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May 3, 2010 | Vol. 38, No. 31 
 
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 Celebrate UM's New Native American Center
 

UM will hold several events Thursday, May 13, to celebrate the completion and opening of The Payne Family Native American Center -- the first of its kind at any American university. The public is invited to join tribal leaders and community, state and campus representatives for the day's events that include many Native American traditions to honor and dedicate the new center.

The formal dedication ceremony will take place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the UM Oval directly in front of the center. Seating will be provided. The ceremony will begin with an opening convocation by author and historian Joe Medicine Crow. Speakers include Native American activist Elouise Cobell, UM Native American studies alumnus Jon Swan and Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer.

Student-led tours of the center will be available from 1 to 4 p.m. and from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

In addition to the formal dedication ceremony, the following events are free and open to the public May 13:
  • 8:30 a.m.: "Coming Home" walk from the Adams Center to the center of the Oval. The public is invited to participate or enjoy the symbolic walk, led by children from Arlee's Salish language revitalization institute. Representatives from all Montana tribes will participate. A flag song and flag raising ceremony will be held on the Oval.
  • 10 a.m.: Dedication of the center's Bonnie HeavyRunner Memorial Gathering Space.
  • 11 a.m.: An event on the UM Oval to honor the artisans, craftspeople, visionaries, executors, designers and implementers of the fine details of the center.
  • 11:45 a.m.: Lunch on the Oval, sponsored by UM and the Crow Nation. Prepared by UM Catering Services, the menu includes buffalo soup, vegetarian soup, fry bread and huckleberry and cherry cobbler.
  • 1 p.m.: Henry Real Bird, storyteller and Montana poet laureate, will give a presentation on the first floor of the center.
  • 1-3 p.m.: Students will give academic presentations on the first floor of the center. A documentary by UM's Indigenous Filmmakers Club will be shown on the center's second floor.
Event organizers recommend using public transportation to get to and from campus May 13 if at all possible. For more information, call Linda Juneau, UM tribal liaison, at 243-6093 or e-mail linda.juneau@mso.umt.edu.

 

 UM To Replace All People Tree
 

In October 2009 during sub-zero temperatures, the Hellgate winds blew through the UM campus and pummeled the All People Tree, a spruce that had stood for years on the northeast corner of the Oval as a symbol of the University's commitment to diversity.

UM President George M. Dennison has directed the planting of a new tree this year, and the first step to bring the All People Tree back to the Oval will be a traditional blessing of the site from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 6.

The public is invited to attend the event, organized by the UM Diversity Advisory Council. The site is located near Main Hall on the northeast corner of the UM Oval. Educator and activist Julie Cajune (Salish) will speak at the ceremony.

Cajune is the administrator of a Kellogg Foundation grant to develop tribal historical materials for Salish Kootenai College. She was named one of "50 visionaries who are changing your world" in 2009 by Utne magazine.

The All People Tree was first dedicated on the Oval in 1996, when UM's Diversity Advisory Council members led efforts to widen sidewalks near the site and provide a bench for the community and visitors to be able to sit and find solace in the University's commitment to welcome all to campus. A plaque was placed near the tree that reads: "The All People Tree, a lasting tribute to the many branches of humankind."

UM Diversity Advisory Council 

 Lecture Features President Dennison
 

Retiring UM President George M. Dennison will be the featured speaker at the spring 2010 Last Lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 6, in the University Center Theater. The event is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow.

UM Mortar Board members are partnering with the UC to bring back the lecture, which challenges a UM professor to answer the questions: If you had one lecture left to give, what would you say? What wisdom would you impart? What do you want your legacy to be?

For more information, call Michael Paine, Center for Leadership Development program adviser, at 243-5527 or e-mail michael.paine@mso.umt.edu.

 

 Community Conversation At UM May 11
 

The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center and Continuing Education will present a bipartisan Community Conversation titled "What's Broken: The U.S. Government or Us?" on Tuesday, May 11, at UM.

The event, which is free and open to the public, features Pat Williams, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Bob Brown, former Montana secretary of state. The conversation begins at 7 p.m. in James E. Todd Building Room 204. Home Ground Radio host Brian Kahn of Helena will moderate.

"By engaging citizens in a balanced discussion, we hope both our citizens and our leadership will become better informed and open to compromise," said Mansfield Center Director Terry Weidner. "It is not our intent to impose any solutions. Rather, we want to help foster open debate around key public policy issues as a way of helping local voices direct debate toward concrete action."

The program will be streamed live on the Mansfield Center website.

Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center 

 UC Gallery Hosts MFA Exhibition
 

The University Center Gallery at UM will display the "Two Man Militia" show May 6-14. An opening reception for the show will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 6. The event is free and open to the public.

