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The University of Montana
200x
MottoLux et Veritas
Motto in English
Light and Truth
TypePublic, Doctoral University
Established1893
EndowmentUS$108.0 million[1]
PresidentRoyce Engstrom
ProvostPerry Brown
Academic staff
581 full-time, 250 part-time
Students15,642 total (Fall 2010)
Undergraduates12,421 total (Fall 2008)
Location
Missoula
,
Montana
,
U.S.
CampusUniversity town
220 acres (0.63 km²)
ColorsMaroon and Silver   
NicknameGrizzlies and Lady Griz
MascotMonte
Websitehttp://www.umt.edu
File:UMont clocktower logo.png

The University of Montana (UM, U of M, or 'The U') is a state university located in Missoula, Montana, U.S. The school was founded in 1893. It is the largest campus in the five-campus University of Montana System.The main campus of The University of Montana is located at the foot of Mount Sentinel, the mountain bearing Missoula's most recognizable landmark—a large letter "M." Since its charter in 1893, UM has provided a high-quality, well-rounded education to students and a wide range of services and resources to Montanans. UM is the center of liberal arts education in Montana, balancing that with intensive programs of professional preparation. It is a major source of research, continuing education, economic development and fine arts, as well as a driving force in strengthening Montana's ties with countries throughout the world.

The university calls itself a city within a city, and contains its own restaurants, medical facilities, banking, postal services, and ZIP Code.

The University of Montana ranks 17th in the nation and fifth among public universities in producing Rhodes Scholars, with a total of 28 such scholars.[2] The University of Montana has 11 Truman Scholars, 14 Goldwater Scholars and 31 Udall Scholars to its name.[3]

The University of Montana’s Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library houses the earliest authorized edition of the Lewis and Clark journals.

Rolling Stone magazine has called the university the "Most scenic campus in America",[4] while Outside Magazine states "Among the top 10 colleges nationally for combining academic quality and outdoor recreation".[4]

Mission Statement

Mission Statement - The University of Montana
"The University of Montana capitalizes on its unique strengths to create knowledge, provide an active learning environment for students, and offer programs and services responsive to the needs of Montanans. The University delivers education and training on its four campuses and through telecommunications to sites inside and outside of Montana. With public expectations on the rise, the University asks its students, faculty, and staff to do and accomplish even more than they have in the past. The University has a commitment to education defined in the broadest sense as personal development and citizen preparation, workforce development and training, graduate education and research, service learning, and community building on and off the campuses. The University enhances its programs through continuous quality review for improvement and remains fully accountable to the citizenry through annual audits and performance evaluations."

Mission Statement - The University of Montana-Missoula
"The University of Montana-Missoula pursues academic excellence as demonstrated by the quality of curriculum and instruction, student performance, and faculty professional accomplishments. The University accomplishes this mission, in part, by providing unique educational experiences through the integration of the liberal arts, graduate study, and professional training with international and interdisciplinary emphases. The University also educates competent and humane professionals and informed, ethical, and engaged citizens of local and global communities; and provides basic and applied research, technology transfer, cultural outreach, and service benefiting the local community, region, State, nation and the world." [5]

History

University (Main) Hall circa 1900

A university for the state of Montana was made possible because of an act of Congress February 18, 1881 that dedicated 72 sections (46,000 acres) for its creation. Once statehood was attained by the establishment law, the Montana state legislature went about deciding the location of its university as well as a permanent capital. To assure acquisition of the state university, the city of Missoula made an agreement with the standing capital of Helena that Missoula would stay out of the bidding for the new capital and would support Helena over the leading competitor Anaconda; supported by Copper Kings William A. Clark and Marcus Daly respectively. Missoula won the legislative vote at the Third Legislative Assembly for the State of Montana February 1893. The University was formally opened in 1895.

While plans for a university campus were progressing, classes were temporarily held at nearby Willard School. The South Missoula Land Company, owned by A.B. Hammond, Richard Eddy and Marcus Daly joined with the Higgins family in donating land for the new campus. In June 1898 the cornerstone for A.J. Gibson designed University Hall was laid and Missoula became “the University City.

