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Spring Enrollment Record Set
The numbers are in, and UM has a new record
for spring semester enrollment. The new high
mark is 13,825, which is 469 more than a year
ago. UM also set a spring semester record for
full-time equivalents -- 12,006.80 -- which is
491.98 better than spring semester 2008. (An
FTE represents 15 undergraduate or 12
graduate semester credits).
UM President George Dennison said the
changes resulted from several significant
developments.
"First, the Student Success Initiative on the
Missoula campus, designed to assist students
to remain enrolled and persist to graduation,
has clearly begun to take effect," Dennison
said. "Second, students have opted to carry
somewhat heavier credit loads as a means to
graduate sooner, thereby reducing the overall
cost of their education. Finally, as usual during
difficult economic times, students tend to
remain enrolled or to enroll in colleges and
universities, particularly if they find adequate
financial assistance."
Dennison added that the increased offerings
during Wintersession made a difference, with
the credits counting during spring semester.
Nearly half of the spring semester enrollment
increase was generated by UM's College of
Technology, which has 227 more students
than spring 2008. UM's main campus has 242
more students taking
classes
than a year ago.
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News About U
Department of Anthropology and
Department
of Native American Studies Professor
Neyooxet Greymorning was asked to
speak at
the lecture series of the University of Arizona
Department of Linguistics in Tucson in
November. He also delivered a lecture for the
Arizona State University Department of
Linguistics in Phoenix. In February, he
facilitated a special three-day
second-language instruction and acquisition
workshop
at the First Northwest Territories Teachers'
Association conference in Yellowknife,
Northwest Territories,
Canada. About 1,000 teachers
attended the event.
Department of Communication Studies
faculty
members attended the annual meeting of the
Western States Communication Association
held last month in Phoenix. Department
chair
and Professor Betsy Bach, Assistant
Professor
Christina Yoshimura and Associate
Professor
Greg Larson presented papers.
Christina Yoshimura, Professor Sara
Hayden, Assistant Professor Joel Iverson
and Associate Professor Steven
Schwarze participated in panels held
during the meeting.
Schwarze, Larson, Christina
Yoshimura
and
Associate Professor Stephen
Yoshimura also
discussed or provided response to papers
presented at the event.
Members of a Shinshu University, Japan,
student support project visited several UM
Academic Affairs and Student
Affairs departments
during February. The goal of the Shinshu
University project, led by Tomone Takahashi,
is to develop a support system to help
students with disabilities gain rich academic
experiences and
achievement success. Project representatives
will disseminate information gained at UM to
their campus and to other higher education
institutions in Japan.
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Publications
Dent, Larry A., Kari Jo Harris, and Curtis W.
Noonan. 2009. "Randomized Trial Assessing
the Effectiveness of a Pharmacist-Delivered
Program for Smoking Cessation." The
Annals
of Pharmacotherapy, 43:194-201.
(Editor's
Note: Two
UM authors were omitted from this publication
when it first appeared
in the Feb. 23 issue of
ForUM.)
Greymorning, Neyooxet S. 2008. "Delaware
Nation Treaty." In Treaties with American
Indians: An Encyclopedia of Rights, Conflicts
and Sovereignty. (Ed.) Donald Fixico.
Santa
Barbara, CA:ABC-CLIO Press.
Lauren, Paul. 2008. The Rights of Man:
Great
Thinkers and Great Movements. Chantilly,
VA:The Teaching Company. 376 pp.
Miyashita, Mizuki (co-author). 2009. "Blackfoot
Lullabies and Language Revitalization." In
Indigenous Language Revitalization:
Encouragement, Guidance & Lessons
Learned. (Ed.) J. Reyhner. Northern
Arizona
University.
Correction: The title of the book that
includes the following publication was incorrect
in the Feb. 23 issue of ForUM.
Whiddon, Thomas R., Clarence E. Burns, and
Mandy L. Whiddon. 2008. "Student Grades: A
Portal for Corporatizing the Academy." In
What
is Wrong with Academia Today? Essays on the
Politicization of American Education. (Eds.)
R.S. Wirth, T.R. Whiddon and T. J. Manson.
Lewiston, NY:The Edwin Mellen Press. pp.
63-79.
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