"Two Man Militia" is mostly sculptural artwork by Will Hutchinson and Nathan Tonning. Both are Master of Fine Arts candidates at UM. The artists came to Missoula from the Midwest, and the exhibition reflects their awareness of the cultural regionalism of the Mountain West mixed with their roots in the Great Lakes area.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

 

 XLS Offers Crown Of The Continent Tour
 

UM Extended Learning Services is offering a Crown of the Continent Discovery Tour this summer. Participants will learn from experts about the region and its unique history, culture, geography and ecology.

The 10-day event includes three days at UM and a seven-day tour of the Crown of the Continent region, including Glacier National Park during its centennial. It will take place Aug. 9-19. Cost is $2,010, which includes tour transportation and lodging and many meals. Academic credits are available for an additional fee.

Space is limited. The registration deadline is Friday, July 9. To register or for more information, go to the Extended Learning Services website, call Jessica Carter at 243-6496 or e-mail jessica.carter@umontana.edu.

Extended Learning Services 

 Business Plan Competition At UM May 13
 

The UM School of Business Administration will host the 21st annual John Ruffatto Business Plan Competition at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 13, in the Gallagher Business Building lobby.

The competition, which is free and open to the public, showcases the entrepreneurial aspirations of college and university students from across the state. Fifteen teams will present business plans, and a panel of judges will select four finalist teams to compete for significant prize money.

The competition began in 1990 and has grown into one of the state's premier entrepreneurial events. More than 500 students have participated in the competition, and 30 business plans have been implemented, including one for Big Sky Brewing Co. in Missoula.

Organizers request that those who plan to attend RSVP by calling Larae Hackney, business school special programs coordinator, at 243-4380 or e-mailing larae.hackney@business.umt.edu.

More information is on the Montana Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs website.

Montana Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs 

 Dining Services Celebrates Food Cycle
 

University Dining Services is teaming up with Montana farmers, ranchers and businesses to grow and raise the food for a feast to be held on campus in September.

The project will culminate in the "Farm to College Fall Feastival: Celebrating Montana's Food Cycle" showcase meal to be served at UM on Thursday, Sept. 16. Nearly 99 percent of the items on the menu will be provided by local suppliers.

UDS will document the development of the livestock and growth of the crops raised specifically for the feast to provide a holistic view of Montana's agricultural food cycle. The September meal will provide insight into the abundance and variety of Montana's agriculture. The goal is to celebrate the success of the UM Farm to College Program and to raise public and student awareness about the time and effort required to produce the food we eat each day.

"Local foods represent a smaller carbon footprint, will be delivered fresher from the field to the consumer, taste better and are more nutritious," said Jerry O'Malley, UDS marketing director. "Along with the sustainable benefits to the environment, buying from local food producers has a positive impact on economics across the state."

 

 Cast Iron Art Exhibition Opens This Week
 

The Western Cast Iron Art Conference Exhibition of artworks by Elizabeth Kronfield and Matthew Wicker will open at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture on Thursday, May 6. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the museum's Paxson and Meloy galleries, located in UM's Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center.

The exhibition is held in conjunction with the Second Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Conference May 6-9 in Missoula. The works will be on view at MMAC through Saturday, May 29.

The conference is hosted by MMAC, the UM School of Art and the Western Cast Iron Art Alliance, which was formed to promote the understanding of cast iron art and artists in the western states who use a variety of approaches, including installation and performance-based works. Kronfield and Wicker will present the keynote address of the convention from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 6 in the University Center Theater.

The reception and the conference keynote event are free and open to the public.

Kronfield and Wicker are artists and educators from Rochester, N.Y. Kronfield is an assistant professor in the College of Imaging Arts & Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Wicker teaches sculpture at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Monroe Community College. Their work combines cast iron or bronze with evocative materials such as stone, horsehair, ash or cloth.

Montana Museum of Art & Culture 

 Art Conference Offers Public Events
 

The Second Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Conference in Missoula May 6-9 will hold several events that are free and open to the public.

The conference, sponsored by UM's School of Art, the Western Cast Iron Art Alliance and the Montana Museum of Art & Culture, will begin with preconference workshops for registered participants May 3-5.

