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2010 Commencement On The Oval
UM will hold its 113th Commencement ceremony Saturday, May 15, on the Oval in front of Main Hall -- the first time in the University's history that the ceremony will be held in that location. More than 3,000 graduates are invited to participate in the ceremony, which begins at 10 a.m. Guests and family members are asked to be seated by 9:20 a.m.
This year's Commencement speaker is the University's longest-serving president, George M. Dennison, who plans to retire Aug. 15, 2010 -- 20 years from the day he became UM's 16th president in 1990.
Large video screens will flank the main stage, and an additional video screen will be placed at the center of the Oval for better viewing of the central Commencement ceremony. A concert sound system will provide high-quality audio.
The central Commencement ceremony also will be simulcast via the Internet on large screens in the following campus locations: North Underground Lecture Hall, Urey Lecture Hall, Clapp Building Room 131, Chemistry Building Room 123, Liberal Arts Building Room 11, McGill Hall Room 210 and Social Science Building Rooms 352 and 356. See the UM Campus Map for building locations.
Individual ceremonies for professional schools will begin at 11:30 a.m. Individual ceremonies for the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Technology will begin at 1:30 p.m. Each ceremony will last about one hour.
Continuous bus service to campus from Park-N-Ride lots on East Broadway and at Dornblaser Field will begin at 7:25 a.m. Saturday. Information about services for guests with disabilities or mobility concerns is available by calling UM Disability Services for Students at 243-2243. UM's Access Map provides information about physical accessibility on campus.
Commencement weekend concludes with the ROTC Commissioning at 6 p.m. Saturday outside Schreiber Gymnasium.
More details are on the Registrar's Office website.
Registrar's Office
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Documentary Premieres On MontanaPBS
"Glacier Park's Night of the Grizzlies," a film documenting the harrowing events that took place in the park Aug. 12, 1967, will premiere at 8 p.m. Monday, May 17, on MontanaPBS (KUFM-TV in Missoula and KUSM-TV in Bozeman).
The film, co-produced by Gus Chambers and Paul Zalis, examines the summer night when two grizzly bears attacked campers in separate, remote areas of Glacier National Park, killing Julie Helgeson and Michele Koons. The incidents were the park's first reported fatal bear attacks since it opened in 1910 and marked a watershed moment in the nation's bear management policies.
The documentary features interviews with survivors Roy Ducat and Paul Dunn, as well as archival material, photographs, still-camera re-enactments and additional interviews, to provide a 360-degree account of that summer's events in Glacier, framed by the overriding theme of the grizzly bear and its survival in the 21st century.
MontanaPBS
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Autism Expert To Present Conference At UM
Tony Attwood, a world-renowned autism and Asperger's syndrome expert, will present "A Complete Look at the Autism Spectrum," a daylong conference Monday, July 19, at UM.
The conference, sponsored by UM's Neuro Networking Club, will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom. It will cover many aspects of the autism spectrum, such as relationships, emotional management and social skills.
Registration is required and is available through GrizTix. The conference costs $140 for professionals, $70 for high school and college students and family members of those with autism or Asperger's, and $50 for individuals with autism or Asperger's.
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News About U
 Anthropology and Native American studies Professor Neyooxet Greymorning reviewed "The Power of Promises: Rethinking Indian Treaties in the Pacific Northwest" for the Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-Book Series in Western History and Biography. "The Power of Promises," edited by Alexandra Harmon, was published by University of Washington Press.
English Professor Casey Charles was awarded New York University's 2010 Washington Square Award for his poem "The Orb's Prayer." The poem will be published in a forthcoming issue of the nationally distributed literary journal Washington Square.
English Professor Beverly Ann Chin conducted a weeklong writing institute for secondary teachers in January in New York City. Chin also chaired and presented the session "Using Formative Assessments to Improve Writing Instruction" at the Office of Public Instruction Assessment Conference in January in Helena. During spring semester 2010, she served on the OPI Review Committee for the National Common Core Standards. She also co-facilitated the Training of Trainers workshop for the Montana University System Writing Assessment in February in Helena and led the Missoula scoring workshop for the MUS Writing Assessment in March. Chin also was a featured speaker at the National Catholic Education Association convention, held April 5-8 in Minneapolis.
English Associate Professor Nancy Cook presented "Living and Working in a Man's World: Women and Glacier National Park 1918-1988" at the "History and Memory: Glacier National Park's Centennial Year Symposium," held April 23-24 at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell. The symposium was sponsored by the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West.
English Associate Professor Prageeta Sharma was named a 2010-11 Howard Foundation Fellow by the board of administration of the George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation, facilitated through Brown University. Thirteen fellowships of $25,000 each were awarded for the 2010-11 academic year. Sharma, who directs UM's Creative Writing Program, was awarded the fellowship for her poetry collection in progress, currently titled "Undergloom."
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