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Spring Commencement Ceremony On The Oval
The UM Registrar's Office announced last week that the 2010 spring Commencement ceremony will take place Saturday, May 15, on the Oval.
Registrar Edwin Johnson said, to his knowledge, this is the first time in the University's 117-year history that the main Commencement ceremony will be held outdoors on the Oval. The ceremony will start at 10 a.m. -- rain or shine -- followed by smaller ceremonies for individual schools and colleges at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
UM traditionally holds two all-school Commencement ceremonies in the Adams Center -- one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. There will be one main ceremony this year, and Johnson estimates about 1,800 graduates will attend, along with 9,000 to 10,000 faculty members, friends and family members.
For more information, call the Registrar's Office at 243-2995 or visit the Registrar's Office Web site.
Registrar's Office
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University Posts Spring Enrollment Record
After the final tally, UM has a new record of 14,622 enrolled for spring semester 2010. That number is 797 students more than the previous record set last spring.
UM President George M. Dennison said the University always experiences an enrollment decline between spring and fall semesters. "However, this year enrollments for spring semester 2010 dropped off by only 300 students, or 2 percent, from fall semester 2009 -- something that has never happened in earlier years," Dennison said. "As a result, spring 2010 enrollments exceeded spring 2009 enrollments by nearly 800 students, or 5.8 percent."
Dennison said there were spring enrollment surges in every category, including residents, nonresidents, undergraduates, graduate students, distance-learning and the College of Technology.
UM also set a spring enrollment record in full-time equivalent students at 12,677.70, which is 670.9 or 5.6 percent more than a year ago. (An FTE represents 15 undergraduate or 12 graduate semester credits.)
Enrollment jumped by 498 at the main mountain campus and 299 at COT compared with a year ago. FTEs increased 437.77 at the mountain campus and 233.13 at COT over last spring. Montana residents accounted for about 80 percent of the total increase, with a significant number of new students enrolling to sharpen their skill sets or develop new skills to get back into the work force.
Dennison commended staff and faculty members for extending themselves to serve students. "Although constrained by cost concerns and a very tight budget, deans, chairs and faculty provided the courses the students needed," he said. "The outcome benefits the students, the University and the state."
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UM Marketers Win Awards
UM publications and commercials won eight awards in recent national and regional competitions.
The University's latest President's Report won a Gold award from the 25th Annual Educational Advertising Awards, a national marketing competition. The report, titled "Standing Out," features profiles of 10 outstanding faculty members, four institutes and other campus highlights.
UM also won a Merit award for the Montanan, the University's 80,000-circulation alumni magazine. Both the President's Report and Montanan are produced by the University Relations office.
Campus won a Bronze award for its "UM Heritage" television commercial. The ad gives a dynamic overview of University history in a minute and a half. UM also earned a Merit award for "Griz Tunnel Run," a video spot played before football games at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The commercials are produced by Chisel Industries, a Montana-based company, under the supervision of UM Executive Vice President Jim Foley. The commercials can be viewed on the official UM YouTube channel.
A Merit award also went to UM's Viewbook, which is used to recruit prospective students. That publication is produced by UM Enrollment Services.
"UM Heritage" won again in the regional Council for Advancement and Support of Education awards competition, earning a Silver in the public relations video category. UM also earned two CASE Bronze awards in the writing category. Freelance writer Nate Schweber won for "The Making of Meloy," a feature about UM alum and rock star Colin Meloy that appeared in the Montanan. University Relations staff member Cary Shimek won for "Tainted Trees: Research reveals another public health threat from asbestos," which appeared in Vision, UM's annual research magazine.
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International Culture, Food Festival March 14
The University Center will teem with global sights, sounds and aromas Sunday, March 14, during the annual International Culture and Food Festival at UM. The theme of this year's festival is "View the World through a Cultural Kaleidoscope."
The 2010 festival, sponsored by UM's International Student Association and Foreign Student and Scholar Services, is dedicated to UM President George M. Dennison and Jane Dennison for their unwavering support and commitment to the well-being of international students over the past 20 years.
More than 400 students hailing from 75 countries will participate in the festival, which kicks off at noon with the parade of flags. Events will continue in the UC until 5 p.m. General admission is $3. Admission for children 12 and under is $2. The festival will partner with the Missoula Food Bank again this year to accept donations of nonperishable food items or cash during the event.
A food bazaar in the UC Atrium will feature dishes from 20 regions of the world for less than $4. Children's World in the second-floor UC Commons will offer games, dances and multi-ethnic crafts and will issue passports to young participants. The cultural show on the third floor of the UC will include traditional and contemporary performances.
Literature, maps and photographs of individual countries will be available at information booths, making the festival perfect for those planning a trip abroad. A silent auction of international arts and crafts will take place in the third-floor lobby of the UC. Proceeds from the auction will support the Missoula International Friendship Program, which works to make the community a welcoming place for UM foreign students.
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Publications
 Harner, M.J. and J.A. Stanford (with others). 2009. "Heterogeneity in Mycorrhizal Inoculum Potential of Flood-Deposited Sediments." Aquatic Sciences, 71:331-337.
Kuzishchin, K.V. and J.A. Stanford (with others). 2009. The Status and Monitoring of the Salmonid Biodiversity and Their Environment on Kamchatka (on the Territory of the "River Kol" Protected Area). Moscow, Russian Federation. KMK Scientific Press. 156 pp.
Lorang, M.S. (with others). 2009. "A Flume Experiment to Examine Underwater Sound Generation by Flowing Water." Aquatic Sciences, 61(4):449-462.
Lowell, J.L, N. Gordon, D. Engstrom, J.A. Stanford, W.E. Holben and J.E. Gannon. 2009. "Habitat Heterogeneity and Associated Microbial Community Structure in a Small-Scale Floodplain Hyporheic Flow Path." Microbiology of Aquatic Systems, 58:611-620.
McPhee, M.V., T.H. Tappenbeck, D.C. Whited and J.A. Stanford. 2009. "Genetic Diversity and Population Structure n the Kuskokwim River Drainage Support the 'Recurrent Evolution' Hypothesis for Sockeye Salmon Life Histories." Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (138):1481-1489.
Newell, R.L. and M.L. Anderson. 2009. "Note on the Occurrence of Siphlonurus autumnalis (Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuridae) in a Montana Spring Brook." Western North American Naturalist, 69(4):551-555.
Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, Q. Mub, L.A. Jones and S.W. Running (with others). 2009. "Satellite Based Analysis of Northern ET Trends and Associated Changes in the Regional Water Balance from 1983 to 2005." Journal of Hydrology, 379:92-110.
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Submissions must reach University Relations, 317 Brantly Hall, by noon Tuesday for inclusion in the following week's newsletter. Be sure to note that the submissions are for ForUM. E-mail submissions may be sent to campnews@mso.umt.edu. Items will be included as space permits. For more information, e-mail Brenda Day, ForUM editor.
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