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Joycee Dozier |
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Bear Briefs
Top Litigators-A trio of UM law students won first place at the regional
Moot Court Competition, held Nov. 18-20 in Spokane, and will travel to New York City in
January for the national finals. The team's victory marks the second consecutive year that
UM has won the regional competition. The team also was recognized as having the
second-best brief in the competition. UM competed against 12 teams from eight law schools
from throughout the region, which comprises Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Traveling
Montana- A recent survey by UM's Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research
found that Montanans chalk up about 9.2 million trips for pleasure annually, spending
about $962 million in the process. Roughly $707 million of that is exported to other
states and countries. But nonresidents traveling in Montana spend about $1.5 billion here
annually, creating an overall travel surplus of about $793 million for the state.
Discovering Opportunities-Montana educators with an interest in the
Lewis and Clark Expedition are invited to apply for $1,000 Department of Education grants
to help enhance resources for online education. The grants include a $500 award to kick
off the project and another $500 upon completion. The project consists of updating the
Lewis and Clark journals on the Internet, as well as helping design a Lewis and Clark Web
site for the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. UM's EOS Education Project is
working with NWREL and others to produce an interactive Web-DVD disc about the expedition.
To get more information or to submit grant applications, contact Alex Philp at (406)
243-6469 or e-mail him at aphilp@bigsky.net.
Rising Stars-Three UM journalism students recently placed in the
national William Randolph Hearst Foundation's Journalism Awards Program. Senior Samuel
Dean captured sixth place and a $500 award in the photography portion, while senior James
Shipley tied for 14th place in the same category and will receive an award certificate.
Kevin Van Valkenburg, also a senior in journalism, tied for 15th in the feature-writing
portion. Currently, UM is in fourth place in the competition for accumulated points,
behind the University of Missouri, Ohio University and the University of Florida.
Internationally Acclaimed-Joycee Dozier, retired since 1991 as
hospital administrator of UM's Student Health Services, recently received the regional
Volunteer of the Year Award from NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Dozier is
an executive board member of the Missoula International Friendship program, which assists
UM's Office of Foreign Student and Scholar Services. UM presented Dozier with its own
Volunteer of the Year Award in 1998.
Regional Aspirations-With a $50,000 planning grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities, the UM-based O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West
will compete to become one of 10 regional humanities centers where Americans can celebrate
and explore their unique histories, people, cultures, languages, landscapes and
architecture. Center administrators will use the grant to complete a survey of regional
humanities resources and create a framework for a humanities center. This work will be
carried out by a planning council, comprising representatives from the region's five Rocky
Mountain states and two Canadian provinces. UM was one of 16 institutions nationwide to
receive an NEH planning grant.
Winter Break-Many UM students and some faculty members fled town after
finals last week, and most won't be back until the start of spring semester. Orientation
is scheduled to start Jan. 20, while the first day of classes is Jan. 24. Meanwhile, UM
offices will close for the Christmas holiday at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23. Friday, Dec. 31,
also is a UM holiday. Intersession classes begin Monday, Jan. 3.
Basketball Fever-Evenings on campus get much quieter during winter
break, but there's still plenty of basketball action going on at the Adams Center,
including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. The third annual Lady Griz
Holiday Classic gets under way at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28. The two-day tournament
features the Lady Griz and teams from Central Connecticut State, the University of
Maryland-Baltimore County and University of the Pacific. The men's team meets St. Mary's
of California Thursday, Dec. 30, at 7:05 p.m. and Rocky Mountain College Sunday, Jan. 2,
at 3:05 p.m. The Grizzlies will have a homecourt advantage Saturday, Jan. 8, for a 3:05
p.m. game when they take on the Montana State Bobcats. Call 243-4051 for tickets.
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