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Aug. 31, 2009 | Vol. 38, No. 3

In this issue:

President Defines Priorities In Address
President's Lecture Series Begins Sept. 3
Fulbright Takes UM Legal Counsel To Uruguay
Faculty Members Earn Tenure, Promotion
View Painting By Artist Richard Prince
Ingeborg Bachmann Exhibit At UM
AISS Launches FAME Mentoring Program
Fun And Food On The Oval
Student Job Fair At UM Sept. 3
Register For Lifelong Learning Courses
President Dennison's Office Hours
Faculty/Staff Socials
News About U
Publications

Campus Links

Recent UM Publications

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President Defines Priorities In Address

President George Dennison challenged the UM community to help return the United States to world leadership in the educational attainment of its citizenry during his annual State of the University Address, held Friday, Aug. 28, in the Montana Theatre.

After introducing UM's new administrators and special guests, Dennison outlined several challenges facing the institution, such as maintaining costs while meeting student needs, fulfilling UM's ambitious construction schedule and launching an effort to raise $100 million from private donors during the next five years.

The president also laid out some institutional priorities for the coming year. These include forging more partnerships with K-12 education, brainstorming ways to make undergraduate education more effective and relevant, creating more partnerships for social and economic development, and modeling best practices to save money and improve campus efficiency.

State of the University Address

President's Lecture Series Begins Sept. 3

Michel du Cille, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and assistant managing editor for photography at The Washington Post, will give the first installment of the 2009-10 President's Lecture Series at UM on Thursday, Sept. 3.

Du Cille will present "Modern Media: A Photojournalist's Vision for the Future" at 8 p.m. in the Montana Theatre, located in the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center. He will discuss the vast changes taking place in journalism and what their likely impact will be on society.

Earlier that day from 3:40 to 5 p.m., du Cille will give a seminar titled "Storytelling through Photojournalism: From Life Magazine to Modern Multimedia" in Gallagher Business Building Room 123.

Both events are free and open to the public. They are held in conjunction with the exhibition "Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs" at the Paxson and Meloy galleries of the Montana Museum of Art & Culture and the Gallery of Visual Arts through Oct. 23.

Du Cille shared his first Pulitzer in the spot news category with fellow Miami Herald staff photographer Carol Guzy for their coverage of the November 1985 eruption of Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano. A second Pulitzer was awarded in the feature category for his 1987 photo essay on crack cocaine addicts in a Miami housing project.

In April 2008 du Cille shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service with writers Anne Hull and Dana Priest of The Washington Post for exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Their work evoked a national outcry that led to reforms by federal officials.

President's Lecture Series

Fulbright Takes UM Legal Counsel To Uruguay

David Aronofsky, UM legal counsel and adjunct law faculty member, has just finished teaching a graduate law seminar in Montevideo, Uruguay, as part of his second Fulbright Senior Specialist award.

The seminar, which Aronofsky taught in Spanish using U.S. case materials, is part of a new Catholic University of Uruguay Law School master's program in contracts law for attorneys, judges and professors.

While in Uruguay, Aronofsky also taught an undergraduate course at the University of Montevideo Law School, where he has been a regular visiting faculty member during the past nine years.

Faculty Members Earn Tenure, Promotion

More than 60 UM faculty members were awarded promotions and tenure at the beginning of the 2009-10 academic year.

Receiving tenure are Trent Atkins, curriculum and instruction; Johnathan Bardsley, mathematical sciences; Donna Beall, pharmacy practice; Joel Berger, biological sciences; Creagh Breuner, biological sciences; Blakely Brown, health and human performance; Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas, biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences; Alessia Carpoca, theatre and dance; Woodam Chung, forest management; Bryan Cochran, psychology; Vincent Colucci, pharmacy practice; Timothy Conley, social work; Luke Conway, psychology; Kelly Dixon, anthropology; Bambi Douma, management and marketing; Lisa Eby, ecosystem and conservation sciences; David Firth, management information systems; Joel Harper, geosciences; Kari Harris, public and community health sciences; Dusten Hollist, sociology; Darrell Jackson, biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences; Paul Krausman, ecosystem and conservation sciences; Clayton Looney, management information systems; Donna McCrea, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library; Nicholas Natale, biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences; Christopher Preston, philosophy; Gilbert Quintero, anthropology; Daniel Reisenfeld, physics and astronomy; Ona Renner-Fahey, modern and classical languages and literatures; Stephen Sprang, chemistry and biochemistry; Steven Stiff, applied computing and electronics; and Jeffrey Wiltse, history.

