April 2007
2007 Alumni Service Award
Monday, April 30 2007
Don and Shirley Harrington, and Fred and Susie Stradinger are this year’s
recipients of the University of Montana Western Alumni Service Award.
The Harringtons and Stradingers were honored at the Annual Service Award
Luncheon Thursday, April 26, 2007 in Montana Western’s Lewis-Clark Room.
The Alumni Service Award is presented annually to an individual or
individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to university.
Montana Western Vice Chancellor for Institutional Relations Tom Yahraes said
both couples have given generously to the university over the years. “We are
extremely appreciative of their many contributions in making Montana Western an outstanding institution,” Yahraes said.
The Stradingers’ service commitment goes back to their Minnesota roots.
There Susie was selected her Jaycee chapter’s outstanding woman. She was
also a board member of Community Coordinated Child Care. Fred’s banking
career also began in Minnesota where he also served as a reserve police
office in Ramsey County.
After moving to Montana, the Stradingers continued their commitment to
serving others. Susie was a board member of the Butte Red Cross, taught
school for mentally retarded students, was appointed to the State Board of
Retardation and was a member of the Junior League of Butte. Fred continued
his banking career and found time to serve as police commissioner, chairman
of the Butte Red Cross and as a trustee for the Diocese of Helena
Foundation.
After moving to Dillon Susie served five years as president of Beaverhead
Allied Senior Services and two years as president of the St. Rose Guild. She
continues to be actively involved in programs that support the needs of
senior citizens and mental retardation and works to help minimize child
abuse. Susie has been an active member of the National Human Rights
Commission and the National Humane Society.
In his role as president of Norwest Bank in Dillon (now Wells Fargo), Fred
supported many community endeavors. He was elected chairman of the Local
Development Corporation, and was a member of the Salvation Army Service
Extension Committee and Bannack Association. Fred has also been an active
member of the Montana Western Foundation Board and was instrumental in the acquisition, relocation and renovation of Roe House. He was a founder,
treasurer and director of the Butte Pre-Release Center.
The Harringtons are long-time residents of southwest Montana. Don’s father
started Montana’s first Pepsi franchise in 1937. The franchise has grown
from four people in Butte to over 100 employees today serving Butte, Dillon,
Bozeman and Helena.
The Harrington’s connection to Beaverhead County and Montana Western began in 1950 as Don served as chairman of the Dillon Rodeo. In 1956, they
purchased a ranch near Dillon and have lived in the area since. Don became
the most recognized voice in rodeo. He was hired to announce the National
High School Rodeo, College National Finals and National Pro Rodeo Finals. He
served on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association for two terms during
which the national finals were moved from Oklahoma City to Las Vegas. Don
has retired from announcing but stays busy at Harrington Pepsi and the ranch
were he raises excellent quarter horses.
Shirley stayed busy over the years raising a family and as an active
volunteer. She was a scout leader and a member of Junior League.
Shirley, Don and Harrington Pepsi have and continue to be strong supporters
of Montana Western. Their arena is always available to the university’s
rodeo team or School of Outreach classes. Most recently, their generosity
enabled the university and Beaverhead County High School to build an
impressive concession stand, public restroom and team locker rooms facility
at Vigilante Field.
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Student Art on Display at Montana Western Gallery
Monday, April 30 2007
The new exhibit at The University of Montana Western Art Gallery/Museum is the Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit and will continue through Tuesday, May 8.
There will be a reception for the exhibit on Tuesday, May 1 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. prior to the Dillon Concert Association presentation by Synergy Brass Quintet. The community is invited to this free reception and refreshments will be served.
Many of the works in the exhibit are for sale. This year's exhibit includes 40 pieces from 17 different artists. A wide range of media is represented, including oil painting, relief printing, pastel drawing, relief sculpture, as well as ceramics and glass blowing. There's also a wide range of styles including representational and varying degrees of abstraction.