Campus

University of Montana circa 1900

Layout

The original plan of the University campus was designed in 1895 by one of its first professors, Frederich Scheuch, who called for the central oval to be surrounded by immediate and future University buildings. Although Scheuch's plan called for all building entrances to face the center of the Oval, forming a radiating building pattern. All building under this plan were designed as three-story, Renaissance Revival buildings with hipped roofs and Spanish green roof tiles.

Map and Buildings

Main article: Buildings at the University of Montana

After the University of Montana was founded in 1893 classes were temporarily held in the old Willard School until the first set of buildings were set up around the oval in 1895. Since that time, various campus plans and architectural styles have been utilized. Today the campus consists of 156 acres and is bordered to the east by Mount Sentinel and the north by the Clark Fork River. The main campus comprises of 64 buildings, a 23,500-seat football stadium and nine residence halls.

Landmarks

The University of Montana campus

The Oval

The Oval is a three-acre swath of grass (length east to west) that marks that traditional center of the university. Today it is divided into quadrants by two intersecting brick-laid paths, though originally the oval was solid grass and forbidden to be crossed by students.

A double row of trees was planted around the oval on Arbor Day 1896, but many of the trees have since died and are in the process of being replanted. The original gravel driveway that once surrounded the Oval has also been replaced by sidewalk.

The original master plan of the university called for all buildings to face the center of the oval, but this plan proved difficult and an a new plan was created in 1935.

The western extreme of the Oval boasts the most iconic sculpture on campus, that of a grizzly bear. Many photographs of the university picture the bear with the Oval, University (Main) Hall, and Mt. Sentinel's 'M' in the background.

Grizzly statue with University (Main) Hall and "M" Trail in the distance.

The 'M' Trail

The 'M' is a 3/4 mile long trail with 13 switchbacks that rises 620 feet (from 3,200 feet to 3,820) from the University of Montana at the base of Mt. Sentinel. Numerous photos are taken of and from this Missoula landmark that offers wonderful views of the city below.

There is debate of when The 'M' was first placed on Mt. Sentinel, though around 1908 when Forestry Club members forged a zigzag trail up the mountain and students carried up stones to shape the symbol of the University of Montana.

Originally made of whitewashed rocks and only measuring 25 feet by 25 feet, the very first ““M”” was poorly constructed and ultimately replaced by a wooden “M” in 1912. This “new and improved” version of the “M” cost $18 and was different from the structure we recognize today in that it stood upright on the face of Mt. Sentinel. A larger wooden version of the “M” was built in 1913 and upkeep of the structure was formally charged to each year’s freshman class.

When the large wooden “M” was destroyed by a blizzard in 1915, an even larger version was constructed of whitewashed granite. Once again the freshman class was tasked with annual renovation of the symbol, beginning a new tradition. Each year from then on, University of Montana freshman made the hike up to the “M” to apply a fresh coat of whitewash and remove any weeds and grass that had grown in and around the structure.

The annual tradition ended in 1968 when a 125 by 100 foot concrete “M” was built at a cost of $4,328. Behind the decision to replace rock with concrete were maintenance issues. With the coming of the 60s, UM students of the time exhibited waning enthusiasm for the annual trek up the hill and for annual upkeep of the “M.” The current concrete rendition of the “M” you see today resolved traditional maintenance concerns.

Although the annual whitewashing went by the wayside, one tradition that lives on today is the lighting of the “M” during the University’s annual Homecoming celebration each fall. Originally lit by a group of students on October 9, 1919 following the fall whitewashing, the event was so popular that students have continued to light the “M” each year during Homecoming week.

Every year during Homecoming Week, UM students adorn the “M” with special beacons that light up the “M” to welcome former students back to the University. [6]

Memorial Row

A Living Memorial On the north side of the University of Montana campus, twenty-nine evergreen trees stand in two columns, running from the corner of the Oval to Eddy Avenue. They form Memorial Row, along what used to be the path of Van Buren Avenue. Their history stretches back to 1919 following the end of World War I. That's when the university planted the original thirty-two trees to honor men and women, connected to UM, who died in service during the war. Some lost their lives in combat, but many more died of influenza during military training or service in Missoula and elsewhere.

The Forestry School nursery supplied the Western Yellow Pines. They are also known as Ponderosa Pines and are Montana's state tree. Originally, a white T-board stood in front of each tree, with the name of the person whom it honors.

