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Think Grizzly, It's Friday | Oct. 5, 2012 | Vol. 19 No. 7 | 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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Missoula Ranked One of Nation's Top College Towns
The American Institute for Economic Research College Destinations Index recently ranked Missoula, home to UM, among the top College Towns in the U.S.
The index lists the top 75 destinations for 2012-13, including the top 15 among the Major Metros and the top 20 locations among Mid-size Metros, Small Metros and College Towns. Missoula was named No. 20 in the College Towns. Other towns that made the list include Ithaca, N.Y., Corvallis, Ore., and Burlington, Vt. Read more
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Enrollment Numbers Show Fewer Students Attending UM
After graduating a record number of students in the last academic year, UM has experienced an enrollment drop for autumn semester 2012.
According to the UM Registrar's Office, the autumn total headcount enrollment is 14,943, which is 726 fewer than the record enrollment logged one year ago.
At the same time, UM has enrolled an incoming class that is academically stronger and better prepared than in previous years.
"Last year, we experienced record enrollment and then a record graduating class, which means we are living our mission to educate Montana's students," said UM President Royce Engstrom. "We are committed to helping students succeed their freshmen year, stay here and then graduate." Read more
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Journalism School Lands National Science Foundation Grant
UM's School of Journalism has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance the quantity and quality of environmental science news reaching Montana's reservations and rural areas.
Residents in these areas face new and perplexing environmental resource decisions at a time when access to local news on these issues has waned. The grant will help develop a model for reporting environmental science news called Science Source, using student reporters from UM's graduate program in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Journalism, as well as partner news organizations across the state. Read more
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Stadium Event Encourages High School Freshmen to Graduate
 More than 2,000 Montana students drop out of high school every year, limiting their employment options and causing them to earn $143 per week less on average than those who finish school.
In an effort to encourage kids to graduate and boost their potential, more than 920 freshmen from Missoula County Public Schools will gather Thursday, Oct. 11, for the second annual Graduation Matters Freshman Rally at UM. Read more
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UFO Researcher to Lecture in UC on Oct. 9
UFO and nuclear-activity researcher Robert Hastings will present a lecture titled "UFOs: The Untold Truth" at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the University Center Theater at UM. Read more
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Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Conference Oct. 15-16
The Montana Geriatric Education Center at UM will host a statewide video conference Oct. 15-16. The conference will address Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, which are leading causes of death among seniors in the U.S. Read more
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Creative Writing Offers Writing Contest
The UM Creative Writing Program is accepting student submissions for the 2013 Merriam-Frontier Award writing contest. Read more
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Student Groups Needed for 'Sunday Sweepers'
In an effort to address the effects of post-football celebrations on the University District neighborhood, the UM Off-Campus Renter Center is partnering with ASUM to create a new program called "Sunday Sweepers." Read more
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Motivational Speaker Brings Message to UM
The University Center will host Bill Deering's motivational speech "Inspiring, Encouraging and Insightful" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in the UC Theater at UM. Read more
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City Club, MMAC Present 'Hidden Treasures'
City Club Missoula and the Montana Museum of Art & Culture will host "Hidden Treasure in the Treasure State," a presentation of the museum's Permanent Collection at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at the Holiday Inn Downtown. Read more
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Kittredge to Hold Fiction Reading Oct. 19
UM Regents Professor Emeritus William Kittredge will give a fiction reading at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in the Dell Brown Room of Turner Hall. Read more
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Treaty Symposium in Polson Oct. 10-12
Anne Castle, assistant secretary for Water and Science in U.S. Department of the Interior, will deliver an address during the fourth annual symposium on Columbia River Governance held Oct. 10-12 in Polson. Read more
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Mansfield Center Hosts Women's Conference
The Mansfield Center at UM will present "Women's Leadership Conference: Making Connections on Shared Priorities" from 1 to 6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 12, in the University Center. Read more
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Lady Griz Basketball Season Officially Under Way
The 2012-13 edition of the Lady Griz, sporting a roster flush with 16 players, opened its season Oct. 1. Read more
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UC Hosts 'Chill-Out'
Stress-Relief Event
UM's Student Involvement Network will host "Chill Out," a stress-relieving event for students from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, in the University Center Atrium. Read more
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Women's Tennis Wraps Up Tournament at Boise State
Montana women's tennis wrapped up the three-day Jack Taylor Classic hosted by Boise State on Sept. 29. Read more
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Imperial Acrobats of China Bring Unique Artform to UM
UM will host the vibrant Imperial Acrobats of China in a production of "Chi of Shaolin: The Tale of the Dragon" on Friday, Oct. 26, in the George and Jane Dennison Theatre. Read more
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Women's Golf Takes 17th
at Invitational in Missouri
The UM women's golf team finished 17th on Oct. 3 at the Johnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Mo. Read more
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UM Cross Country Trails Behind MSU at Montana Invitational
The Montana Invitational at the UM Golf Course didn't quite pan out for the home team like the Grizzlies had hoped on Sept. 28. Rival Montana State swept the meet, taking home first place in both team score and individual finishers in both the men's and women's races.
The men's team finished in second place behind the obviously dominant Montana State Bobcats. The Cats went one through seven to take home the meet title. North Dakota came in third followed by Eastern Washington in fourth.
The women's team also fell to Montana State and came in third behind the first-place Bobcats and second-place North Dakota. Eastern Washington came in fourth. Read more
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Griz Football Falls to Eastern Washington in 32-26 Stunner
On the fiery red Roos Field nicknamed "The Inferno," the 21st-ranked Griz football team fell to the seventh-ranked Eastern Washington Eagles 32-26 Saturday evening in Cheney, Wash.
In the heartbreaking loss for the Grizzlies, the Eagles stunned Montana with two late-game scores to overcome the Grizzlies without giving them time to recover. Read more
The Grizzlies are on the road Saturday, Oct. 6, playing the Northern Colorado Bears in a Big Sky Conference game. It is Northern Colorado's Homecoming contest at Nottingham Field, with kickoff at 1:38 p.m. (MST). Read more
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Soccer Drops Two Matches on the Road, at Home this Week
The Montana soccer team lost its second 2-0 decision of its two-match road trip when the Grizzlies fell to Sacramento State on Sept. 30 at Hornet Field in Sacramento, Calif. The Hornets scored goals 86 seconds apart late to break open a mostly even match.
The weekend's two losses dropped Montana (5-6-2, 1-2-1 BSC) from second place into a tie for seventh with two of the Big Sky Conference's five weekends of league matches now complete. Read more
The team will play its final regular-season home matches this week when it hosts Northern Colorado and North Dakota. The Grizzlies will host the Bears at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at South Campus Stadium and UND at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 7. Read more
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Men's Tennis Heads to Boise for Fall Classic
The UM men's tennis team is off to compete in the Boise State Fall Classic Oct. 5-7. The tournament consists of three different flights for singles and doubles: orange, blue and open. Montana joins 10 other teams for the classic, including Gonzaga, Portland State and Eastern Washington. Read more
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Spikers Unable to Hold Lead Against Bengals
The Montana volleyball team entered last week's four-match homestand seeking a breakthrough result to provide a spark for the rest of its Big Sky Conference schedule. Instead, the Grizzlies finished with a 1-3 record, and all three losses came in five-set decisions.
It happened again Saturday. Montana built a 2-0 lead over Idaho State, but the Bengals rallied and won for the 10th time in 11 matches, 23-25, 22-25, 25-18, 25-21, 15-12. Read more
The Montana volleyball team will be on the road for the first time in three weeks when its faces Southern Utah and Northern Arizona later this week. 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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