web Development support staff. CASE District VIII comprises professionals in fund raising, alumni associations, communications, government relations and student recruiting services at educational institutions in five western states and four Canadian provinces. Break Away-If Missoula streets suddenly seem deserted in mid-March, it's because UM students have left town. Monday, March 15, through Friday, March 19, is the University's annual spring vacation. UM offices will remain open during the break. Spring semester ends Friday, May 14, with Commencement ceremonies set for Saturday, May 15. Experimental College-After a successful fall semester premiere, the Experimental College has returned with a new series of short, noncredit, inexpensive classes offering an easy and fun way to learn new skills. Here's a sampling of class titles: Making Sense of the Millennium; Basic Guitar; Swing Dancing; Dealing With Divorce; and Living Intimacy -- The Way We Think of Marriage. Classes range from one-day seminars to four-day courses, and most are offered evenings or on weekends. Fees range from $10 to $29. Call 243-2005 for more information. Advance registration is required. National Negotiators-Representing the tobacco industry in talks with a mock legislative committee, a negotiation team from the UM School of Law recently won third place in the final round of the National Negotiation Competition. Mike Green, a third-year law student from Malta, and Phil McCreedy, a second-year law student from Kalispell, are now hoping for an invitation to the International Negotiation Competition, where the team is an alternate. The competition will be held in London, England, in July. In the final round, the duo competed against a team from Southern Methodist University, which went on to win first place among the 24 teams in the competition. It was held in conjunction with the midyear meeting of the American Bar Association in Los Angeles Feb. 6-7. The UM team is coached by Klaus Sitte, deputy director of the Montana Legal Services Association. Array Of Art-More than 70 artists and crafters from Montana and the Northwest will display and sell their handcrafted creations in the University Center atrium during the Spring Art Fair. This year's fair will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, March 25-27.
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