The next show will be a special retrospective exhibit for retiring Art Professor Barney Brienza. A reception for Brienza has been tentatively scheduled for Thurs., May 17.
The Art Gallery can be found at the south end of the first floor of Main Hall on the Montana 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.
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Music Program to Hold Recital
Monday, April 30 2007
The University of Montana Western Music Program will hold a recital, Thursday, May 3 at 7 p.m. in the Main Hall Small Auditorium.
The recital program includes vocal, string, woodwind and brass solos. The larger ensembles include a flute choir, vocal ensembles and jazz ensemble.
At intermission, there will be a reception in the Montana Western Art Gallery.
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Montana Westen Students Show Support For VT Tragedy
Wednesday, April 25 2007
In response to the recent Virginia Tech
shootings, University of Montana Western students are joining their
counterparts nationwide in making thousands of paper cranes to be placed
across the Blacksburg, Va. campus.
Student Body President Taylor Nahrgang said the cranes symbolize peace
around the world. “We felt this was an excellent way to express our sympathy
for the families who lost loved ones and our support for the Virginia Tech
campus community” he said.
The Montana Western Student Senate is hosting a paper crane folding session
at the Student Union Building Thursday, April 26, 2007 from noon to 5 p.m.
The senate invites community members and students from area elementary,
middle and high schools to join in the event.
Once the paper cranes are folded, the word “peace” will be written on one
wing and the folder’s location or school will be written on the other wing.
The finished paper cranes will be sent to Virginia Tech where they will be
hung throughout the campus. Nahrgang said the cranes will serve as a
reminder that students from across the country are thinking of Virginia
Tech.
In addition, the Montana Western Student Senate is asking all to wear maroon
and orange, Virginia Tech’s colors, on Thursday.
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Montana Western Drama Presents "Picnic"
Tuesday, April 24 2007
The University of Montana Western Drama Department will present the award-winning play “Picnic” on Thursday, April 26, Friday, April 27, Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29 in the Beier Auditorium.
The curtain rises on Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 7:33 p.m. and on Saturday at 3:03 p.m.
The 1953 Pulitzer Prize winning play by William Inge, masterfully captures the lazy, late summer atmosphere and the emergence of teen culture in a small Kansas town in the 1950s.
The cast includes Elida Craven of Grass Valley, Calif.; Maryl DeMilo of Dillon, Mont., Jeremiah Del Pena of Honolulu, Hawaii; Jamie Jacobson of Kalispell, Mont.; Crystal Kain of Charlo, Mont.,; Mercedes Lamphier of Glendive; Mont., Brittany Reinschmidt of Whitehall, Mont.; Perry Shank of Noxon, Mont.; Brian Smith of Butte, Mont.; Kenny Wait of Fort Benton, Mont.; and Katy Wicks of Grants Pass, Ore. The technical crew is Mike Craddock of Dillon, Mont. and Anna Bush of Bassette, Neb.
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at Bert’s CDs or by calling 683-7038 or 683-7422.
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"On the Rocks" Set for April. 23 & May 4
Tuesday, April 24 2007
"On the Rocks" is a guest speaker series sponsored by the Department of Environmental Sciences and Program in Mathematics at the University of Montana Western. Each presentation is held in Room 311 of Block Hall.
On Monday, April. 30 at 4:15 p.m. the program features Montana Western student Emily Gieberson. The title of her presentation is "Jane of All Trades: My Summer Internship with the Bureau of Land Management."
On Friday, May 4, Dr. Brenda Bucks, an associate professor of geology at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas will be the featured speaker. The title of her presentation is “Buried Soils as Indicators for Holocene Climate Change and Resulting Impacts on the Archaeological Record, Chihuahuan Desert, USA”.
"On the Rocks" provides a forum for the presentation of topics of interest to the scientific community. Neither Montana Western nor the Department of Environmental Sciences is advocating any particular view or any policy or position.