1925

In 1925, the university replaced those boards with 35 brass name plates atop concrete markers. t the same time, the university added a memorial tablet on a boulder near the edge of the Oval closest to Memorial Row. It lists 21 of the 31 1919 honorees, those who were faculty, alumni or undergraduates. By 1925, the university had increased the number of names on the official list to 35, and sometime later, it grew to 37.[7]

Organization & Administration

The University of Montana - Missoula is the main campus of one of two university umbrella institutions in the state of Montana which make up the Montana University System, the other being Montana State University. The Montana University System itself is governed by the Montana Board of Regents (consists of seven members appointed by the state governor, and confirmed by the Senate, to seven year overlapping terms in addition to the Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Commissioner of Higher Education as ex officio members of the Board.[8] The board appoints both the Commissioner of Higher Education and the president of the university who is directly responsible and accountable to said commissioner.[9]

Funding

MT Higher Education Funding raw data can be obtained from http://www.sheeo.org/finance/shef/shef_data09.htm
MT Higher Education Funding
raw data can be obtained from http://www.sheeo.org/finance/shef/shef_data09.htm

The total operating budget for The University of Montana for Fiscal Year 2009 was approximately $345 million. Of $135 million comes from the General Funds budget (app. $90 million from tuition, $45 million from the state) and $210 million from restricted funds (about $80 million), auxiliary funds ($46 million), designated funds ($44 million), and plant funds ($37 million).

Over the past twenty years, state support for higher education has dropped dramatically. In 1990, the State of Montana provided for 69% of the educational and general funds budget. It now supports 36% of the general fund or 17% of the university's operating budget. This decrease in funding has, in part, been made up by the university successfully competing for sponsored research money with a growth from $12 million in 1994 to $71 million in 2009 and salaries as low as 3/5 the national average.[10]

Research Projects, Centers, and Institutes

The University of Montana is home to a variety of institutes ranging from Health to Business to Public Policy. UM is home to a variety of institutes and research centers with many regarding ecology, environmentalism, wildlife preservation, Native American Issues, and health.

Main article: University of Montana Projects, Centers, and Institutes

Schools and Colleges

Enrollment by School/College data from http://www.umt.edu/urelations/info/highlights.aspx
Enrollment by School/College
data from http://www.umt.edu/urelations/info/highlights.aspx

The University of Montana comprises five colleges and three independent schools.

Skaggs School of Pharmacy (1907)
School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
School of Social Work
School of Art
School of Theatre & Dance
School of Media Arts
School of Music (1893)

Affiliated Schools

The University of Montana - Helena College of Technology

Main article: Helena College of Technology

Located in Montana's capital city of Helena, the University of Montana Helena College of Technology is a two-year college with programs in business, trades, technical and health occupations designed to meet the state's business and industry needs for technologically- skilled workers. The college offers technical proficiency certificates and associate degrees, as well as study toward upper-level and graduate-level programs in cooperation with other Montana University System institutions.

Montana Tech of the University of Montana

Main article: Montana Tech of the University of Montana

Montana Tech of The University of Montana was founded in Butte, Montana in 1889 as Montana School of Mines. The college offers an array of engineering, science and technology degrees as well as general educational programs.

The University of Montana Western

Main article: University of Montana Western

Located in Dillon, Montana, the University of Montana-Western emphasizes experiential learning combining theory and practice through projects and field experiences with an emphasis on learning through doing. In line with this idea, UM-Western adopted a scheduling system known as Experience One which allows students to take only one class at a time. Founded as Montana State Normal College in 1893, the school is still known as Montana's teachers college.

Media

Print

Broadcast

The campus also is home to two broadcasting stations. KUFM (FM), 89.1, is the flagship station for Montana Public Radio. Its studios are located in the Broadcast Media Center, of the Performing Arts/Radio Television Building. KUFM-TV, Channel 11, is the local PBS outlet. The school's newspaper The Kaimin attracted national attention in 2009, when football coach Bobby Hauck refused to take questions from the paper in retaliation for a story about an alleged assault by two Grizzly football players.[13]

Student Life

Student Organizations

Greek Life

International Programs

History

The University of Montana's International Program began as the International Student club in 1924, and, as such, is the oldest student organization at the university. It was founded by Alex Stepanzoff who, along with four other Russians, were the first foreign exchange students at the university.[14]

The first study abroad programs were created with programs to France, Germany, and Spain in 1971. In 1981 the Mansfield Center established and certification in TESL began. As of 2010, the university has partnerships established with over 90 universities in over 40 countries. Japan (8), China (7), and Chile (7) have the largest number of relationships.