Newly promoted full professors are Donna Beall, pharmacy practice; Ione Crummy, modern and classical languages and literatures; Nancy Hinman, geosciences; John Maron, biological sciences; R. Neil Moisey, society and conservation; Michael Monsos, theatre and dance; Martin Nie, society and conservation; Michael Patterson, society and conservation; Anna Prentiss, anthropology; Bharath Sriraman, mathematical sciences; Kent Sugden, chemistry and biochemistry; Klaus Uhlenburck, management and marketing; and Michel Valentin, modern and classical languages and literatures.

Newly promoted to associate professors are Bradley Allen, art; Jeffrey Bookwalter, economics; Sherrill Brown, pharmacy practice; Jennie Burroughs, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library; Woodam Chung, forest management; Shawn Clouse, management information systems; Luke Conway, psychology; Daniel Denis, psychology; Christopher Hahn, music; Joel Harper, geosciences; Samantha Hines, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library; Dusten Hollist, sociology; Martin Horejsi, curriculum and instruction; Andrew King-Ries, law; Curtis Noonan, biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences; Kathleen Ryan, English; Robin Saha, environmental studies; Matthew Semanoff, modern and classical languages and literatures; Mark Shogren, media arts; and Jeffrey Wiltse, history.

Promoted to Level II at the College of Technology is Thomas Campbell, business technology. Promoted to Level III at the College of Technology are Anne Delaney, health professions, and Linda EagleHeart Thomas, applied arts and sciences. Promoted to Level IV at the College of Technology is Thomas Gallagher, applied computing and electronics.

View Painting By Artist Richard Prince

"Country Nurse," a 2003 painting by renowned artist Richard Prince, is available for public viewing at UM through Wednesday, Nov. 25.

The 79½-by-52¼-inch inkjet print and acrylic on canvas, on loan to the Montana Museum of Art & Culture from an anonymous lender, is in UM's Main Hall President's Office lobby. The lobby is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except during holidays.

Since 2003, Prince has depicted a series of 42 nurses drawn from covers of 1950s and 1960s pulp romance novels. To create these works, he digitally scans and enlarges the book covers, then transfers the image to canvas using an inkjet printer before applying passages of paint to accentuate or obliterate elements of the cover.

In Prince's work, reproduction becomes the means to isolate and deconstruct meaning and significance. Concerned with media and the division between high and low culture, Prince uses irony as a tool to reveal overused and worn themes that still resonate with the public.

For more information, call MMAC at 243-2019.

Montana Museum of Art & Culture

Ingeborg Bachmann Exhibit At UM

An exhibit of the writings and political work of 20th-century Austrian author Ingeborg Bachmann will be at UM through Friday, Sept. 25.

The traveling photo exhibit of the author's political work from the 1940s to the 1970s -- "Ingeborg Bachmann: Writing Against War" -- will be displayed in the student lounge of the University Center.

Bachmann (1926-1973) was a poet, dramatist and novelist. She was a leading voice in postwar German literature.

Her work will be discussed in a presentation by poet, essayist and acclaimed German translator Peter Filkins at a public talk titled "Ingeborg Bachmann: Everyday War" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in the UC lounge. A reception in the Davidson Honors College Lounge will follow Filkins' presentation.

AISS Launches FAME Mentoring Program

Assistant Professor Danielle Wozniak works with UM's American Indian Student Services to sign up faculty members who are willing to support incoming Native American students through a new program this year called FAME (Faculty/AISS Mentor Exchange).

The mentor role is different from advising, Wozniak said, because many of the students will have majors outside of the faculty members' fields of study. The goal of FAME is to have faculty mentors establish a friendly, supportive relationship with students, who then can check in with them on a regular basis to be sure they are doing well. Mentors also are asked to invite the student for a meal on or off campus.

