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Pianist Presents Music Of Russian Romantics
Classical pianist Michael Coonrod will give the next
installment of the President's Lecture Series at UM on
Monday, Dec. 1. He will present "The Russian
Romantics: Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Medtner and
Rachmaninoff" at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall.
During the presentation, Coonrod will talk about the
historical background of the great Russian Romantics
and play representative selections from their
repertoire. The event is free and open to the public.
Coonrod received a music degree from the UM
Department of Music and a Doctorate of Musical Arts
from the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. For more than 30
years, he has taught as a music faculty member of the
Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan.
He has presented annual piano recital tours and, in
1994, performed 20 concerts of music by
contemporary American composers. The
performances culminated in Poland, where he
performed at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw
and the Music Conservatory in Poznan. He has
performed for the American Liszt Society, the Eastman
School of Music and the Peabody Contemporary
Music Ensemble.
For more information, call history Professor Richard
Drake, lecture series organizer, at 243-2981 or e-mail
richard.drake@umontana.edu.
President's Lecture Series
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Don't Miss The Brawl Of The Wild!
The Grizzlies will face the Montana State University
Bobcats on Saturday, Nov. 22, in the 108th Brawl of
the Wild. Kickoff is at 12:05 p.m. in Washington-Grizzly
Stadium.
The rivalry, one of the oldest in the nation, began on
Nov. 26, 1897, when the two teams played in
Bozeman. The Griz won, and UM leads the series with
67 wins, 35 losses and five ties.
During a period that is often referred to as "The
Streak" -- from 1986 to 2001 -- UM won every meeting.
The Grizzlies won two NCAA Division I-AA
championships during "The Streak" -- in 1995 and
2001.
If you won't be at Washington-Grizzly Stadium for the
game, Montana News Stations will broadcast it live
statewide, originating from KPAX-TV in Missoula.
Satellite feeds will allow fans to watch the game
wherever they live. Updated coordinates will be
on the
Montana
Grizzlies Web site the week
of the game. Griz fans also can watch games free on
their computers through Big Sky TV.
If you will be traveling, locations of Griz gatherings
throughout the state and nation are on the Alumni
Association Web site.
Alumni Association
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Rally Set For UM Relay For Life
Each spring, UM hosts Relay for Life, a fundraiser for
the American Cancer Society. While it may seem early
to be talking about an event that won't be held until
next year, organizers say that planning is a
major part of the success of the annual relay.
A 2009 Relay for Life kickoff rally will be held from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, in the University
Center North Atrium. Relay Chair Liz Martin said the
kickoff rally will be a chance for everyone to learn what
is planned for the upcoming year.
Those who attend can get the information they need to
decide if they want to form a team or sign on as a
volunteer to help plan the 2009 relay. The relay will
take place May 1-2 on the UM Oval. Teams that sign up
during the rally will get a discounted fee of $50. After
Wednesday's rally, the fee goes back up to $100 for a
team of 15.
Last year, 26 teams took to the Oval to raise money for
the American Cancer Society. The 2008 relay raised
more than $42,000 to help continue the society's
funding for cancer research, state and national
legislative advocacy, and educational and patient
service programs.
For more information about volunteering or team
registration, call Martin at 529-4635 or Katie Murphy,
ACS community relationship manager, at 728-1004,
or e-mail
katie.murphy@cancer.org. Information also is
available on the Relay for Life Web site.
UM Relay for Life
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News About U
UM and the School of Journalism were hosts
for a Knight Commission
Forum. The forum, intended to get a snapshot of
how Montanans get their news and information today,
involved panels moderated by Media Broadcast
Center Director William
Marcus, Media Broadcast Center News
Director Sally Mauk, journalism Professor
Dennis Swibold and Assistant Professor
Nadia White. Swibold, School of Journalism
Dean Peggy Kuhr and Associate Professor
Denise Dowling helped the Knight Commission
organize the forum.
Mansfield Library Professor Sue Samson
presented "Gather Data, Build Programs, Strengthen
Teaching" at the Pacific Northwest Library Association
Conference held Aug. 6-8 in Post Falls, Idaho.
Mathematics Associate Professor Bharath
Sriraman gave a series of invited colloquium talks
at the University of Munich, the University of
Duisburg-Essen and the University of Bremen in
conjunction
with the 2008 "Jahr der Mathematik" (Year of
Mathematics) Nov. 6-11 in Germany. The talks
covered the topics of talent development in
mathematics, theories of mathematics education and
the history and logic of proofs.
Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
Professor Clary Loisel presented "The Inequality
of Language in the Narrative Works of Rosario
Castellanos" at the Pacific Coast Council on Latin
American Studies Conference held Nov. 7-8 in Las
Vegas.
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Brown, Barry, Colleen Major and Sebastian Derry.
2008. "Promoting Diversity-Related Media in an
Academic Library Collection." College & University
Media Review, 13:57-75.
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