Central and Southwest Asia Center

The Central and Southwest program was created in 1997 and today is the only American university offering a bachelor of arts degree in Central and Southwest Asian Studies. In September of 2010 the Montana Board of Regents unanimously approved the creation of the Center for the Study of Central and Southwest Asia at The University of Montana.[15][16][17]

International Partners[18]

Americas

Oceania

Europe

Post-Soviet States

Africa

Asia

Transportation

  • A parking decal can be purchased for $185.00 or day passes for $3.00.[19]
  • Buses are free for anyone with a University ID (known as a GrizCard) and up to $1.00 for the general public.[20]
  • The University can be reached on the Mountain Line bus system on routes 1,8, & 12. Buses do not run on Sundays.[21]
  • The University has three Park and Ride lots located to the north, south, and east of campus. Shuttles run every 10–20 minutes 7:25am–6:15pm M-F during Fall & Spring semesters.[22]
  • UDASH is late night shuttle service that runs every half hour from campus to Lewis & Clark (student housing), back to campus and then downtown.[23]
  • The ASUM Cruiser Co-op program allows students to check out yellow cruiser bike (unisex, with lights, basket, and lock) for up to two days for free with a Griz Card. [24]

Athletics

Main article: Montana Grizzlies
File:Montana Grizzlies logo.jpg
Montana Grizzlies Logo

The athletic teams are nicknamed the Griz or Lady Griz (when referring to women's teams) and have competed in the NCAA's Big Sky Conference since its formation in 1963. The University of Montana was a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (precursor to today's Pac-10) from 1924 to 1950.

Football

Main article: Montana Grizzlies football

Since the 1990s, the Griz have established themselves as one of the most dominant football teams in both the Big Sky Conference and in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (known as Division I-AA football before 2006). They have won or shared 11 of the last 16 Big Sky football championships since 1990, and won the I-AA national title in 1995 and 2001. The University of Montana also competed in championship games in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2009 for seven total championship game appearances in the last 14 years.[citation needed]


Basketball (Men's)

Main article: Montana Grizzlies Men's Basketball

The men's basketball team has established itself in recent years as a power in the Big Sky, and was the conference representative to the NCAA Division I Men's basketball tournament in 2005 and 2006. At the 2006 tournament, the 12th-seeded Griz upset fifth-seeded University of Nevada, Reno, 87-79, the school's first win in the tournament in 31 years. The Cinderella run ended against the fourth-seeded Boston College Eagles.

Basketball (Women's)
The women's basketball team is the most successful team in the Big Sky Conference. The Lady Griz have won 17 conference titles in 25 years, most recently in 2008, and have competed in the NCAA Women's tournament 17 times. The Lady Griz have been coached since 1978 by Robin Selvig (Montana, 1974), who has an overall record of 645-188 (.774 winning percentage) as head coach of the Lady Griz. Selvig earned his 600th win in just 772 games—sixth fastest of any NCAA coach (men or women). The Lady Griz are regularly in the top 30 nationally in attendance for NCAA women's basketball.[citation needed]

Intramural
Men's Lacrosse - Won 2007 national championship in their division, MCLA-B.
UM Alpine Ski Team - (Went to the national championships in winter 2006)
UM Baseball - Club sport, with some outstanding teams in the late 70's/early 80s. Taken over in 1997 by James R. "Pops" Jones. Jones led the team to three Big Sky Championships in 2003, 2004, and 2005 as a player/coach. The team is currently a member of the NCBA (National Club Baseball Association) and finished 2nd in the National Tournament in 2004.

