Alum Brings Special Showing Of Movie To UM
 

It's been nearly 50 years since UM alumnus and daytime soap opera star Eric Braeden set foot on the UM campus. But he's coming back Saturday, April 19, to screen his aptly titled new movie, "The Man Who Came Back," for the campus and Missoula communities.

Two special showings will begin at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. in the University Center Theater, both starting with an introduction by Braeden. Tickets are free on a first-come, first-served basis at The Source in the University Center. "This is Eric's gift to UM alumni, students and the public," said Charles Sherman, the actor's Hollywood publicist.

The German-born Braeden, whose name was Hans Gudegast when he attended UM in the early 1960s, is an internationally known television and film star. He's best-known for his longtime role as Victor Newman on the popular daytime soap "The Young and the Restless." He also starred as John Jacob Astor in "Titanic."

Braeden reconnected with his alma mater after he was interviewed last fall by Paddy MacDonald for a profile that appeared in the winter 2008 issue of the Montanan, UM's alumni magazine. "The Man Who Came Back" was produced by Braeden and stars the UM alum alongside Armand Assante, Billy Zane, Sean Young, Ken Norton, James Patrick Stuart and George Kennedy, among others. It takes place in a post-Civil War small southern town where emancipation has yet to occur.

The film is unrated and contains violence and nudity. For more information, e-mail rita.munzenrider@umontana.edu.

Montanan Story 

 Lecture Explores Theater's Role In Society
 

John Guare, known as the dean of contemporary playwrights, will present the next installment of the President's Lecture Series at UM on Friday, April 25. With insights gained from nearly 50 years as a dramatist, he will offer some caustically ironic commentary about the role of the theater in contemporary society.

His presentation, "How to Read a Play: The Theater and Society in the 21st Century," begins at 8 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom. The event is UM's annual Lucile Speer Memorial Lecture.

Earlier that day, from 3:10 to 4:30 p.m., Guare will give a seminar titled "Ripped from the Headlines: The Theater and the World Around It" in Gallagher Business Building Room 123. The lecture and the seminar are free and open to the public.

 

 Native American Center Breaks Ground
 

Leaders from all Montana American Indian tribes will be at UM on Saturday, April 19, to speak at the groundbreaking ceremony for the University's Native American Center.

The public is invited to attend the ceremony, which begins at 9 a.m. at the building site, located on the UM Oval south of the Grizzly Bear statue and east of the Lommasson Center.

The first of its kind on a U.S. university campus, the center will house UM's Native American Studies Department, American Indian Student Services offices, and related campus programming under one roof. The 19,900-square-foot facility also will create a gathering space for tribal leaders from across the state, region and nation.

To pay homage to the tribes that historically used present-day University land as a traditional gathering place, the groundbreaking ceremony will be set up symbolically like the interior of a lodge, with knowledge represented on the west side of the building and speakers facing east.

Gregory Cajete, a Tewa from Santa Clara Pueblo Indian Tribe of New Mexico, will give the keynote address. He will speak about the importance of place to Native Americans.

For more information, call Linda Juneau at 406-243-6093.

Native American Center 

 UM Challenges MSU In Relay For Life
 

The UM Relay for Life is just around the corner, and organizers are rallying the Missoula community to enter more teams than the Bozeman event at Montana State University.

So far 38 teams have registered for the American Cancer Society fundraiser, which begins at 6 p.m. Friday, April 25, on the UM Oval. The Bobcats have registered 46 teams to compete in Relay for Life of Bozeman on Friday, April 18.

Every dollar raised at UM's Relay for Life will be used to by the American Cancer Society to fund cancer research, state and national legislative advocacy, and many educational and patient service programs.

To register or to learn more about the American Cancer Society Relay for Life at UM, call Jamie Terry at 406-531-3019.

Relay For Life 

 Kyi-Yo Celebration At UM April 18-19
 

The public is invited to share in American Indian heritage and artistry during the 40th Annual Kyi-Yo Celebration at UM Friday and Saturday, April 18-19. This year's theme is "Celebrating 40 Years through Song and Dance."

Events kick off with a grand entry featuring dancers in traditional dress at 6 p.m. Friday, April 18, in the Adams Center. Additional grand entry events take place at noon and 6 p.m. Saturday.

General admission is $5 Friday and Saturday evening and $8 for all day Saturday. Tickets can be purchased at the door, and weekend passes will be available. A complete schedule of events is on the Web site.

