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| April 1999 Bear Briefs
Noteworthy Talks-The University Theatre stage was graced by nine key figures in state, national and international events of the day. All appeared in less than a week. On April 12, the Montana Supreme Court made its annual visit to campus, hearing a case at the theater as part of UM's Law Week. The next day U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas spoke about judicial independence -- as part of the Judge Jones-Judge Tamm Memorial Lecture Series -- to a packed theater. C-Span taped the justice's lecture for airing later. NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw wrapped up the week with a talk -- mostly based on his recent best-selling book, "The Greatest Generation" -- on April 17. Brokaw's talk was the annual Dean Stone Lecture for the School of Journalism. Model Delegates-For the second year running, the UM collegiate team brought home the Honorable Delegation Award from the UC Berkeley Model United Nations Conference. The Berkeley event is considered the premier West Coast conference for collegiate teams. The 17-member UM team competed against teams from 24 other schools, including Harvard and George Washington universities, Carleton College, the University of Alberta and the University of California, Davis. From The Field-Students in Associate Professor Erick Greene's animal behavior class this semester have been learning how to write about biology so the average Joe can understand what they're saying. More specifically, they've been writing short essays for presentation on "Field Notes," a radio program sponsored by the Montana Natural History Center that explains the natural world to its listeners in four- to five-minute snippets. The students' topics were as varied as nature itself, ranging from bear hibernation to the habits of burrowing owls. Their "Field Notes" will air over KUFM once a week for most of the coming year. Program times are 9:29 p.m. Thursday, 10:55 a.m. Saturday and noon Sunday. Board Representative-Former Congressman Pat Williams, now a senior fellow at UM's Center for the Rocky Mountain West, has been appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve on the new national Presidential Advisory Board on Tribal Colleges and Universities. The board will make recommendations for helping tribal colleges in key areas. It also will encourage public/private partnerships to benefit tribal colleges and work to ensure that presidential executive orders regarding tribal institutions are carried out. Greek Generosity-Members of seven fraternities and four sororities at UM -- 450 volunteers in all -- pitched in 6,284 hours during 1998 for organizations such as Project Playground, Camp Mak-A-Dream, the American Heart Association, and Big Brothers and Sisters of Missoula. The volunteers also raised $4,160 for charity. Awards were given for philanthropic activities at a ceremony this month. Workforce Training-Continuing Education has opened a training center to help develop the skills workers needed to lead Montana and the world into an economically sound 21st century. The newly formed Workforce Development Center will offer educational and training programs on and off campus through classroom seminars, home study and the Internet. The center also will sponsor conferences and provide in-house training for businesses and organizations throughout the state, nation and world. For more information, call Kandy Raup at (406) 243-5617 or send e-mail to kraup@selway.umt.edu. Bee Alert-UM Adjunct Research Professor Jerry Bromenshenk, known internationally for his research using honeybees as environmental pollution monitors, was in Washington, D.C., this month to explain his electronically monitored beehive to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History board. He also discussed the possibility of installing a hive there as a permanent exhibit. Bromenshenk has been using honeybees to gather data for 26 years and has found that as the busy critters fly around collecting nectar for honey, they help detect harmful chemicals in the environment by picking up traces of them on their bodies. Bromenshenk has devised various methods for collecting and studying pollution samples from the bees as they return to the hive, often helping to locate hazards like buried land mines and forgotten chemical waste dumps. To watch a hive at work, check out the Bee Alert! Web site at http://www.umt.edu/biology/bees. Check Us Out-Visit UM's Web site daily to learn the latest about campus happenings. University Relations updates the site each day with a fresh story and photo about campus events, people and programs. The home page, located at http://www.umt.edu, also offers a convenient way to subscribe to UM's weekly electronic newsletter, TGIF (Think Grizzly, It's Friday) News. The free e-mail newsletter arrives in your mailbox each Thursday evening during the academic year. Summer Session-Spring semester classes end Friday, May 7, followed by finals week May 10-14. Then UM will usher in two five-week summer sessions -- May 24 through June 25 and June 28 through July 30. For more information, call (406) 243-6014. |
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