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Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer to Speak at 110th Commencement
Monday, April 23 2007
Montana governor Brian Schweitzer will address the class of 2007 at the University of Montana Western’s 11Oth Commencement ceremonies at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12 in the Straugh Gymnasium.
On Nov. 2, 2004 Schweitzer was elected as Montana's first democratic governor since 1988. He was recently profiled in Time Magazine. “Schweitzer is one of the great, over-the-top showmen of American politics. He’s so entertaining, it’s easy to overlook the substance of the man.” Time editors said.
He was born in Havre in 1955, the fourth of six children of Kay and Adam Schweitzer. Schweitzer was raised on his parent's registered cattle ranch in the Judith Basin, Mont. His German and Irish grandparents immigrated to Montana near the turn of the last century and homesteaded in Hill County. His parents still farm near Geyser.
Schweitzer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in international agronomy from Colorado State University and later earned a Master of Science degree in soil science from Montana State University. He married Nancy Hupp, his college sweetheart, in 1981.
After graduation, they began a career of irrigation development that took them to Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. He has built hundreds of miles of roads, poured thousands of yards of concrete, buried many miles of pipe, and built hundreds of structures, from houses to warehouses to distillation plants. During seven years in Saudi Arabia, Schweitzer developed over 28,000 acres of irrigated cropland. The Schweitzers returned to Montana in 1986 to raise a family and to build a ranching and irrigation business in Montana.
In 1993, Schweitzer was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the Montana State USDA Farm Service Agency committee (FSA). He served for seven years with the FSA and his three-person committee was responsible for the operation of 46 county offices, 300 employees and a budget of more than $300 million. He resigned in 1999 to run for U.S. Senate.
Schweitzer has been active in developing and implementing national farm policy and ensuring that the voice of local Montanans is heard. In 1995, he received an award from the Secretary of Agriculture for outreach efforts to Native Americans. In 1996, Brian was appointed to the Montana Rural Development Partnership Board. In 1999, he was appointed to the National Drought Task Force, a 16-member national board, to review policy and report to Congress an improved coordination response to drought emergencies nationwide.
Schweitzer's life experiences are extensive and diverse. He has learned to fly his own plane, obtained a Montana Boiler's license, has communicated in several languages and has a chemical applicator's license.
The Schweitzer's have three children, sons Ben, 17, and Khai, 16 and daughter Katrina, 14.
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Alumni Weekend Set For Apr. 27-28
Friday, April 20 2007
The University of Montana Western Alumni Association’s Annual Alumni Weekend is Friday, Apr. 27 – Saturday, April 28. There is a full slate of activities to keep alumni and friends very busy.
The weekend’s activities begins Friday with a selection of academic and athletic events.
The first event of the weekend is the first annual Campus Research Symposium in the Great Room of the Swysgood Technology Center. The symposium will highlight student research for senior theses, internships and special class projects. The displays will be open for viewing from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dr. Frankie Jackson of the Museum of the Rockies will speak at 7 p.m. The title of her presentation is “Dinosaur Paleobiology: A Titanosaur Nesting Locality in Patagonia, Argentina.”
The alumni volleyball match begins at 6 p.m. followed by the women’s alumni basketball game at 7 p.m. and the men’s alumni basketball game at 8 p.m. The day’s activities conclude with a social at the Lion’s Den beginning at 9 p.m.
On Saturday, the Campus Research Symposium continues with oral student presentations beginning at 9 a.m. The presentations will be by students in history, philosophy and social sciences and the sciences. The Red/Black scrimmage kicks off at 11 a.m. from Vigilante Field along with Cow Patty Bingo. There will a barbeque on the Tundra in front of the PE Complex at 1 p.m. followed by golf/bowling scrambles at 2 p.m.
At 3 p.m. in the Beier Auditorium, the drama program production of “Picnic.”
At 5 p.m., a social at the Beaverhead Golf Course.