Kyi-Yo Celebration 

 Department of Drama/Dance Presents 'Gypsy'
 

The UM Department of Drama/Dance is pleased to offer "Gypsy," a Tony Award-winning musical fable suggested by the memoirs of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee.

"Gypsy" runs in the Montana Theatre of the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center on campus April 18-19 at 7:30 p.m. A Saturday matinee will be performed at 2 p.m. on April 19. Tickets are $15 general, $12 for seniors and students and $5 for children 12 and under. Audience discretion is advised.

"Everything's coming up roses" in this musical about family, fame and the lengths to which people will go for both. The play, set in the 1920s and '30s, is about Gypsy's quest for stardom, driven by her relentlessly ambitious stage mother. From overture to finale, this musical delivers classic songs such as: "Some People," "Let Me Entertain You" and "Together Wherever We Go."

For tickets and information, call the Drama/Dance Box Office at 406-243-4581, Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

UM Drama/Dance 

 UM Presents 'The House of Blue Leaves'
 

The UM Department of Drama/Dance presents "The House of Blue Leaves," a Tony Award-winning black comedy, at 7:30 p.m. in the Masquer Theatre of the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center on campus April 22-26 and April 29-May 3.

John Guare's play lampoons a blue-collar American family and their obsession with celebrity. Set in Queens during the Pope's 1965 visit, the plot follows the misadventures of a dissatisfied zookeeper who dreams of Hollywood songwriting success.

Tickets are $11 for the general public, $10 for seniors and students and $5 for children 12 and under. Audience discretion is advised. Call the Drama/Dance Box Office at 406-243-4581, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday to reserve your seats.

Guare will be on campus during the run of his play to give a lecture as part of the President's Lecture Series at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 25 in the University Center Ballroom. He also will give a seminar earlier that day, hold a Masters Class in playwriting with drama/dance students and attend a performance of the play.

UM Drama/Dance 

 University Center Hosts Spring Art Fair
 

The University Center's Spring Art Fair continues Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the University Center Atrium.

The art fair features many local and regional artisans and vendors, with unique handcrafted items and original artwork, as well as live music and gift certificate drawings.

Contact Marie Lawson at 406-243-5714 or ucartfair@mso.umt.edu for more information.

Spring Art Fair 

 Lecture Explores Statistics, Decision-Making
 

Guest lecturer Karen Williams will give a presentation at UM on the traps and pitfalls of statistical decision-making on Monday, April 21.

The lecture begins at 4:10 p.m. in Mathematics Building Room 103 and is free and open to the public.

Williams is director of the Clinical Research Center and professor of public health dentistry-behavioral sciences at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry. As director of the Clinical Research Center, she is integral in the design, implementation and statistical analysis of a variety of federal- and industry-funded clinical trials.

She will address the tendency of academic researchers to become comfortable with the mechanics of research design and statistics without considering whether these methods are most efficient for answering their research questions.

 

 UM Chemistry Alum Presents Juday Lecture
 

UM alumnus Todd Lowary will give the UM Department of Chemistry's 2008 Juday Lecture on Tuesday, April 22.

Lowary will present "Two Decades of Sugars: From Wood Chemistry in Missoula to Mycobacteria in Edmonton" at 7:30 p.m. in Chemistry Building Room 123. During the lecture he will talk about his 1983-88 UM education and the journey from there to becoming an internationally recognized figure in carbohydrate chemistry.

Lowary also will present a technical lecture titled "Synthetic and Biochemical Investigations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Glycans" at 4:10 p.m. Monday, April 21, in Chemistry Building Room 212.

The events are free and open to the public and are sponsored by the Richard E. Juday Endowment.

 

 Inernships Provide Global Opportunities
 

UM students interested in gaining professional experience abroad should not miss the IE3 Global Internships consortium's campus visit April 23-25.

UM recently joined the consortium, which provides students in a variety of majors with internships in more than 80 countries. IE3 interns can stay enrolled at UM to receive academic credit and will be eligible to use their financial aid while on their internship abroad. Some need-based scholarships, ranging from $500 to $1,500, are available.

Two IE3 representatives will hold information sessions on Wednesday, April 23, in the Davidson Honors College's Epron Student Lounge and Thursday, April 24, in Lommasson Center Room 154. Both sessions will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. and students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. The representatives also will make classroom visits while on campus.

For more information call Kevin Hood, IE3 campus coordinator, at 406-243-4613.

IE3 Global Internships 

 MTPR Raises Record $455,000
 

Montana Public Radio listeners donated more than $455,000 during the annual Pledge Week held April 7-13 to keep the station running for another year.

