December 2018 News
MONTANA WESTERN STUDENT RECEIVES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP
Montana Campus Compact (MTCC), an eighteen campus higher education network, recently announced the inaugural class of the George M. Dennison Civic Engagement Scholarship winners. The award recognizes students pursuing a degree or certificate at MTCC affiliate campuses who have volunteered significant time, energy, and resources to projects that make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.
BRIDGER CHAMBERS FINISHES STRONG AT HIS FIRST NATIONAL FINALS RODEO
Bridger Chambers, originally from Stevensville, Mont., was a basketball and rodeo standout at Montana Western. He graduated with a degree in Secondary Education P.E. and Health in 2013. In 2018 Chambers chased a childhood dream and ended up qualifying for the 60th National Finals Rodeo in steer wrestling. After 10 rounds of rodeo, Chambers walked away the reserve world champion.
MONTANA WESTERN ALUMNUS JUSTIN OLSON PUBLISHES FIRST NOVEL
Justin Olson, a 2008 graduate from Montana Western, will be releasing his first book on April 16, 2019 through Simon & Schuster publishing. Titled “Earth to Charlie,” the young adult fiction novel is set in Whitehall, Mont.
GLASS PROGRAM AT UMW OPENS DOORS TO CREATIVITY AND CAREERS
Students at the University of Montana Western in Dillon are learning the intricacies of creating glass objects as artistic pieces and scientific tools.
MONTANA WESTERN ANNOUNCES 2019 COLT CHALLENGE AND SALE
The University of Montana Western’s Equine Studies Department has scheduled its Third Annual Colt Challenge and Sale for March 29-30, 2019. The event will be held at La Cense Montana, located at 4600 Carrigan Lane in Dillon, Mont.
DOUG AMMONS TO SHARE NEW BOOK AT DANCES WITH WORDS
Author Doug Ammons, from Missoula, Mont. will be sharing his nonfiction work at the “Dances with Words” series on Dec. 13, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. Each performance in the series takes place at The Cup, Montana Western’s coffeehouse located below the library on campus.
COMMUNITY INVITED TO SERIES OF EVENTS
The community is invited to attend a wide variety of events to close out the fall semester at the University of Montana Western including a production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, a downtown study abroad fundraiser and a special art show featuring UMW’s own visual arts faculty.