At 6:15 p.m., the Polynesian Club Luau pre-event featuring lawn games, bazaar and drinks and snacks. The Luau begins at 7 p.m. in the Keltz Arena. Tickets are $25 for adults, $45 for couples and $15 for students and children. The Polynesian Club will perform during the Luau and performance only tickets are $7. For Luau ticket information, call 683-7422.
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Week of the Young Child Set For Apr. 22-28
Friday, April 20 2007
The Montana Western Early Childhood Professionalism class is sponsoring activities to promote the “Week of the Young Child.”
The “Week of the Young Child” is a national event April 22-28 sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) the world's largest early childhood education association.
The goal of "Week of the Young Child" is to honor and celebrate young children and their families, recognize child-care providers and teachers of young children, and inform the public about the importance of early years. The 2007 theme is, "Building Better Futures for All Children."
On Saturday, April 28, a variety of activities, including a parade, are planned to highlight and celebrate the "Week of the Young Child." The parade will begin at 12 p.m. at the Alco parking lot and will proceed to the Jaycee Park. Children are encouraged to dress in their favorite costume or come as they are.
The festivities will continue at the Parkview Elementary School from 1-3 p.m. There will be a variety of activity games including sunflower fun and a sensory obstacle course.
For more information, call Desiree West at 660-2174.
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Montana Western Technology Hall of Fame Inducts Three
Wednesday, April 18 2007
The University of Montana Western Technology Hall of Fame inducted three former faculty members in ceremonies Monday, Apr. 16, 2007. The inductees are Dr. Cheri Jimeno, Frank Odasz and Dr. Otis Thompson.
Cheri Jimeno served Montana Western from Jan. 2, 1985 to Feb. 14, 2004. She was a faculty member, a department chair and an academic dean. Jimeno was well known throughout Montana for the Tech Prep program and for her National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education expertise. She fostered the creation of the Office Simulation Center in the Business Department. Jimeno was a successful grant writer and secured a Microsoft software grant, which provided Microsoft products for all the Montana Western’s labs.
Frank Odasz was an instructional technologist and professor of computer science at Montana Western from Aug. 1, 1985 to July 31, 1997. As one of the early pioneers of both online learning and community networking, he founded the Big Sky Telegraph Network in 1988 to provide educational services throughout the state. This was one of the first online systems to offer online courses for rural educators in over one hundred one-room schoolhouses in Montana. He directed this program until 1998.
Otis Thompson was a member of the Montana Western faculty from September 1979 to May 2004. Thompson was a true technology innovator, creator and tireless advocate of the Mac lab, and dedicated to mathematics education statewide. He was a key player in several grants including the Systemic Initiative for Montana Mathematics and Science project and the South African education grant helping to educate teachers from that country. Thompson also served as president of the Montana Council for Computers and Technology in Education and worked with the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications Faculty Advancement in Mathematics project. During his 25-year tenure, he served many roles at Montana Western, from professor to department chair to Dean of Faculty and was the creator of the first campus Apple Mac lab.
When the Swysgood Technology Center was built, the university thought it would be nice to honor the campus technology pioneers with an award. This led to the Technology Wall of Fame. The first inductees were Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth and Nellie Bandelier for their work in creating the first computer lab and their work in creating DillonNet.
The honorees this year continue in this tradition. These awards are given to honor those individuals who through their vision, leadership and technological proficiency have changed teaching and learning at Montana Western.
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"On the Rocks" Set for Monday, April 23
Wednesday, April 18 2007
"On the Rocks" is a guest speaker series sponsored by the Department of Environmental Sciences and Program in Mathematics at the University of Montana Western.
The next program is Monday, April 23 at 4:15 p.m. in Room 311 of Block Hall featuring Montana Western geology instructor Emily Geraghty-Ward.
The title of her presentation is "Development of the Rocky Mountain Foreland Basin: Geology, Oil and the Blackfeet Reservation, Rocky Mountain Thrust Front, Northwest Montana."
"On the Rocks" provides a forum for the presentation of topics of interest to the scientific community. Neither Western nor the Department of Environmental Sciences is advocating any particular view or any policy or position.
