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Irish Studies Program Receives $120,000
Gerry Staunton, consul general of the
consulate of Ireland in San Francisco, will
make an official visit to UM on Friday, April 24.
Irish Studies was launched at UM by Irish
President Mary McAleese in May 2006, and the
program is supported by a grant from the
Irish government. Staunton will announce an
additional $120,000 in funding for the next
three years.
Staunton will meet with representatives of
UM's Irish Studies Program and Montana World
Trade Center.
He also will attend a fundraising dinner
organized by the Friends of Irish Studies, a
local nonprofit group. The Friday event
begins with a cocktail hour at 6 p.m. and
dinner at 7 p.m. in the University Center.
Tickets cost $50 and are available by calling
406-243-5258 or e-mailing Ireland@mwtc.org.
During his Missoula visit, Staunton also will
visit members of the Missoula business
community. After leaving Missoula, he intends
to visit Anaconda (Saturday morning), Butte
(Saturday evening) and Helena (Saturday
night). Staunton will be accompanied by
Seamus Boyle, president of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians. AOH is the largest fraternal
Irish organization in the United States.
Irish Studies Program
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Educators' Career Fair Set For April 26-27
UM will host the 24th Annual Educators'
Career Fair on Sunday and Monday, April
26-27. The fair is open to UM students and
alumni, teachers seeking employment and the
general public.
Registration costs $25 for teacher
candidates. Events begin with candidate
registration at noon Sunday in the University
Center. All Sunday events will take place in
the UC.
From 1 to 6 p.m. that day, participants can
meet with local, regional, national and
international school districts to learn about
open teaching positions. An ice cream social
will be held from 1:30 to 5 p.m. for informal
networking among school district
representatives and job-seekers.
Teacher candidates can attend school district
information sessions until 5 p.m. At 5 p.m.,
a Strategy Learning Session will be held for
candidates to get information about what to
expect at Monday's fair events. During that
session, a school administrator and teacher
candidate will present a mock interview.
From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, April 27, fair
events will take place at the Hilton Garden
Inn, located at 3720 N. Reserve St. in
Missoula. Representatives of school districts
will greet, network with and interview
teacher candidates. Montana school districts
can register for the
fair for a $95 fee.
For more information, call the UM Office of
Career Services at 406-243-6150. Teacher
candidates and school districts can register
on the Office of Career Services Web site.
Office of Career Services
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Bike, Walk Or Bus During 'Walk N Roll' Days
UM will participate in Missoula's Bike Walk
Bus Week by hosting "Walk N Roll" days Monday
through Friday, April 27-May 1.
The Associated Students of UM event aims to
encourage people to commute to campus on those
days any other way than driving alone.
Options include walking, biking, carpooling
or using public transportation.
Public transportation options for getting to
and from campus include riding shuttles from
Park-N-Ride
lots or taking Mountain
Line
buses, which are free throughout Missoula
during Bike Walk Bus Week.
During "Walk N Roll" days, volunteers at all
University entrances will hand out raffle
tickets to those who arrive on campus any
other way than driving
alone. Raffle tickets also can be picked up
at the University Center for those who use
other means of transportation and don't find
a "Walk N Roll" volunteer where they enter
campus. Raffle prizes include a cruiser bike,
bike trailer, headlights, locks and numerous
other donated gifts.
The raffle drawing will take place at noon
Friday, May 1, on the Mansfield Mall, located
between the University Center and the Maureen and
Mike Mansfield Library. Entertainment will be
provided by the popular band Broken Valley
Roadshow.
For 17 years, Missoula has hosted a
successful Bike Walk Bus Week. This year, the
city's 18th annual event will be held April
25-May
2. The festivities begin with the annual
Festival of Cycles at noon Saturday, April
25, in Bonner Park. A complete schedule of
events is available on the Bike Walk Bus Week
Web site.
Bike Walk Bus Week
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Professor Named Academic Fellow
Robert Saldin, an assistant professor of
political science at UM, has been designated
an Academic Fellow in terrorism studies for
2009-10 at the Foundation
for Defense of Democracies, a nonpartisan
policy institute
in Washington, D.C. Saldin will travel to
Israel in early June for an intensive course
in terrorism studies.