Conference events that are free and open to the public include:

Thursday, May 6
  • 5-7 p.m., Montana Museum of Art & Culture: Opening reception of "Western Cast Iron Art Conference Exhibition: Elizabeth Kronfield and Matthew Wicker." The museum is located in UM's Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center.
  • 7:30-8:30 p.m., University Center Theater: Kronfield and Wicker, artists and educators from Rochester, N.Y., will give the conference keynote address.
Friday, May 7
  • 10 a.m., UM Sculpture Division Studio, Art Annex: Production Iron Pour.
  • 5-8 p.m., Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St.: "National Iron" art opening.
  • 6-10:30 p.m., Gallery 615, 615 Oak St.: "Pearlsnaps: Meet the WCIAA" art opening.
  • 7-9 p.m., Tsunami Gallery, 101 S. Higgins Ave.: "WCIAC Student Exhibition" art opening.
A "Sundown Performance Pour" is scheduled for Saturday, May 8, at the Rock Creek Lodge east of Missoula. The event, which begins after sundown, is open to the public. Admission is $10 at the gate.

Registration and additional conference information are available on the Western Cast Iron Art Alliance website. For more information, call UM School of Art Associate Professor Brad Allen at 243-5704 or e-mail bradley.allen@umontana.edu.

Western Cast Iron Art Alliance 

 Research, Development Summit May 17
 

UM, in conjunction with the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, TechRanch and the Montana Bioscience Alliance, will host the Preclinical Research & Development Summit from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, May 17, in Skaggs Building Room 117.

The event will be a day of discussion and learning for translational researchers in academic and industry settings. It will feature speakers and sessions addressing preclinical research resources, entrepreneur partnerships, tech transfer, marketing new discoveries and life-science research developments at UM, among other topics.

The summit is free, but attendees are asked to RSVP by e-mailing vprd@mso.umt.edu. Include "preclinical summit" in the subject line. For more information, call Joe Fanguy in UM's Office of Technology Transfer at 243-2148 or e-mail joe.fanguy@umontana.edu.

 

 Study Group To Present Results
 

Results from the work of UM's Four-Day Week Study Group will be presented to the campus community Tuesday, May 4.

The study group is a special task force assigned to gather information from campus feedback about the four-day week and analyze the effects of the proposal.

The presentation will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. in the University Center Theater and is open to all interested participants.

 

 Faculty/Staff Socials
 

The final social of this semester will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Friday, May 7. It is sponsored by the College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences.

 

 News About U
 

News About U Anthropology and Native American studies Professor Neyooxet Greymorning has been appointed as an adjunct professor in the Division of Research at Southern Cross University, New South Wales. Greymorning also spoke April 22 on the topic of Native language revitalization for LISTEN, a UM student-run group whose goal is to create dialogue on campus and to bring awareness to Native American issues. He also organized and facilitated the Sixth Giving the Gift of Language training workshop for language acquisition and instruction, held April 19-21 in Missoula. Native language instructors traveled from Alaska, Minnesota, California, Wyoming, British Columbia and Arlee, representing Inupiaq, Ojibwa, Wiyok, Karuk, Shoshone, Cree and Salish languages.

"Graze Anatomy," an article by Institute for Educational Research and Service Research Associate Richard Manning, has been selected for inclusion in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing, which will be published in October by Houghton Mifflin. The article, a look at the possibilities of restoring the American landscape by switching to grass-fed beef, appeared in the spring 2009 issue of OnEarth magazine.

Journalism Professor Carol Van Valkenburg was an invited speaker at the 2010 UNESCO World Press Freedom Day Conference April 29-May 2 in Brisbane, Australia. Van Valkenburg's presentation, "Effective News Coverage of Indigenous Communities," focused on what journalists and educators can learn from the UM School of Journalism's 19-year-old Native News Honors Project. In the annual journalism school course, student journalists travel to seven Montana Indian reservations and report in-depth stories on a single issue. Their stories, photos and video reports are edited and designed by students and are published in print and online.

Mathematical Sciences Professor Bharath Sriraman gave an invited colloquium talk titled "Contemporary Issues and Practices in Mathematical Talent Development" April 22 in the Department of Mathematics of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Sriraman also was invited to co-edit a special proceedings volume on "The Elements of Mathematical Giftedness and Creativity" that stemmed from the first joint American Mathematical Society and Korean Mathematical Society meeting held last year at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

 

 Publications
 

Books and Publications Shanley, Kathryn W. 2010. "The Trick of Grieving Well and the Grief of Tricking Well: The Unspeakable Gerald Vizenor." In Gerald Vizenor: Texts and Context. (Eds.) Deborah Madsen and A. Robert Lee. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

Sheriff, S.D., D MacDonald and D. Dick. 2010. "Decorrugation, Edge Detection, and Modeling of Total Field Magnetic Observations from a Historic Town Site, Yellowstone National Park, USA." Archaeological Prospection, 17:49-60.

Sheriff, S.D. 2010. "Matched Filter Separation of Magnetic Anomalies Caused by Scattered Surface Debris at Archaeological Sites." Near Surface Geophysics, 8(2):145-150.

 

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