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Montana Western Student Wins Prize at M.A.S. Conference
Wednesday, April 18 2007
Two students and one lab technician from the University of Montana Western made presentations at the yearly meeting of the Montana Academy of Sciences (MAS) in Butte, Mont. on the campus of Montana Tech.
Michael Hynes, junior biology major from Missoula, Mont. won the "best undergraduate poster" award for his poster entitled, "The
Characterization of the Candida albicans Sec61 and Sec63 proteins in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae."
Angela Schlenker, junior biology major from Madras, Ore. presented a poster titled "Characterizing the Interaction Between Candida Albicans Sec61 Protein and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sss1 and Sbh1 proteins."
Ben Paulson, Research Technician in the Montana Western lab, presented a poster titled” The Candida Albicans KAR2 Gene is Essential For Life as Demonstrated by Conditional Null Mutant Construction."
Montana Western biology students Tierney Bacon of Bozeman, Mont. and Billy Burton of Bozeman, Mont. along with instructor Michael Morrow attended the meetings but did not make presentations.
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Regarding the Virginia Tech Tragedy
Tuesday, April 17 2007
University of Montana Western Chancellor Richard Storey said today that the university joins the rest of the nation and world in expressing profound sympathy for the students and families affected by Monday’s shootings at Virginia Tech. “We are deeply saddened by the tragedy and are hearts go out to the university community and particularly those directly impacted by this senseless act,” Storey said. Storey also assured students, parents and community members that Montana Western has a Campus Emergency Response and Crisis Protocol to guide staff in dealing with both natural disasters and human-initiated emergencies. The guidelines, which are revised each summer, pro-vide detailed procedures for dealing with emergencies and disasters including designating a university crisis response team. In addition the university constantly reviews and updates campus and student notification systems to provide rapid response in crisis situations, Storey said. To address concerns and answer questions Montana Western administrators have scheduled two meetings at 3:30 p.m. today and 11:30 a.m. tomorrow to talk with students and staff about the tragedy and reassure all that Montana Western is doing all it can to ensure student and staff safety. The meetings are scheduled in the Student Union Building Conference Room on the UMW campus. The community is also invited. “We feel our university is one of the safest in the nation. However, we are continually evaluating and improving our emergency action plan,” Storey said. Dean of Students Nicole Hazelbaker said that on Monday the university widely distributed emergency lock down procedures for incidents involving weapons to staff and students." For more information contact: Tom Yahraes vice chancellor, institutional relations The University of Montana Western 710 S. Atlantic St. Dillon, Mont. 59725 (406) 683-7306 Click HERE to download the Campus Emergency Response and Crisis Protocol procedures (pdf).
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Hazelbaker Named Dean of Students
Monday, April 16 2007
The University of Montana Western has named Nicole Hazelbaker Dean of Students effective May 1, 2007. Hazelbaker has been the interim Dean of Students since July.
Hazelbaker is a native of Yuba City, Calif. She received a B.A. in business from Montana Western in 2000 and a MBA from the University of Phoenix in 2006.
“Nicole has performed admirably this past year as Interim Dean of Students,” said Chancellor Richard Storey. “She has dealt professionally with a number of critical issues and I am confident that she will continue performing at the highest level as Montana Western's Dean of Students.”
Hazelbaker and husband Todd are the parents of son Devin, age 21 and daughter Charli, age 4.
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Montana Western Professor Appointed To Montana Arts Council
Tuesday, April 10 2007
University of Montana Western professor Judy Ulrich was appointed to the Montana Arts Council by Governor Brian Schweitzer.
Ulrich began her tenure at Montana Western in 1988 and has served as a professor of education, English and fine arts.
She is the faculty advisor for the Polynesian Club. Ulrich and members of the Drama department and Polynesian Club wrote and produced Ocean Currents. The production, featured songs, chants, dances, and stories about the legendary trickster god Maui and the goddess Pele.
