and will exact standards in these things ...

Implementation of “The Discovery Continues” theme won the University the highest honor awarded in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s District VIII in 2001. UM won The Virginia Smith Grand Crystal Award — presented to the competition’s best of show, after first earning a Grand Gold award for the district’s best public relations project. The University garnered another significant accolade when it received the 2001 Synergy Award presented by the National Collegiate Licensing Association to the nation’s best collegiate licensing program. The award recognizes UM’s innovative product-marketing efforts, which include the Griz Gear clothing line, developed as a tool for both recruitment and fund raising. Despite UM’s relatively small size, sales of UM products rank among the top 50 of all U.S. colleges and universities.