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Think Grizzly, It's Friday | Feb. 17, 2012 | Vol. 18 No.5 | www.umt.edu
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Welcome to TGIF News. This newsletter is provided weekly, except during the summer and scheduled academic breaks, to subscribers who include students, alumni, employees and friends of UM.
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UM's Student-Athletes Continue Academic Success
For the 13th consecutive semester, UM student-athletes maintained an average cumulative grade-point average above 3.0.
UM's 272 athletes maintained an average cumulative GPA of 3.06. This compares favorably to the cumulative 2.91 GPA earned by the 10,645 undergraduates in UM's general student population.
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UM Pharmacy Program Accredited for Maximum Period 
The national Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education has granted the Skaggs School of Pharmacy's Doctor of Pharmacy program at UM accreditation for the next eight years, the maximum term allowed.
"This is testimony to the quality of both our faculty and students who make the program what it is," said Vernon Grund, interim dean of the College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences, which houses the pharmacy school. Read more
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 Discussion About Sexual Assault at UM Continues
In his weekly video address, UM President Royce Engstrom continues the discussion on sexual assault, including an update on the investigation, University reporting responsibilities and resources available to victims.
To watch the video, click on the image to the right or click here to view the address on the University's YouTube channel.
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Dinner Commemorates Japan Earthquake
The UM Japanese Student Association will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the catastrophic Tohoku Earthquake with a fundraising dinner for the Japan Rising Opportunity Scholarship fund on Saturday, March 3. Read more
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Bitterroot College Program Forms Council
Officials with the Bitterroot College Program of UM have decided to launch a new BCP Advisory Council. The new 12-member council replaces the steering committee that had guided the college program's early development. Read more
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KBGA Hosts Annual RadioThon Drive
KBGA College Radio 89.9 FM at UM will host its annual RadioThon pledge drive through Friday, Feb. 17. The station hopes to raise $15,000, which symbolizes $1,000 for each year KBGA has served the Missoula community. Read more
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Power Shift Conference at UM Feb. 17-19
Hundreds of students will converge Friday through Sunday, Feb. 17-19, on The University of Montana campus for the Rocky Mountain Power Shift conference. Read more
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Award-Winning Author to Speak March 12
Award-winning author Rebecca Walker will give a lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, March 12, in the University Center Ballroom at UM. Read more
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Chill Out at Stress-Relieving Event Feb. 27
The University Center at UM will host a variety of groups and organizations that provide stress-relieving tips and methods for students at the Chill Out event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, in the UC Atrium. Read more
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Local Artist Exhibits at UC Gallery
The University Center Gallery at UM will display works by local artist and illustrator Courtney Blazon in an exhibition titled "My Street Has Strange Houses." Read more
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MFA Thesis Exhibitions Open Feb. 28
Two UM School of Art MFA thesis exhibitions, "Giving the Ghost" and "Suspension of Belief," will be on display from Tuesday, Feb. 28, through Friday, March 16, in the Gallery of Visual Arts. Read more
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Event Brings Local High Schoolers to UM
UM invites local high school students to campus on Thursday, Feb. 23, to learn more about the academic excellence, superior student services and infinite opportunities available right in their own backyard. Read more
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Forum Session Rescheduled
The Natural Resources and Environmental Policy Forum at UM scheduled for Feb. 14, has been postponed until noon Tuesday, Feb. 28. Read more
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UM Professor's Company Earns $2.5 Million Contract
The National Science Foundation has awarded Sunburst Sensors a $2.5 million contract to provide instruments for its studies. Sunburst Sensors is owned by Mike DeGrandpre, a chemistry professor at UM, and Jim Beck, the company president.
DeGrandpre invented Sunburst's Submersible Autonomous Moored Instruments (SAMIs). The instruments measure pH and the amount of dissolved carbon dioxide in bodies of water. More than 100 of these oceanic instruments will be manufactured in Missoula. Read more
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Late Rally Not Enough to Lift Lady Griz over the Bears
Montana came back from a 16-point first-half deficit to force overtime Feb. 11 against Northern Colorado, but the Bears prevailed 56-54. Read more
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Women's Tennis Notches Three Victories on the Road
The UM women's tennis team completed a three-match road trip to Portland, Ore., last weekend and came out with three victories. Read more
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Men's Tennis Takes Down Opponents at Shootout
The men's tennis team swept Whitman College and UC-Santa Cruz at the Whitman College Shootout last weekend in Walla Walla, Wash. Read more
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Griz Defeat Hornets 67-58; Cherry Earns National Honor
The Grizzlies had three players score in double figures and tied the school record for the best-start ever by a Griz team in Big Sky Conference play, as they defeated the host Sacramento State Hornets 67-58 on Feb. 11 in the Hornets Nest. Read more
UM's Will Cherry was chosen as the recipient of the Lou Henson Award, which is given to the National Player of the Week by collegeinsider.com, the organization announced earlier this week. Read more
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Track and Field Athletes Begin Late-Season Surge; Hall Tops in Boise
Aided by a strong showing from its distance runners and jumpers, the Montana track and field teams posted eight individual-event victories and eight new Big Sky Conference qualifications at the Bozeman Running Company Invitational on Feb. 10. Read more
Montana junior Lindsey Hall was named the Big Sky Conference Field Athlete of the Week on Feb. 14 for her recent performance at the Boise State Team Challenge at Nampa, Idaho. Hall won the pentathlon on Feb. 10 with a season-best score of 3,842 points to earn her third career athlete of the week award. Read more
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Thanks for reading TGIF!
Jennifer Sauer, TGIF editor
University Relations at The University of Montana
jennifer.sauer@umontana.edu
406-243-4878
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