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Engstrom Named UM's 17th President
The state Board of Regents voted Thursday, Sept. 23, in Butte to approve the hiring of UM Provost Royce Engstrom to become the University's 17th president. Engstrom will begin his new duties Oct. 15.
"I am excited and deeply honored to take on this responsibility," Engstrom said. "The University of Montana is truly a special place. The four campuses enrich the lives of students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members. The University is an engine of competitiveness for the state of Montana. I am ready, with the help of the campus community, to engage the challenges and embrace the opportunities the future holds."
Engstrom has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at UM since 2007. He also is a chemistry professor. Born in Michigan and raised in Nebraska, he came to Montana after a national search from a provost position at the University of South Dakota. He will replace President George M. Dennison, UM's longest-serving president who led his alma mater for two decades.
For more information, visit the Presidential Search and Transition website.
Presidential Search and Transition
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Learn About Stalking, Unwanted Pursuit
Brian H. Spitzberg, a Senate Distinguished Professor in the School of Communication at San Diego State University, will present "Stalking and Unwanted Pursuit: Cultural Corruptions of Communication and Courtship" from 3:40 to 5 p.m. today in Gallagher Business Building Room 119. The talk is free and open to the public.
Spitzberg's research is widely published, with books and articles in areas that include interpersonal communication skills, communication assessment, conflict management, jealousy, infidelity, intimate violence, sexual coercion and stalking.
He is the co-author of the 2004 book "The Dark Side of Relationship Pursuit: From Attraction to Obsession and Stalking," which won the International Association for Relationship Research Award in 2006.
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Exhibitions Open at Gallery of Visual Arts
A multifaceted exhibition featuring two nationally recognized artists will open at UM's Gallery of Visual Arts on Thursday, Sept. 30.
Doug Anderson's interactive mixed media installation "Asphodel" investigates loss. Sara Schneckloth's exhibit "Surge Protection" explores memory with engaging cut paper drawings. The artists' works will be on view in the gallery, located on the first floor of UM's Social Science Building, through Nov. 10.
An opening reception and presentation by Anderson will take place from 5:15 to 7 p.m. Sept. 30. Anderson will speak about his work at 5:15 p.m. in Social Science Building Room 356. Schneckloth will present an artist's lecture from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, in Social Science Building Room 356. The artists' presentations are sponsored by the Jim and Jane Dew Visiting Artist Lecture Fund and are free and open to the public.
Anderson, an associate professor of art at State University of New York at Geneseo, and Schneckloth, an assistant professor of art at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, share a conceptual interest in drawing as a ritual experience that can expand our awareness of history, story and memory. Each exhibit redefines traditional expectations of drawing and works on paper.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays. For more information, visit the gallery's website, call Lisa Jarrett, interim director, at 243-2813 or e-mail gallery.visarts@umontana.edu.
Gallery of Visual Arts
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Death March Survivor Donates Art to MMAC
The Montana Museum of Art & Culture at UM has received the gift of 11 oil paintings and 78 drawings by noted artist Ben Steele.
Steele, a survivor of the Bataan Death March in the Philippines and a former prisoner of war in Japan, used found paper and salvaged charcoal to document his ordeal of unparalleled cruelty and savagery -- 41 months of starvation, dehydration, hard labor, torture and a journey on notorious "hell ships" to the Japanese homeland.
Crippled by a combination of dysentery, pneumonia, malaria, blood poisoning and Beriberi, Steele miraculously survived before being liberated in 1945. The drawings were smuggled out of the prison campus but unfortunately were lost. During his yearlong recuperation in a Spokane, Wash., hospital, Steele re-created the lost drawings.
MMAC Director Barbara Koostra recently conducted an oral history with Steele as part of the museum's efforts to preserve the history of art in Montana.
"Ben is a treasure," Koostra said. "His message is one of peace. We hope that people will learn a great deal about the lessons of war from his paintings."
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Broadway Comes to Adams Center
Season tickets are now available for the 2010-11 Broadway in Missoula series, which will bring the following productions from New York to UM's Adams Center stage:
- Wednesday, Oct. 13: "An Evening with Garrison Keillor." The writer and humorist is best-known for his widely popular radio show "A Prairie Home Companion." He is a best-selling author of 12 books, including "Lake Wobegon Days."
- Tuesday, Dec. 7: "The Wizard of Oz." The entire family will be captivated as they travel down the Yellow Brick Road and beyond with Dorothy, Toto and their friends the Cowardly Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow.
- Wednesday, May 18: "Riverdance." The thunderous celebration of Irish music, song and dance that has tapped its way onto the world stage, thrilling millions around the globe, will present one of its "Farewell Performances."
Season tickets range from $99 to $140 and include all three shows. Purchasing a "Best of Broadway" subscription package saves subscribers more than 30 percent per seat versus buying individual tickets. To order or renew subscriptions, call the Broadway Series Hotline at 888-712-2929.
Individual tickets go on sale about six weeks before each performance at all GrizTix outlets, on the GrizTix website or by calling 243-4051 or 888-MONTANA. Tickets for "An Evening with Garrison Keillor" are now available.
Broadway in Missoula
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Publications
Dent, Larry A., Kari Jo Harris and Curtis W. Noonan. 2010. "Tobacco Treatment Practices of Pharmacists in Montana." Journal of the American Pharmacist Association, 50:575-579.
Koehn, Peter (lead author). 2010. "Enhancing International Research and Development--Project Activity on University Campuses: Insights from U.S. Senior International Officers." Journal of Studies in International Education (online May 21).
McCann, Steve and Tammy Ravas. 2010. "Impact of Image Quality in Online Art History Journals: A User Study." Art Documentation, 29(1):41-48.
Sriraman, Bharath (with others). 2010. "A Brief History of Mathematics Education in Turkey: K-12 Mathematics Curricula." ZDM --The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 42(5):429-441.
Sriraman, Bharath. 2010. "Mathematics Education in Turkey: At the Crossroads of Cultural, Political and Economic Currents." ZDM -- The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 42(5):421-427.
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