February 2007
Professor Emeritus Recipient of Governor's Humanities Award
Tuesday, February 27 2007
Eve Palmer Malo, Professor Emeritus of The University of Montana Western is one of five recipients of the 2007 Montana Governor’s Humanities Award presented by the Montana Committee for the Humanities (MCH).
The 2007 recipients will be honored during a ceremony with Lt. Governor John Bohlinger at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1, in the Capitol Rotunda in Helena, Mont.
A banquet will follow the ceremony and reception, with no-host cocktails at 6 p.m. and a dinner and program at 7 p.m. at the Montana Club in Helena. Tickets cost $30. Call Pamala Burke of MCH at (406) 243-6022 or e-mail her at pamala.burke@umontana.edu for reservations or further information.
Malo is the author of a recently published book for young people titled “Dynamite Women: The Ten Women Nobel Peace Laureates of the 20th Century.” Malo continues to teach Restorative Justice classes in Montana Western’s social science department and serves as the state coordinator for Amnesty International. Over the years she has offered several MCH Speakers Bureau presentations, including a program based on her current book. She received a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from Stanford, a master’s in cultural studies from Adams State College, Colo., and a doctorate in education from the University of New Mexico.
Governor Marc Racicot established the Montana Governor’s Humanities Award in 1995. The awards honor achievement in humanities scholarship and service, as well as enhancement of public understanding and appreciation of the humanities.
MCH is Montana’s independent nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency that supports learning in history, philosophy, literature and other humanities disciplines. Located on the UM campus in Missoula, MCH provides grants for public humanities programs, a statewide Speakers Bureau and reading and discussion series, and, as the Montana Center for the Book, sponsors the annual Montana Festival of the Book. MCH was founded in 1972.
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Michigan Group To Perform at Montana Western
Tuesday, February 27 2007
KDWG Radio, the campus radio station of the University of Montana Western will present Ag Silver, in concert, Friday, March 2 at 8 p.m. in the Keltz Arena.
The concert is free to Montana Western students and Beaverhead County High School students. Community members will be admitted free with a donation to the Food Bank.
Ag Silver, a four-piece band from Michigan, prides themselves on soaring, anthemic melodies, smooth guitar tones, strong passionate vocals and a solid rhythm foundation. Ag Silver creates a blend of enticing musical art with creative pop-friendly song craftsmanship.
Their first album titled “Wake Up and Smell Reality” has received excellent reviews and is receiving airplay on over 300 college radio stations across the country, including KDWG on the Montana Western campus.
To learn more about Ag Silver, log into their web site at http://agsilver.com/
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"The Nature of Abstraction" at Montana Western Gallery
Monday, February 26 2007
"The Nature of Abstraction" is the new exhibit at The University of Montana Western Art Gallery/Museum. This exhibit is a collaborative effort with Botanica Fine Arts, an Art Gallery in Bozeman, and highlights the work of five of its artists: Clarice Dreyer, Neil Jussila, Steve Kelly,
Suzanne Truman, and Christopher Warner. "The Nature of Abstraction" will continue through April 6.
As the title implies, each of these artists works within the wide category called abstraction. But abstraction is more than a visual style. It can also denote the process by which the art is created. A process marked by open exploration as the artwork is created. In such a process the artist doesn't start the work with a clear vision of its final form, but rather experiments with the image until it achieves a visual or emotional state that is satisfactory to the artist.
Clarice Dreyer's oil paintings are meditations on light. Neil Jussila's art explores the interaction of earth's elements: air, earth and water. Steve Kelly's work is inspired by surfaces; as they age, as they weather, as they fragment. Suzanne Truman's art evokes a strong tactile response, as if all things could be experienced through touch. Christopher Warner creates landscapes that appear to change before our eyes, exploring the transient qualities of nature.
"These paintings create an interesting environment within the gallery,”
Art Gallery Director Randy Horst said. “Some paintings are very visual, creating windows of color on the walls. Others are very physical, jutting out into the viewer's space and making you want to touch them."
The Dillon community is invited to a public reception for the exhibit Friday, March 2 at 6:30. This is a free event and refreshments will be served. The reception is scheduled to coincide with the Dillon Concert Association's performance of the Cashore Marionettes directly following at 7:30 in the Beier Auditorium.
The Art Gallery can be found at the south end of the first floor of Main Hall on the Western campus and includes the Seidensticker Wildlife Collection of trophy mounts and a permanent art collection. Scheduled gallery hours are Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. and the gallery is always free. To arrange for special times or visits call the director at 683-7232. The next show is the annual Art Student Exhibit.
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"Prairie Wind" by Neil Jussila, an acrylic painting on paper, is one of the images in "The Nature of Abstraction," currently on exhibit at the Montana Western Art Gallery/Museum.
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"Gathering, Gathering" an oil painting by Christopher Warner, is one of the featured works at the reception this Friday, March 2 at the Montana Western Art Gallery/Museum.
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TRIO Day
Tuesday, February 20 2007
The United States Congress declared the third Saturday of February as National TRIO day to honor the students working to end the cycle of poverty for their families by obtaining an education. In Montana, there are 27 TRIO programs serving 10,106 disadvantaged students.
TRIO Student Support Services program students at the University of Montana Western will celebrate National TRIO day on Monday, Feb. 26 with a service project with the Head Start program. TRIO students will help children build a pirate ship and do fun activities connected with a pirate theme at the Mary Innes School from 10:45a.m. - 12 p.m.
The Federal TRIO Programs are educational opportunity outreach programs designed to motivate and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. TRIO includes six outreach and support programs targeted to serve and assist low-income, first-generation college students, and students with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to post baccalaureate programs. The two programs we have at Montana Western are TRIO Math/Science Upward Bound and TRIO Student Support Services.
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Western Professor Featured at Dances With Words
Sunday, February 18 2007
The University of Montana Western English department is sponsoring a series of readings of area writers and poets during the 2007 Spring Semester titled “Dances With Words.”
The next reading features Montana Western English professor and fantasy author Di Francis, Thursday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in The Cup, located on the lower level of the Swysgood Technology Center.
Francis is an associate professor of English at Montana Western. She has had several short stories published in various anthology publications. “Path of Blood”, the final volume in her “Path Trilogy” was published in May of 2006. Francis has completed “The Cipher, the first book in her new “Crosspoint Trilogy”, and is working on the second book in the series.
Francis, a native of Northern California, began teaching at Montana Western in 1999. She is a 1985 graduate of Oakmont High School of Roseville, California. Francis received a B.A. in creative writing from Iowa State University in 1992 and her PH.D from Ball State in 1999.
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Piano and Song Performance Set For Feb. 23
Tuesday, February 13 2007
The first program of the Spring Semester of “Piano and Song” is Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 in Main Hall 415 (Band Room) from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Room 415 is wheelchair accessible.
The first program features Dillon musicians Jerry Burtts, Donna Thorpe and Lois Johnson.
Burtts will play a selection of classic country music on an acoustic guitar. Thorpe will perform a selection of latin dance music and Johnson will join Thorpe in a selection of songs of the Andrews Sisters. All three will join together for a clogging number.
For more information, please call, 683-7034.
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Auditions for Montana Western Production of "Picnic"
Tuesday, February 6 2007
Auditions for the University of Montana Western production of William Inge’s “Picnic” Feb. 6-8 at 7 p.m. in the Beier Auditorium.
The auditions along with volunteers for set design and crew are open to the public.
The play will be performed April 26-29, 2007. Contact Larry Brazill at l_brazill@umwestern.edu or 683-7038 for information.
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