The program also aims to provide people on campus who can help students with problem-solving skills when academic difficulties arise. Wozniak said mentors would be asked to give no more than a couple of hours a month for this important part of University service. To sign up to be a FAME mentor or for more information, call 243-5746 or e-mail danielle.wozniak@umontana.edu.

Fun And Food On The Oval

The fourth annual WelcomeFeast will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, on the Oval to greet new and returning students and UM faculty and staff.

Coordinated by the Division of Student Affairs, the event includes a free lunch provided by University Dining Services. To help keep UM green, water stations to fill personal water bottles will be provided during WelcomeFeast events.

Live music by Def Cartel will begin at noon. The band's performance is sponsored by UM Productions to celebrate its 40th anniversary on campus.

The campus and Missoula community also are invited to join UM Productions from 6 to 7:30 p.m. that day for a live concert by Cracker. At 9:30 p.m., the University Center will sponsor a free movie -- "Land of the Lost" -- on the Oval. Closed captioning will be provided.

Student Job Fair At UM Sept. 3

Employers and student workers can connect at the Fall Student Job Fair to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in the University Center Ballroom.

The fair, hosted by UM's Office of Career Services, is free and open to any business, organization or department that needs college students for part-time jobs, internships or volunteer opportunities. Employers with work-study openings also are invited to participate.

For more information, call Valerie Marsh, student employment coordinator, at 243-5627 or e-mail studentjobs@umontana.edu.

Office of Career Services

Register For Lifelong Learning Courses

Community members ages 50 and older can explore topics from history, writing and literature to opera, cinema and art in fall courses offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

The courses, taught by dynamic UM and community educators, will take place during October and November. Registration is now open for all fall courses. An annual institute membership fee of $20 is required to enroll. Registration for each course costs $60 plus fees, when applicable.

Two special courses will be offered this fall:

The Power of Pictures: Pulitzer Prize Photographs. In conjunction with the exhibition "Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs" at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture through Oct. 23.
Discoveries and Discoveries: Learning More about the Drugs You Take. In conjunction with a President's Lecture Series event Oct. 19 at UM -- "The Truth about the Drug Companies" by Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and senior lecturer at the Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

For a complete fall course listing and information about instructors, go to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute's Web site, call 243-2905 or e-mail dannette.fadness@umontana.edu.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

President Dennison's Office Hours

Each semester, President Dennison welcomes members of the campus community to meet with him to discuss issues and topics of their choice. Please call 243-2311 or e-mail prestalk@umontana.edu to make an appointment to meet with President Dennison during these times.

The president's office hours for fall semester are:

Thursday, Sept. 3: 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 8: 9-11 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. 17: 1-3 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 22: 3-5 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 30: 10 a.m.-noon.
Thursday, Nov. 12: 9-11 a.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 24: 3-5 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 7: 3-5 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 16: 9-11 a.m.

Faculty/Staff Socials

Socials will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. most Fridays during fall semester in the Davidson Honors College Lounge. Fall semester dates and event sponsors are:

Sept. 4: Provost's Office
Sept. 11: Sponsor to be announced
Sept. 18: Sponsor to be announced
Sept. 25: Continuing Education
Oct. 2: President Dennison
Oct. 16: Davidson Honors College
Oct. 23: Mansfield Library
Nov. 6: International Programs
Nov. 13: President Dennison
Nov. 20: College of Visual and Performing Arts
Dec. 4: College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences
Dec. 11: Athletics

News About U

Geography Associate Professor Sarah Halvorson presented a paper titled "Children's Vulnerability to Earthquake Disasters in Central Asia" with former UM graduate students Jennifer Hamilton and Solmaz Mohadjer at the Second International Conference on Geographies of Children, Youth and Families July 16-18 at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.

Publications

Books and Publications

O'Reilly, Kathleen, Sarah J. Halvorson, Farhana Sultanan and Nina Laurie. 2009. "Introduction: Global Perspectives on Gender-Water Geographies." Special issue of Gender, Place and Culture, 16(4):381-385.

email: brenda.day@umontana.edu

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