The week was filled with hope, excitement, fun and some concern over the effect of warm spring weather during the final days of the drive. The sunshine, however, did not slow pledge activity over the weekend, which brought in slightly more than $200,000 -- another record for the station.

The station's fundraising goal for the week was $481,000, leaving a $25,000 shortfall.

The final seven hours of pledge week were devoted to the station's signature finale, "Pet Wars," which also reached a new milestone with pledges of almost $72,000. Dogs won again this year with 1,411 votes.

Montana Public Radio 

 UM Athletics Secures $1 Million Donation
 

A Missoula-area foundation has agreed to donate $1 million to UM's Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. In recognition of this gift, UM will name the new east-side expansion project at Washington-Grizzly Stadium the "Majestic Plaza."

The donation will be made by the Feist Family Foundation during a 10-year period. When the stadium expansion is completed in mid-August, it will consist of 1,500 reserved seats and 500 "club level" seats -- 250 of which will have access to an indoor club called the Canyon Room, which sits atop the project. The remaining 250 "club level" seat holders will have exclusive private access to the Hellgate Terrace, which surrounds the Canyon Room. With the expansion, seating capacity of Washington-Grizzly Stadium will top 25,000.

UM Intercollegiate Athletics currently is planning a campaign to raise between $10 and $20 million to address three major needs: creating an academic/ computer lab for student-athletes, along with more office space; a complete renovation of the Adams Center men's locker room, which houses football, basketball and the other men's Olympic sports; and building an indoor practice facility at UM's South Campus. The three projects would benefit the more than 300 student-athletes in the 14 intercollegiate sports offered by the University.

Montana Grizzlies 

 Montana Track Shines in Washington
 

The Montana outdoor track and field teams won five of six duals and added four new Big Sky Conference qualifiers last Friday at Eastern Washington's 37th annual Pelluer Invitational in Cheney, Wash.

The two-day meet opened with senior Baily Cox and freshman Christian Segota winning the heptathlon and decathlon titles. Cox finished with 4,681 points, while Segota scored 5,518 points to surpass the Big Sky Conference-qualifying score of 5,500.

The UM women swept their three scored duals, defeating Eastern Washington 105-87, Idaho 106-68 and Gonzaga 137-20. The Griz men took two of three duals, downing Idaho 101-88 and Gonzaga 129-14 and falling to the Eagles 99.5-95.5.

After winning the heptathlon with a qualifying score of 4,681 Thursday and Friday, Cox added the long jump Friday afternoon, finishing second in the event with a distance of 18-4.25, meeting the Big Sky qualifying standard of 18-2.

Also qualifying Friday were junior Logan Labbe in the javelin, sophomores Jessa Linford in the high jump and Chris Hicks in the triple jump. Labbe, a two-time Big Sky and NCAA Midwest Regional qualifier, finished third in the javelin with a distance of 199-6.

Linford qualified for her second straight Big Sky outdoor championship, finishing second in the high jump with a height of 5-3, matching the Big Sky qualifying standard of 5-3. Hicks posted Montana's fourth qualifying mark Friday, finishing sixth in the triple jump with a distance of 45-5.75, meeting the Big Sky standard of 45-0.

Montana will compete this Saturday at the Spokane Falls Community College Invitational in Spokane, Wash.

Griz Track & Field 

 Griz Lacrosse Hosts Home Game
 

The UM men's lacrosse team will play a home game on Saturday, April 19 at the UM Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

The Grizzlies will host Boise State at 2 p.m. Saturday in the final conference game of the season. The winning team will clinch a playoff spot. The Men's College Lacrosse Association Division I playoffs will be held in Missoula on May 3-4.

The Grizzlies recently returned from a trip to the East Coast where they defeated the University of New Hampshire and Northeastern University in Boston, improving their season record to 8-3.

Grizzly Lacrosse 

 Griz Golfers Take Second
 

Sophomores Alyssa Williamson and Jacqueline Olson both recorded top-five results to lead the Montana golf team to a second-place finish last Thursday at the Big Sky Conference Preview in Phoenix.

The Grizzlies carded a team total of 315, ending the 18-hole tournament one stroke behind the of champion, Northern Arizona.

Williamson shot a 4-over-par 76 to finish second only to individual medalist Ali Carter of NAU, who shot a 75. Olson, from Sutherlin, Ore., shot a 77 to share third place with NAU's Sophia Choi.

Montana Golf