Ulrich is a founder of the Southwest Montana Arts Council and has over 35 years of acting, theater directing, and play-script development in K-12, university and Community Theater
She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Superior and her M.A. and Ph.D. in child drama/theater education from Michigan State University.
Ulrich’s husband Karl is the Provost at Montana Western. They are the parents of three daughters.
The Montana Arts Council is the agency of state government charged with promoting and expanding the significant role of arts and culture in our lives through a variety of grant and technical assistance programs, which benefit Montanans of all ages and cultures as current or future creators, participants or patrons of the arts.
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Montana Western Financial Aid Director Attends National Conference
Monday, April 9 2007
Ricki Jones, Director of Financial Aid at the University of Montana Western, recently attended the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) Leadership Conference in Washington D.C.
Jones, president-elect of the Montana Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (MASFAA), attended the conference with outgoing MASFAA president Janet Riis of Carroll College.
The purpose of the conference was to develop leadership within the organization and to make leadership on the national level aware of legislative issues that potentially affect Montana students.
“If Financial Aid administrators do not take part in these leadership opportunities, it limits the voice of the students,” said Jones.
In addition to the conference, Jones also met with Montana senator Max Baucus and members of his staff and members of the staff of Representative Denny Rehberg.
“Our legislative delegation has been very responsive to the Financial Aid issues facing Montana students by allowing us to share our voice,” added Jones.
Those issues directly affecting Financial Aid include options for increasing Pell Grants without eliminating Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and the Perkins programs, both of which are instrumental in funding Montana students, in particular, future Montana teachers. Another important issue is finding a solution to ending the delay of processing Veteran’s Benefits. Currently, it takes an average of 12 weeks to process a Veteran’s claim and most semesters are only 15 weeks long. Another area of concern is Senate Bill 359, which would reward or punish students based upon choices made by schools to participate in either Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) or Direct Loan programs.
“Students need to have the ability to select their hometown lender without Financial Aid consequences,” said Jones. The ultimate goal is to find equitable funding solutions for students that are commensurate with the rising cost of education. We have a responsibility to make higher education accessible now, and for future generations.”
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Final Free Speaker Presentation of Spring Semester
Monday, April 9 2007
The University of Montana Western School of Outreach is sponsoring a Free Speakers Series during the 2007 Spring Semester.
The series is called “What’s My Line?” and will showcase the unique talents and interests of Dillon community members.
Each presentation will be held in the Swysgood Technology Center in Room 005 from 7-8:30 p.m.
The final program of the 2007 Spring Semester is “Amazing Polar Bears: To Churchill and Back” on Thursday, Apr. 12 with Jim and Becky DeBoer. Their program will explore the history of polar bears, their current status and the effects of global warming on their habitat. The DeBoers recently traveled by train over many miles of permafrost and plains to Churchill, Canada, where they spent time observing polar bears. They will also tell the amazing ways the community of Churchill adapts to and values their local bear neighbors.
For more information, please call the School of Outreach at 683-7537.
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Award Winning Polynesian Dancer To Perform at Montana Western
Thursday, April 5 2007
Echo Jade Calaterre will be a guest artist at the Polynesian Culture and Dance Festival at The University of Montana Western April 9-14.
The event is sponsored by The Montana Western Multi-Cultural Committee and hosted by the Montana Western Polynesian Culture Club.
Over the week, Calceterre will teach Montana Western students a variety of Tahitian songs and dances. She will also conduct a workshop, free of charge on April 10.
Calcaterre is an award-winning dancer who has studied under some of Hawaii’s most renowned Polynesian Master Dances. She is currently working on a Masters in Education at the University of California-Fullerton. Calcaterre plans to teach third grade and continue her dance studies.
She is an officer for Polynesian culture club at Cal-State Fullerton, has been working with the Montana Western’s Culture Club in preparation for their April 28 Luau.
