The Davidson Honors College at UM announced this year's recipients of the Paul Lauren Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor Award. The 2012 recipients are:

• Daisy Rooks, sociology assistant professor
• Edward Rosenberg, chemistry professor
• Scott Samuels, professor of biological sciences
• Tobin Shearer, history assistant professor

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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.

ACPE cited the progress the school has made since its last accreditation review, including the use of interviews as part of the admissions process. The accreditation report also commended the school for developing a policy that could become a model for teaching professionalism, its innovative Integrated Studies course and for being ranked in the top 12 pharmacy programs nationally for research funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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The No. 13-seeded Montana Grizzlies, who won both the Big Sky Conference regular-season and tournament titles, will face No. 4 Wisconsin in a 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship second-round game.

Tip-off is set for 12:10 p.m. MDT Thursday, March 15, in Albuquerque, N.M. TNT will broadcast the game.

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UM residence halls will remain open for students during the April 2-6 spring break. Students planning to stay in their rooms do not need to sign up; however, dining services will be limited or unavailable during this time. 

Buildings will be locked 24 hours a day, so residents need to carry their Griz Cards at all times to access them. Residence hall staff will be available in all buildings if students need assistance.

More information is on the Residence Life website.

The Associated Students of UM Off-Campus Renter Center will host the 2012 Housing and Community Resources Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, in the University Center Atrium.

ASUM agencies, government offices, property management companies and others will be available to talk with future and current renters. The Renter Center hosts the fair to educate more than 10,000 student renters of community resources, rental rights and housing options.

The center also helps students find off-campus housing, educates them on their rights, mitigates landlord disputes and manages the online Off-Campus Housing Finder.

Students can find more information and schedule an appointment to speak to a renter's advocate on the Renter Center website.

The Division of Student Affairs at UM is accepting applications for a student-employment program that allows individuals to explore career opportunities in various Student Affairs departments.

The Student Affairs Immersion Learning program, or SAIL, gives successful applicants the opportunity to spend autumn semester in four-week rotations in each of three selected Student Affairs departments to gain knowledge of specific programs, services and operations. 

During spring semester SAIL interns will spend 16 weeks in one selected department. Interns are awarded in-state tuition waivers and are paid $10 per hour for working 15-20 hours a week.

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UM's Curry Health Center publishes an online magazine for students each month titled Student Health 101, or SH101. The March issue focuses on sexual assault and is now available online.

This issue of SH101 addresses the importance of bystander intervention, how to intervene, services offered at UM's Student Assault Resource Center and advice from SARC advocates.

The magazine also features interviews with UM students and videos produced by the Health Enhancement department of the Curry Health Center and Stephen Seder, a UM student and campus correspondent.  

SH101 is sent to all UM student email accounts at the beginning of each month. The magazine is an interactive experience where students can learn wellness and health tips.

UM faculty are more civic-minded and involved in their community than those at UM's peer institutions, according to the results of a recent national survey of university and college faculty.

According to the Higher Education Research Institute Faculty Survey, 68 percent of UM's faculty spend at least one hour each week engaging in community or public service, compared with 50 percent of faculty at other public institutions in the country.

Additionally, 52.3 percent of UM faculty responded that instilling a commitment to community service in their students is "essential/very important," compared with 39.4 percent at peer institutions.

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The UM Wilderness and Civilization Program currently is accepting applications for autumn semester 2012.

The program, the only one of its kind in the country, takes students outside the classroom to learn hands-on in small interdisciplinary classes and from extensive fieldwork. Students who successfully complete the program, which has been offered at UM for more than three decades, earn a wilderness studies minor.

The Wilderness and Civilization Program is limited to 25 participants, so interested students should apply no later than April 1.

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UM's College of Visual and Performing Arts will pay tribute to Palmer West, a 1998 UM graduate and independent filmmaker, during its 12th annual "Odyssey of the Stars -- A Celebration of Artistic Journeys."

Each year "Odyssey of the Stars" honors outstanding UM visual and performing arts alumni and tells the story of their artistic journeys, showcasing the many different roads to success that an artist can travel.

This year's show, "In the Moment," will start at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24, in the University Theatre. It will feature UM students, faculty and West as guest artist and alumni honoree.

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• Monday-Friday, April 2-6: Spring break
• Monday-Friday, April 9-20: Autumn semester registration
• Friday, May 4: Last day of regular classes
• Monday-Friday, May 7-11: Final exams
• Saturday, May 12: Commencement