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March 7, 2011 | Vol. 39, No. 22 
 
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Welcome to ForUM, the e-newsletter for University of Montana staff, faculty and administrators. ForUM is published weekly during the academic year except during scheduled academic breaks.

"The President's Update," a video series for UM President Royce Engstrom to communicate with the campus community, is available on the President's Office website and on the official UM YouTube channel.



 UM Marketers Win Awards
 

UM raked in eight awards during recent marketing competitions. The University captured seven wins from the Higher Education Marketing Report during the 26th annual Educational Advertising Awards. The winners from this national competition were:
  • Gold: UM total recruitment package. The award honors all the direct mailing materials sent to prospective students by Enrollment Services. UM mails to 240,000 prospective students during a 16-month recruitment cycle to meet the University's enrollment projections. Materials were designed in collaboration with UM Printing and Graphic Services.
  • Silver: the Montanan magazine. Produced by University Relations, the Montanan is mailed to 83,000 alumni and University friends three times a year.
  • Silver: the most recent President's Report titled "Building a Better UM." The report highlights UM achievements during the past year. It was produced by University Relations and UM Printing and Graphic Services.
  • Silver: "Video Viewbook Recruitment Video: Amber." Produced by Enrollment Services in collaboration with Kagan Yochim and UM's Broadcast Media Center, the video highlights the experiences of a Blackfeet pharmacy student.
  • Bronze: "Our Cubs Become Griz So Fast" magazine advertisement. The ad was produced by Enrollment Services.
  • Merit: Research View newsletter. Produced by University Relations and Printing and Graphic Services, this twice-a-year publication highlights UM innovation and scholarship.
  • Merit: poster prospectus titled "Balance." Produced by Enrollment Services, the poster helps with recruitment.
The Montanan also won a Gold award for general excellence from the regional Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The CASE Gold was awarded in the print general-interest magazines category for the three 2010 issues of the Montanan. It the highest CASE general excellence win for the magazine.

 

 Roving Griz Gets New Home 
 

Sharon O'Hare accepts the Roving Griz award. Even a snow-heavy Missoula winter couldn't keep UM's Roving Griz in hibernation for long, as Jed Liston, assistant vice president for Enrollment Services, passed the award to UM's Office for Student Success.

Liston presented the award to OSS Director Sharon O'Hare and her staff during a Feb. 23 presentation ceremony in the Lommasson Center.

The Roving Griz Award was created to recognize departments that demonstrate principles of UM's Quality of Worklife Initiative, which strives to create and maintain a work environment that allows faculty and staff to achieve the highest level of satisfaction.

In a letter accompanying the award, Liston cited OSS commitment to the spirit of collaboration and the staff's continued focus on UM's greatest assets: its students.

"I'm so proud of our office to get this, as the spirit of the award is about collaboration, and we all work as partners in this," O'Hare said.

Liston also credited OSS for its innovative programs, such as Study Jam, which provides group-centered study opportunities, and its dedication to continually updating its online presence. "If there ever was an organization that embraced and lived their name, it's the Office for Student Success," he said.

UM's Undergraduate Advising Center, Writing Center, Freshman Interest Group and peer adviser programs fall under the OSS umbrella. O'Hare said students make up the backbone of the office, with about 50 student employees directly delivering resources to other students.

UM President Royce Engstrom was on hand to congratulate OSS for its tremendous achievement. "This is really spectacular because student success is one of the most pressing issues at UM and for higher education in the country," he said.

 

 Events Celebrate Food Literacy Month
 

Throughout the month of March, University Dining Services and UM's Environmental Studies Program will hold events to celebrate Food Literacy Month.

UDS will showcase an array of films in the University Center Theater, beginning today with "Fresh," which celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are reinventing our food system. Two lectures sponsored by UM's Environmental Studies Program will take place March 10 and 12. The films and lectures are free and open to the public.

The Food Zoo in the Lommasson Center also will offer special lunch menus March 15 and 17 to celebrate Food Literacy Month.

A complete schedule of events is on the UDS Food Literacy Month website. For more information call registered dietitian Rebecca Shern at 243-2315.

 

 UM Dancers Perform this Week
 

UM's School of Theatre & Dance will present its annual production of "Dance New Works" March 8-12. Altogether, 19 original pieces of choreography will be performed, 14 featuring student choreographers and five featuring faculty premieres.

The concert offers two separate programs that alternate performances each evening. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Open Space of the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center. A matinee performance will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 12. Admission costs $9.

For more information call the Theatre & Dance Box Office at 243-4581.