Intercollegiate Athletics

Intramural Sports


   
Mascot

Main article: Monte (mascot)

In 1897, a live bear cub traveled with UM’s football team, then simply known as the “bears.” UM’s football team was renamed the Grizzlies in 1923. Numerous live bear cubs who served as University mascots, first named Teddy, then Fessy and finally, in the 1960s, Cocoa. UM’s costumed mascot during the 1980s, dubbed Otto, donned a variety of fun-loving outfits to entertain crowds at Grizzly football games.

Monte (mascot) (short for Montana) was born in the mountains of Missoula in the Fall of 1993. The 2002-03 and 2004-05 National Champion Mascot of the Year (Capital One/ESPN) has evolved into a "motorcycle riding, break dancing, back flipping, slam dunking, movie making, crowd surfing, goal post smashing, prank pulling superstar that makes the women of Montana swoon."[25]
     

Presidents of the school

Main article: Presidents of the University of Montana

[26]

Ernest O. Melby

Points of interest

Noted people

Athletes

2010 Pro Bowl
Grey Cup MVP (2006), CFL MVP (2000)
2011 Pro Bowl

Entertainers

Public Service

  • Mike Mansfield - Awarded the B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Montana. Subsequently taught Latin American and Far Eastern History at the university before serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1943 until 1953 and in the United States Senate from 1953 until 1977. During his tenure in the Senate, he served as the majority leader from 1961 to 1977; he is the longest serving majority leader in the history of the Senate.[citation needed]
  • Jim Messina - Deputy Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama. Messina served as national Chief of Staff for then-Sen. Obama's presidential campaign. Previous to that, Messina was chief of staff for two U.S. Senators and one Representative: Max Baucus (D-Montana), Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and U.S. Rep Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY). Messina has also managed and consulted on many other political campaign organizations from Alaska to New York.
  • Judge Sidney Thomas - Federal Judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Interviewed by President Obama for possible nomination to the Supreme Court.

Journalism

Science and Academia

Writers

See also

References

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2009. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009" (PDF). 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  2. ^ http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/missoula-mt/university-of-montana-2536
  3. ^ "UM External Scholarship Recipients 1904-Present". Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  4. ^ a b http://www.umt.edu/DiscoverUM/AboutUM/
  5. ^ http://www.umt.edu/president/mission.aspx Mission Statement
  6. ^ The Story of Missoula's "M"
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ http://mus.edu Montana University System Website
  9. ^ http://www.umt.edu/self-study2010/reportdocs/Standard6Final.pdf Accreditation 2010 Self-Study Report Standard Six: Governance and Administration
  10. ^ http://www.umt.edu/self-study2010/reportdocs/Standard6Final.pdf Accreditation 2010 Self-Study Report Standard Seven: Finance
  11. ^ http://www.health.umt.edu/ College of Health Professionals and Biomedical Sciences website
  12. ^ http://www.umt.edu/umarts UM Arts website
  13. ^ Moy, Chelsi (October 24, 2009). "Bobby Hauck, Kaimin feud goes viral". Missoulian. Missuola, MT. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  14. ^ http://www.umt.edu/ip/about/history.html
  15. ^ http://umt.edu/cswa/
  16. ^ http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_ec83a428-ccab-11df-b6ec-001cc4c03286.html
  17. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20101001/states01_st.art.htm
  18. ^ International Programs Office
  19. ^ ASUM - Office of Transportation
  20. ^ Mountain Line Fares and Passes
  21. ^ Mountain Line Routes with interactive map
  22. ^ UM Park 'n' Ride
  23. ^ [2]
  24. ^ [UM Bicycle Information]
  25. ^ Montana Grizzlies website
  26. ^ http://www.umt.edu/president/pastpresidents/default.aspx University of Montana's Past Presidents
  27. ^ "The Sky I Scrape: Pearl Jam FAQ". theskyiscrape.com.
  28. ^ Heaney, John. "Meet: Jeff Ament: Pearl Jam's Ament Plays for Love of Game". Missoulian. January 6, 2008.
  29. ^ Ho, Jeff. "Interview with Jeff Ament". Juice Magazine. 2006.
  30. ^ Loudon, Bennett J (2008-06-26). "Retiring Flynn oversaw time of rapid growth at Monroe Community College". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  31. ^ "Martin Melosi". vi.uh.edu. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
  32. ^ Missoula Public Library Traveling Exhibits: Out at the Library

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