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Bear
Briefs
New
Way to Pay-UM is implementing a new pay and classification
system this fall titled MAP -- the Montana University System
Achievement Project. The wide-ranging MAP plan will involve
more adherence to institutional missions, goal setting and
two-way communication between supervisors and employees.
The plan also should make it easier for administrators to
reward high-achieving staff members with raises, lump-sum
bonuses and other compensation.
Representatives
of Human Resource Services are now meeting with all UM departments
to begin implementing MAP, and all MUS campuses will eventually
adopt the new system.
No
Dumb Jocks-UM student athletes turned in academic performances
during spring semester 2001 that were well above average.
Compared with other UM undergraduates, athletes earned higher
grade-point averages for the semester, maintained a higher
cumulative GPA, took more credits, had a greater percentage
of students on the Dean's List, and had a lower percentage
of students with GPAs below 2.0 or on academic probation.
All the women's teams had average GPAs higher than 3.0,
with the women's golf team leading the pack at 3.25. The
football team topped the list for UM's men's teams with
a 2.85 average GPA.
Stuff
Galore-It's time again to clear out all those unwanted
items you just can't throw in the trash and join vendors
at UM on Saturday, Sept. 8, for "The World's Largest
Garage Sale." The event will be held in both levels
of UM's covered parking garage from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
For $15 vendors will get two parking spaces, each 9 feet
by 18 feet. Additional spaces are available for $10 each.
The biannual sale is a fund-raiser for UM Advocates, a campus
service organization.
Literary
Woman-Kate Gadbow, adjunct associate professor of English
and director of UM's nationally ranked Creative Writing
Program, won Sarabande Books' 2001 Mary McCarthy Prize in
Short Fiction for her novel, "Pushed to Shore."
The prize includes a publishing contract, and the novel
will be included in the company's 2002-2003 listings. "Pushed
to Shore" is based on Gadbow's 1983 experience teaching
classes for Hmong and Vietnamese refugees who came to Missoula
in the first immigration after the Vietnam War.
Literary
Event-Missoula will celebrate authors, literature and
the writer's craft Sept. 6-8 during the second Montana
Festival of the Book. The three-day event will bring
together more than 80 regional writers for readings, panels,
exhibits, demonstrations, book signings and much more. Most
events are free and open to the public. For a schedule,
visit the festival Web site at www.bookfest-mt.org
or call coordinator Kim Anderson at (406) 243-6022 or (800)
624-6001. University Relations will host a children's book
drive in conjunction with the festival. If you would like
to donate children's books, call Bridgit Sommer, UM outreach
coordinator, at 243-2488.
Money
Man-A wealth of experience in higher education and government
fiscal management has landed Robert Duringer of Maine the
job of UM chief financial and administrative officer. Duringer
has been vice president for finance and administration at
the University of Maine since 1998. Before that he was director
of business affairs at Oregon State University and chief
financial officer for the 101st Airborne Division at Fort
Campbell, Ky. He holds a master's in business administration
from Indiana State University. His UM job begins Sept. 10.
Music
Maestro-Gary Funk, UM associate professor of music,
will join the Helena Symphony staff next season as chorale
director. He will replace his brother, Eric Funk, who will
work solely with the orchestra. Gary Funk has directed choral
activities at UM for six years. In addition to conducting
choirs and teaching choral courses, he directs the Vienna
Experience, a semester-abroad program for UM students to
live and study in Vienna, Austria. He also is a composer
and arranger, and his latest work, "Requiem for Native
America," premiered at UM in December 2000. Funk will
continue with his normal class load at UM.
Take
to the Sky-One of the best-kept secrets on the UM campus
is the Grizzly Sky Club, located high in the Adams Center
overlooking Dahlberg Arena. During football season, anyone
interested in seeing the Sky Club is invited to stop in
for coffee, soft drinks and cocktails during or after the
game and pick up details about a Sky Club membership. Or
make the Sky Club your home away from home when the Griz
are on the road. Call for details and a reservation to attend
an Away Game Telecast Buffet. It's a feast to appease a
Grizzly, and, with seven screens, everyone has a great seat.
The buffet costs $25 per person and provides an ideal opportunity
to experience the Sky Club. Call Mary Muse at 243-4261 to
make a reservation.
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