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| November 1998 Bear Briefs Thanks, Friends-The Grizzly Athletic Association and the UM Alumni Association honored 13 Montanans for their dedicated service to and loyal support of the University and its athletic teams this fall. UM Community Days receptions were held in eight communities throughout the state to thank alumni and friends for their contributions to the University. Recipients of Community Service Awards this season were Bill and Ann Ruegamer of Billings, Ian and Nancy Davidson of Great Falls, Brad Parrish and Dave Sather of Lewistown, G. George Ostrom of Kalispell, Chuck and Niki Shonkwiler of Hamilton, Russell Ritter of Helena, Larry Epstein of Cut Bank, and Lloyd and Lois Crippen of Butte. Geography Geniuses-A team of UM geography students assembled by Associate Professor Jeffrey Gritzner were undefeated during a geography bowl competition at the annual meeting in September of the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers. Two students earned a spot on the team that will represent the division at the March 1999 meeting of the association in Honolulu. Business Boost-Hewlett-Packard Co. has awarded UM a $54,000 grant that will make it easier for regional students to get a master's of business administration degree. The grant will support innovative Internet courses for students in diverse career fields who could not otherwise get advanced business training. The gift includes new computers, digital cameras, a color printer and networking accessories for the project. Undergrad Research Boost-Carol Brewer, an assistant professor in UM's biological sciences division, prepared the request that recently landed UM a $1.4 million grant from the Maryland-based Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The money will be used to involve more undergraduate students in biological research. Brewer will direct a project to design a more research-oriented core curriculum for biology students, from freshman to seniors. The grant also will fund the start of an undergraduate research internship program. Herbarium Centennial-Tucked away on the third floor of UM's Natural Sciences Building (formerly Botany) is a place dear to the hearts of botanists and little known to anyone else despite its venerable age. It's the UM Herbarium, and it turns 100 this year. Known internationally by the acronym MONTU, the facility houses the best specimen collection anywhere of plants native to Montana and the surrounding region. MONTU got its start from Morton J. Elrod, founder of UM's biology department and the Flathead Lake Biological Station. In honor of the facility's 100th anniversary, the Friends of the UM Herbarium raised more than $8,500 to buy 10 new cabinets that are specially designed to protect specimens against insects, dust and air pollution. In Memory-A new journalism awards competition for Montana television and radio stations will honor the late Joe Durso, interim dean of UM's journalism school, who died last summer. The Joe Durso Awards for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism will be presented yearly by the Montana Associated Press Broadcasters' Association. Awards categories will include spot news, investigative reporting and sports coverage. UM Best Buy-UM-Missoula has been featured in Barron's "Best Buys in College Education, 5th edition." The popular college directory lists the top 300 four-year colleges and universities nationwide that give students and parents the best value for their education dollar. For the second year running, UM also made the list in "America's Best 100 College Buys." Student Athlete Deluxe-Grizzly wide receiver Justin Olsen was selected as a Burger King Scholar Athlete of the Week during October. The corporation and its franchisees donated $10,000 in Olsen's name to UM's general scholarship fund. The Burger King College Football Scholarship Program is one of the largest single corporate commitments to college scholarships in the nation and the only one that recognizes athletes for academics, community service and athletics. Hall of Famers-Don Read, UM's winningest football coach, and Harley Lewis, the athletics director who hired him, entered the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame at an induction ceremony Friday, Oct. 30, in the University Center. Read won 85 games in 10 years at UM and crowned his Montana career by coaching the Grizzlies to the 1995 Division I-AA National Championship. Lewis spent 30 years at UM as an athlete, track-and-field coach and finally UM's athletics director from 1975 through 1989. Read and Lewis joined 30 other Hall of Fame members. Halloween Eats-Eighty-five UM volunteers collected 3,300 pounds of nonperishable food items from the University area during Volunteer Action Services' "Trick-or-Eat" project on Halloween. Other campus organizations and local high school groups collected another 3,500 pounds of food going door-to-door throughout Missoula County that night. The food was donated to the Missoula Food Bank to help feed approximately 450 families for one month. Reading By The Books-Children of all ages can drop by The Bookstore at UM between 11 a.m. and noon every Saturday during the academic year for a story hour with student volunteers. The public is welcome to attend the free session.
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