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Earth Week Events Include Barbecue, Fair
The University community is invited to a
Farm to College barbecue from 11 a.m. to
2
p.m.
Friday, April 24, at the
UM FLAT, located
at 633 S. Fifth St. E.
The event is part of the University's Earth
Week celebration and will feature live music,
free food and the opportunity to tour UM's new
eco-house.
Gov. Brian Schweitzer will attend UM's
Sustainability Fair, to be held from noon to 2
p.m. Thursday, April 23, in the UC North
Atrium. A complete schedule of Earth Week
events is on the Greening UM Web site.
For more information, call Jessie Davie, ASUM
sustainability coordinator, at 243-4856 or
e-mail
asum.sustain@mso.umt.edu.
Greening UM
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Time To Think About CHOICES
Materials and instructions for online enrollment
in MUS insurance program benefits through
CHOICES will arrive in campus mailboxes April
20-24. The first day of online open enrollment
is Monday, May 4. The last day to enroll online
is Friday, May 29. Human Resource Services
must receive signature pages by Friday, June
5.
Paul Bogumill, director of benefits at the Office
of the Commissioner of
Higher Education, will
provide details on the current status of the
MUS plan and benefit changes effective July 1,
2009, at meetings on Wednesday, April 29, in
the UC Theater:
- 8:30-10 a.m.: Retiree Session
- 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Active Session
- 1-2:30 p.m.: Active Session
The HRS Benefits Fair will take place from 8
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at the
University Center, third-floor foyer. The fair
offers a chance to talk to representatives from
insurance providers and get information about
the employee assistance program, the flex
plan, retirement plan options and more.
HRS also will offer presentations in the
UC Theater that provide a chance to ask
questions about changes to benefits effective
July 1, 2009:
- 1-2:30 p.m. Monday, May 11
- 4-5:30 p.m. Monday, May 18
- 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 19
Representatives of medical plans will answer
questions at Medical Plan Q & A sessions at
the UC Theater:
Monday, May 18
- 10-11 a.m.: Allegiance
- 11 a.m.- noon: Blue Cross Blue Shield
- 2-3 p.m.: New West
Tuesday, May 19
- 1-2 p.m.: Allegiance
- 2-3 p.m.: Blue Cross Blue Shield
- 3-4 p.m.: New West
Walk-in online open enrollment assistance is
available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday
and Thursday, May 20-21, and Tuesday
through Friday, May 26-29, in Liberal Arts
Building Room 139.
For more information, call HRS at 243-6766.
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Publications
Campbell, Gregory R. 2009. "Tendoy." In
The
Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy
and Law. (Eds.) Paul Finkelman and Tim A.
Garrison. Washington, DC: Congressional
Quarterly Press, 750.
Campbell, Gregory R. 2009. "Disease." In
The
Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy
and Law. (Eds.) Paul Finkelman and Tim A.
Garrison. Washington, DC: Congressional
Quarterly Press, 262-265.
Campbell, Gregory R. 2009. "Blood Quantum."
In The Encyclopedia of United States Indian
Policy and Law. (Eds.) Paul Finkelman and
Tim A. Garrison. Washington, DC:
Congressional Quarterly Press, 124-126.
Campbell, Gregory R. 2009. "Indian Health
and Health Care." In The Encyclopedia of
United States Indian Policy and Law. (Eds.)
Paul Finkelman and Tim A. Garrison.
Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly
Press, 409-415.
Campbell, Gregory R. 2009. "Intertribal
Relations." In The Encyclopedia of United
States Indian Policy and Law. (Eds.) Paul
Finkelman and Tim A. Garrison. Washington,
DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 452-456.
Sriraman, Bharath (co-author). 2009. "The
Existential Void in Learning: Juxtaposing
Mathematics and Literature." In
Interdisciplinarity, Creativity and Learning:
Mathematics with Literature, Paradoxes,
History, Technology & Modeling. (Eds.) B.
Sriraman, V. Freiman, et al. Charlotte, NC:
Information Age Publishing, pp. 13-29.
Sriraman, Bharath (co-author). 2009. "1 or 0?:
Cantorian Conundrums in the Contemporary
Classroom." In Interdisciplinarity, Creativity
and
Learning: Mathematics with Literature,
Paradoxes, History, Technology &
Modeling.
(Eds.) B. Sriraman, V. Freiman, et al.
Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, pp.
55-60.
Vanita, Ruth. "Eloquent Parrots: Mixed
Language and the Examples of Hinglish and
Rekhti." International Institute for Asian
Studies Newsletter (Leiden), 50.
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Anthropology and Native American studies
Professor Neyooxet Greymorning
delivered a
keynote address -- "Creating a Model for
Language Proficiency" -- at the Taking Action
for Indigenous Languages conference March
21 at Lethbridge University in Canada. On
April 6, Greymorning delivered a keynote
address -- "The Intersection of Language and
Culture" -- for the American Indian Symposium
at Weber State University in Utah. He also was
a panel discussant for the Graduate and
Faculty Research Conference held at UM on
April 11.
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