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Briefs Native Take on Lewis and Clark—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 Lewis and Clark. The film was produced and directed by Sally Thompson, director of the Lifelong Learning Project at UM-Missoula. The documentary is available in DVD and VHS formats at the Bookstore at UM for $19.95. For more information, call (406) 243-5889. Long Way From Home—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. Blueprint For Collaboration—When architect Jeff Sheldon needed original blueprints to remodel a historic Catholic church in Cut Bank, he found the rare documents in a Montana State University-Bozeman library. Now MSU and UM have partnered to offer a catalogue of architectural drawings of Montana buildings from the early 1900s to the mid-1970s. The collection includes 2,500 individual drawings of stores, churches, hospitals, parks and more. Most of the collection has been available on MSU’s Web site since January 2002. UM added 400 new drawings from its Mansfield Library K. Ross Toole Archives into the database in September. “We have drawings from the Daly Mansion in Hamilton, the courthouse in Missoula and for many buildings that no longer exist,” said UM archivist Donna McCrea. Memories, One Brick at a Time—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. For more information, go online to http://www.umt.edu/urelations/bricks.htm. Learn in the Snow—Earn credits toward degrees, complete general education requirements or gain new skills by taking a course during Wintersession 2005 at UM. Classes are held Jan. 3-21. Courses in subjects from art to sociology are available during Wintersession. Formal admission to the University is not required, and classes are open to the public. Students may register for courses until Dec. 10, but early registration is recommended because of limited class sizes. Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Tuition is the same regardless of student residency or status, but fees may vary for courses providing additional services, such as study abroad, field courses or online courses. Payment is due by Dec. 10. For more information call (406) 243-4470 or go online to http://www.umt.edu/ce/deo/winter/. Gateway to Mental Health Field—UM’s Department of Psychology has been awarded a three-year federal grant worth nearly $2 million to help disadvantaged and minority students pursue careers in the mental health field. UM was one of 30 colleges chosen from about 150 applicants to receive the Mental Health Careers Opportunity Program grant from the Department of Health and Human Services. The grant money will be shared with six tribal colleges in Montana and one in Wyoming. Proceeds also will fund summer enrichment programs for educationally, financially and geographically disadvantaged high school students and under-represented minority students to support their selection of mental health as a career choice. More American Indian Pharmacists—UM 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 UM’s School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences. The funding will continue a Native American Center of Excellence at UM. The center works to increase the number of American Indian and Alaska native pharmacy students and professors nationwide. It also will use the new grant to improve health care delivery to Native populations through better professional preparation. In addition, the center will promote cultural competence regarding Indian issues for all pharmacy students, and it will strive to retain Native students through tutoring, individual advising and more. Exchanges With Far-Away Land—The School of Law, with assistance from the Office of International Programs, has been awarded a $243,000 Freedom Support Educational Partnerships Program grant from the U.S. Department of State. The grant provides for exchanges between the UM law school and Osh State University law faculty in Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic located near Afghanistan. Osh State faculty members visiting the Montana law school will learn methods of integrating theory and practice in the classroom and UM’s approach to clinical education. Montana law faculty members will visit Kyrgyzstan next spring to conduct workshops on theory and practice, and both faculty groups will teach seminars during their respective visits. Send a Griz Greeting—The new Griz Greetings postcard gallery allows anyone to send a free “virtual postcard” to anyone with an e-mail account. More than 100 photographs of campus, Missoula, wildlife and other Montana scenes are available on the UM Web site. Just choose an image, fill in your name and e-mail address and those of your intended recipient, then write a brief message and hit “Send.” It’s that simple! Find the gallery online at http://www.umt.edu/grizgreetings/. University Honors Alumnae—Two lawyers who paved the way for women in the Montana legal profession and an author who has dedicated her life to preserving the state’s small-town cultures were honored as UM’s distinguished alumnae during Homecoming. Diane MacDonald Barz of Polson, Doris Swords Poppler of Billings and Lee Birkett Rostad of Martinsdale received 2004 Distinguished Alumni Awards Friday, Oct. 8. Traveling
Big Sky Country—Nonresident travelers spent about $1.87
billion in Montana last year, according to a new report from the Institute
for Tourism and Recreation Research at UM. The report, titled “The
Economic Review of the Travel Industry in Montana,” addresses
the economic impact of nonresident travel in Montana, why visitors
come to Montana and the performance of the state’s travel industry.
The report is online at http://www.itrr.umt.edu/ecorev/EconReview2004.pdf. |
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