The first “On the Rocks” presentation of Block 5 at the University of Montana Western will feature a discussion with Scott Carver, Ph.D. on the ecology of the Ross River virus in Western Australia at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 in Block Hall Room 311 on the UMW campus.

Take a visual tour of “Old Main’s” history through archived photos.

Montana Western’s Brandon Lawson, a 6-foot-2 forward from Chicago, Ill., was named the Frontier Conference men’s basketball player of the week

The University of Montana Western men’s and women’s basketball teams open their home Frontier Conference season hosting the Lewis-Clark State Warriors and the Westminster College Griffins on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 15 and 16 in the Straugh Gymnasium.

A 2010 visit to the University of Montana Western campus will reveal many new sights. In addition to the ongoing Main Hall renovation, new banners and campus signage are giving Montana Western a new look for the new year.

The University of Montana Western Business Department formally dedicated the William “Bill” O’Connor Conference Room on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.

Bailey Branson, a 5-foot-9 outside hitter from Missoula, Mont., signed a Frontier Conference/National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics letter of intent to play volleyball for the University of Montana Western, head coach Katie Howells announced on Jan 8, 2010.

Montana Western’s Kristen Luedtke and Terry Hauser rise to the challenge demanded of college student athletes.

The secret to success for student athletes competing on the collegiate level is learning to juggle academics and athletics. For University of Montana Western senior basketball guard Kristen Luedtke, her juggling act is quite a bit more complicated.

Two winters ago, Montana Western senior and Bulldog basketball guard Terry Hauser had a watershed moment while working for his father’s Three Forks, Mont. drilling and pump business. It was a particularly cold day, and he and his brother had just finished fixing a frozen hydrant.

“I remember looking at my brother on the way home and saying, ‘Man, I can’t do this the rest of my life. I’m going back to school,’” Hauser recalls.