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Briefs Mondale Connection—Former U.S. Vice President Walter “Fritz” Mondale has joined the board of directors for The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes understanding and cooperation between the United States and the nations and people of Asia. Former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas Foley has been elected board chair. The Foundation supports the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at UM. Like Mansfield, both Mondale and Thomas were ambassadors to Japan, and the three were colleagues on Capitol Hill. Mike Delaney, Mansfield board president, said he is delighted to have Mondale on the board because of the former vice president’s extensive knowledge of Asia and understanding of today’s complex geopolitical realities. “Mondale’s position on our board will enhance the ability of the Mansfield Foundation to strengthen collaborative relationships among the United States, Japan, China, Korea and other Asian nations.” Missoula Reads—Promotion of the Missoula Reads Initiative, a community-wide effort to celebrate the joys of reading and literacy, has earned three Missoula organizations the 2004 Montana Library Association Media Award. The winners were the Missoula Public Library, the St. Patrick Hospital-based Institute for Medicine and Humanities, and UM’s Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library. Modeled on programs in more than 100 cities across the nation, Missoula Reads was held last February and March. It included readings, discussions, special exhibits, author visits, lectures and family events. A key element of the promotion was using UM’s Monte the bear mascot in posters about Missoula Reads. The posters showed Monte reading in various Missoula venues. Fulbright Opportunities—Are you looking for an opportunity to study, conduct research or teach in another country? UM students, alumni and other young professionals can apply now for the 2005-06 Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition to earn full or partial grants to pursue international opportunities. Full grants generally provide round-trip travel, maintenance for one academic year, health and accident insurance, and full or partial tuition. Those interested can find application forms and additional information in Liberal Arts Room 313. Applications must be submitted to Associate Professor Elizabeth Ametsbichler by Oct. 5. Call (406) 243-2401 for more information. Library Scholarship—Ian Smith, a history graduate student at UM, has been awarded this year’s $3,000 Susan Koch Library Research Scholarship. UM’s Mansfield Library awards the scholarship annually to the individual who submits the best research paper or project based on materials from the library’s archives, special collections, government documents or map collections. Smith wrote the winning paper, “A Case Study in Assimilation: Allotment and Fee Patenting on the Flathead Indian Reservation, 1895-1920,” for a History of Indian Affairs course taught by Professor Richmond Clow. More UM News—Want to keep up with what’s going on at UM? Subscribe to the new, improved version of the University’s e-mail newsletter, TGIF. An easy sign-up box is online at www.umt.edu/urelations/tgif. TGIF, which stands for “Think Grizzly, It’s Friday,” provides students, employees, alumni and friends of UM with news and events information each week during the academic year. The newsletter has been published in plain text format since fall 1999. The new TGIF features a contemporary HTML design that incorporates photographs, graphics and more. Artistic Recognition—The Montana Museum of Art and Culture at UM was mentioned in the National Endowment for the Arts 2003 Annual Report. The museum was noted for receiving a $20,000 NEA grant for an exhibit titled “Native American Artists – After Lewis and Clark.” The exhibition featured visual art and writing by American Indians that tell the story of Lewis and Clark from the point of view of the indigenous people they encountered. Naked Bear—The Montana Grizzly Scholarship Association has launched Grizzly Prowl, an effort to raise money for UM student-athletes by having area artists paint life-size, Fiberglas grizzly bears that are then auctioned. Artist Michelle Otten of Minneapolis has completed the model for the 35 “naked” bears that will arrive in Missoula later this spring, and the artists who will “dress” the bears with unique designs have been chosen (including two UM art students). “We are excited to get a glimpse of what the bears will look like,” said C.J. Peterson, who is organizing the fund-raiser. “This is the first tangible result of months of planning and creating.” For more Grizzly Prowl information, call Peterson at (406) 531-9444 or Jennifer Harper at (406) 880-6533 or visit http://grizzlyprowl.com. Keeping the Compact—The Montana Campus Compact, a statewide higher education organization that supports campus-based public service, has announced its 2004 MTCC Community Service Scholarship recipients. Each winner will receive a certificate and $500 award. The 2004 MTCC Community Service Scholarship recipients are Sarah Weems Pallis, a mathematics faculty member at Carroll College in Helena; Dixie Linnell, an elementary education faculty member at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell; and Tara Keller, a University of Montana-Missoula graduate. New Lingo—Officials in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures have changed their department name to more accurately describe their role at UM. The unit is now known as the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. Forging Leaders—UM has started a new student leadership program called Ursa Major. The multistage program will challenge students in fun and rewarding ways, and is designed to provide students with the skills they need to succeed academically and professionally after graduation. While involved in Ursa Major, students will attend conferences and retreats, naviagate a ropes course, volunteer in the community and receive focused mentoring. For more information on this innovative program, visit www.umt.edu/ursamajor. E-mail the name and contact information of a student you would like to recommend to the program to ursamajor@mso.umt.edu. Undaunted Learning—The United States is well into the second year of its bicentennial commemoration of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and one of the best places to learn more about the Corps of Discovery is the “Discovering Lewis and Clark” Web site at www.lewis-clark.org. Recent additions to the site are available by clicking on “New in April 2004.” The updated material includes an exclusive interview with the late Stephen Ambrose, author of “Undaunted Courage.” The interview, taped on July 20, 2000, is titled “The Corps of Discovery as a Military Unit.” Joe Mussulman, a former UM professor, leads a team that designs “Discovering Lewis and Clark.” NFL Bound—The recent NFL draft was kind to former Grizzly football player Dylan McFarland of Kalispell. He was selected in the seventh round of the NFL draft — the 207th pick out of 255. The 6-foot-6, 305-pound left tackle was picked up by the Buffalo Bills. He’s the first Griz player to be selected in the draft since 1999. In addition, 15 minutes after the draft ended, Chris Snyder, UM’s record-setting kicker from Spokane, Wash., signed a free-agent deal with the Detroit Lions. Top
Runner—Kerry Bogner, a senior from Cincinnati, earned
Academic All-American honors in cross country from the Women’s
Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association. Bogner is one of
46 Division-I cross country athletes to earn the award and one of
only two Big Sky Conference runners who received the recognition.
Bogner, a liberal studies major who carries a 3.74 GPA, finished 12th
at the Mountain Region Championships in Ogden, Utah, this past fall
to earn Academic All-American accolades. |
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