The public is invited to Ms. Calcaterre’s demonstration workshop on April 10, noon, at Montana Western’s Beier Auditorium (free of charge)
For information on call 683-7422.
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Irish Music, Stories and Folk Tales at Montana Western
Thursday, April 5 2007
University of Montana Western students will perform Irish folksongs, poetry, and folk and fairy tales, on Tuesday, Apr. 10 from 7 – 9:30 p.m. in The Cup, located on the lower level of the Swysgood Technology Center.
The students are enrolled in English 162: Folk and Fairy Tales and are hosting an Irish Céilí (kay-lee), a gathering of friends. The students will entertain the audience with traditional folk and fairy tales, as well as providing a sampling of traditional Irish recipes.
The program includes stories about the “Good People,” the fairy folk of Ireland, as well as lesser tales, such as how the Celtic harp was inspired by a queen’s walk along a wind-swept beach.
Also on the program, the poetry of W.B. Yeats, Authur O’Shaughnessy, and other Irish poets.
The rich Irish music tradition will celebrated with folksongs such as “Molly Malone” and “Danny Boy” along with a haunting sea shanty and lullabies in both English and Celtic.
Also on the program, a guest appearance by Linda Bandelier Little, an international renowned storyteller and singer.
The program is free and open to the public.
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Twenty-One Montana Western Students Inducted Into Kappa Delta Pi
Monday, April 2 2007
The University of Montana Western chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the International Honor Society in Education inducted 21 students in recent ceremonies.
The 21 students are Charity Cheff of Charlo, Mont., Malinda Cotton of Butte, Mont., Kirsten Fadok of Dillon, Mont., Kayla Floerchinger of White Sulphur Springs, Mont., Tyler Floerchinger of Belt, Mont.; Amanda Grealish of Miles City, Mont., Shila King of Kalispell, Mont., Andrea Kovacich of Anaconda, Mont., Cassandra LaRue of Butte, Mont., Heather L. Lum of Butte, Mont., Colleen Malcolm of Dillon, Mont., Jessica Mager of Dillon, Mont., Jennifer Ostler of Dillon, Mont., Geah Ries of Butte, Mont., Amanda C. Schlepp of Roundup, Mont., Melissa Stevenson of Corvallis, Mont., Brittany Stokes of Dillon, Mont., Amy R. Sullivan of Butte, Mont., Traci A. Tokerud of Shelby, Mont., Callie Weeding of Jordan, Mont., and Eric Zahler of Yakima, Wash.
Kappa Delta Pi was founded on March 8, 1911 at the University of Illinois. It was organized to recognize excellence in education. Kappa Delta Pi elects those to its membership who exhibit the ideals of scholarship, high personal standards, and promise in teaching and allied professions. It encourages improvement, distinction in achievement and contributions to education. Selection is based on high academic achievement, a commitment to education, and a professional attitude that assures steady growth in the profession.
Western’s Kappa Delta Phi chapter was chartered in 1972. Kappa Delta Phi has 55,000 active members.
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Montana Western Students Study in Austria
Monday, April 2 2007
Jeri Bonnin, University of Montana Western associate professor of music, led a group of students and adults on a scenic and cultural tour of Austria and Slovakia during the 2007 Spring Break.
The students were required to keep journals during the trip and all participants took photographs of the castles, churches and the scenic beauty of the area. The group spent time in Salzburg and Vienna, Austria and Bratislava, Slovakia. The group enjoyed the scenery, the history,the local cuisine and listened to the music of Mozart where it was written.
A special presentation by the group is scheduled for Thursday, Apr. 5 at 7 p.m. in the Great Room of the Swysgood Technology Center. Each participant will present their impressions of the trip through words and pictures.
“Several community and campus individuals helped sponsor the students and we like to extend our thanks for their support,” said Bonnin. “All of the trip participants experienced first-hand the musical, social and political history of this region of Europe. This is experiential learning and will have lasting value to the students. We are very grateful for the opportunity to travel and study overseas.”
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