 

 MMAC Masterpiece Exhibitions End March 12
 

There are just a few more days to take advantage of the unprecedented opportunity to view selected artworks by some of the most notable artists from the late 18th to the early 20th century at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture.

"Renoir, Magritte, Gauguin and other Masterpieces from a Private Collection" and the concurrent "Three Centuries of European Prints from the MMAC Permanent Collection" will end their highly successful four-month run in the museum's Meloy and Paxson galleries on Saturday, March 12.

The galleries are located in UM's Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center. Extended gallery hours are offered from noon to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday. By popular demand, visiting hours also will be extended to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, the last day of the exhibitions.

Brandon Reintjes, MMAC curator of art, will give a free lecture titled "The Life of a Masterpiece" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, in the Masquer Theatre of the PAR/TV Center. He will focus on art masterpieces as unique cultural objects as they pass from continent to continent over the span of decades or centuries.

Montana Museum of Art & Culture 

 Process for CyberBear Login Changes March 15
 

Beginning Tuesday, March 15, UM employees and students will log in to CyberBear using their NetID and password rather than their 790# and PIN.

With the change, CyberBear will use the same authentication service as many other Web applications at UM, including online courses in Blackboard and Moodle, Mansfield Library resources and student e-mail.

All UM employees and students have a NetID assigned to them. If you don't know your NetID, go to the UM Login Page, click on "What is my NetID?" and provide the requested information. Your initial password is the last six digits of your 790#.

The first time you log in to a service that uses the central authentication service, you will be guided through a process to change your password and set up a security question. That will provide self-service password reset capability if you forget your password or simply want to change it.

For more information go to the CyberBear Login FAQ website.

 

 HRS Offers CHOICES Information
 

Human Resource Services will hold meetings this month to provide information about the current status of the Montana University System CHOICES benefit program and the necessary changes for the plan year that will start July 1.

The following meetings will take place at the main campus in the University Center Theater:
  • Monday, March 14: 1-2 p.m. and 3-4 p.m.
  • Wednesday, March 16: noon-1 p.m. and 4:30-5:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, March 17: 9-10 a.m. and 10-11 a.m.
A meeting also will be held at the College of Technology from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 17, in Health Building Room HB01, located at 909 South Ave. W.

 

 Diversity Award Nominations Open
 

Nominations are now open for the Nancy Borgmann Diversity Award, named in honor of a former director of UM's Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity. The award recognized contributions made by individuals who support the University's mission of diversity.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 11. The award comes with a $1,500 prize. Previous applications may be resubmitted for a period of two years without updated recommendation letters.

Nominations should be e-mailed to Julie Edwards, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library assistant professor, at julie.edwards@umontana.edu. For more information call Edwards at 243-4505.

 

 President Engstrom's Office Hours
 

Each semester President Engstrom welcomes members of the campus community to meet with him to discuss issues and topics of their choice. Please call 243-2311 or e-mail prestalk@umontana.edu to make an appointment to meet with President Engstrom during these times.

President Engstrom's scheduled office hours for spring semester are:
  • Thursday, March 31: 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
  • Friday, April 29: 10 a.m.-noon
President Engstrom also will host open forums at 4 p.m. Fridays, March 18 and April 22, in Davidson Honors College Room 119 before the 4:30 p.m. Faculty/Staff Socials in the DHC Lounge.

 

 Faculty/Staff Socials
 

Socials will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. most Fridays during spring semester in the Davidson Honors College Lounge. Spring semester dates and event sponsors are:
  • March 4: School of Extended and Lifelong Learning
  • March 11: UM Foundation
  • March 18: President Engstrom
  • March 25: International Programs
  • April 1: College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences
  • April 22: President Engstrom
  • April 29: School of Business Administration
  • May 6: School of Law and the Diversity Advisory Council


 

 News About U
 

News About U Radio-Television Professor Ray Ekness will receive the Award of Excellence in the faculty news competition of the Broadcast Education Association for a video story titled "Senior Weightlifter Harold Smith," produced for the program "Backroads of Montana," which airs on MontanaPBS. The award will be presented in April at the association's international Festival of Media Arts.

 

 Publications
 

Books and Publications Drake, Richard. 2011. Review of La politica del massacro: per un atlante delle stragi naziste. In Toscana (Naples: l'Ancora del Mediterraneo, 2006). (Eds.) Gianluca Fulvetti and Francesca Pelini. Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 16(2):298-299.

Jabour, Anya. 2011. "'Grown Girls, Highly Cultivated': Female Education in an Antebellum Southern Family." In The Girls' History and Culture Reader: The Nineteenth Century. (Eds.) Miriam Forman Brunell and Leslie Paris. University of Illinois Press.

 

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