The FDD Academic Fellows program provides a
10-day learning experience for U.S.-based
educators and researchers to provide them
with cutting-edge information about terrorism.
The 2009 program will be conducted in Israel
at Tel Aviv University May 30-June 10. It
includes lectures by academics and military
and intelligence officials, as well as
diplomats from Israel, Jordan, India, Turkey
and the United States. It also includes
hands-on experience such as visits to police,
customs and immigration facilities, military
bases and border zones.
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Panel Discusses UM Philosopher's Book
A panel discussion of a new book by UM
philosophy Associate Professor Christopher
Preston will be held Monday, April 27, at UM.
The book, "Saving Creation: Nature and Faith
in the Life of Holmes Rolston III," was
published in March by Trinity University Press.
The event is free and open to the public and
will begin with refreshments at 6:30 p.m. in
the Dell Brown Room of Turner Hall, followed
by the panel discussion at 7 p.m. Panelists
will include the author, UM Regents Professor
of Philosophy Albert Borgmann, philosophy
Professor Deborah Slicer and special guest
Holmes Rolston III.
For more information, call Justin Whitaker,
administrative officer, UM Center for Ethics,
at 406-243-6605 or e-mail justin.whitaker@mso.umt.edu.
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UM Relay For Life Aims To Top MSU
The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life
will return to UM on Friday and Saturday, May
1-2, and competition is heating up between
the Griz and the Montana State University
Bobcats.
The UM relay will take place through the
night, beginning May 1 at 6 p.m. and ending
May 2 at 6 a.m. Teams of up to 15 people can
register for a fee of $100. Individuals also
can register online for $10. Every relay
participant is encouraged to fundraise $100
each. Registrations will be accepted until
May 1 and donations until Aug. 31. All
proceeds benefit ACS' mission to eliminate
cancer.
Organizers hope UM's Relay For Life will
bring in more money than that of MSU, which
held its relay April 18-19 and raised more
than $40,000 with 43 teams competing.
Currently 33 teams are registered for UM's
event. Last year, MSU raised $44,712 in its
relay, narrowly topping UM, which pulled in
$42,178.
Every dollar brought in by the teams last
year is now being used by ACS to continue
funding cancer research, state and national
legislative advocacy, and educational and
patient service programs. This year, the
organization will invest about $120 million
nationally in cancer research.
During the relay, teams are required to have
at least one member walking or running around
the Oval at all times. The others, however,
are free to enjoy entertainment and games,
including live bands, a DJ, free food, a
scavenger hunt and prizes for top
fundraisers. For more information or to
register, visit the UM Relay for Life Web site.
UM Relay for Life
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Grizzly Track And Field Shine
The Montana track and field teams had one
NCAA regional qualifier, 15 Big Sky
Conference qualifying performances and 24
individual event winners at the Montana Open
on Saturday, April 18, at Dornblaser Field.
The meet featured the full Grizzlies team,
plus athletes from Montana State, Gonzaga and
MSU-Billings, and a handful of unattached
athletes.
Highlighting the day was Montana's
performance in the men's javelin. Sophomore
Cole Beyer won the event, improving
on his NCAA Midwest Regional mark of 210-0
from two weeks ago with a winning distance of
214-4. Sophomore Richard Brumbaugh became the
Grizzlies' second NCAA Midwest Regional
qualifier when he took second in the javelin
with a throw of 203-2, a career best by
nearly 9 feet. The throw met the NCAA
regional standard of 202-1 and put Brumbaugh
among the top six in the Big Sky.
Eleven of Montana's Big Sky qualifying
performances came from the women's team, with
four coming from the men's team. Four
weekends out from the Big Sky Conference
championships, the UM women have 18 athletes
with 27 automatic qualifications in 14
different events. The Griz men have 18
athletes with 21 automatic qualifications in
13 different events.
Senior Dan Bingham, the 2006 Big Sky
Conference steeplechase champion, made his
outdoor season debut Saturday, winning the
1,500 meters in a career-best qualifying time
of 3:54.36. Bingham met the Big Sky standard
of 3:55 without Missoula's altitude
adjustment, which gave him a 3:51.70.
The UM women will compete April 24-25 at the
Oregon Relays in Eugene, Ore. The men
will compete at the Spokane Falls
Invitational in Spokane, Wash., this weekend.
Montana Grizzlies
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