The University of Montana Western Art Gallery presents an exhibition featuring clay works by artists from the Red Lodge Clay Center from April 30 to July 20 with an opening reception on Monday, April 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The 115th University of Montana Western Commencement will take place on Saturday, May 5 at 11 a.m. in the Straugh Gymnasium on the Montana Western campus.

The final University of Montana Western Dances with Words reading of the 2011-2012 academic year will feature Great Falls, Mont. author Jamie Ford on April 26 at 7:30 p.m.

The University of Montana Western On the Rocks science speaker series will hold the final talk of the academic year on Monday, April 23 with “Conservation as a Means to Rebuild Rural Vitality” presented by Director of Salmon Valley Stewardship Gina Knudson and Executive Director of the Lemhi Regional Land Trust Kristin Troy.

The Annual Jane Helm Maddock Service Award dinner will be on Tuesday, May 1 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Lewis and Clark Room in Mathews Hall on the University of Montana Western campus.

The University of Montana Western Earth Day Festival returns to Dillon on Sunday, April 22, 2012.

The traditional Irish quartet Dublin Gulch will perform with the Tiernan Irish Dancers at the Beier Auditorium on Friday, April 13 at 7 p.m. as a benefit for a University of Montana Western class trip to Ireland in May 2012.

The fourth annual University of Montana Western International Food Fair will take place on Thursday, April 19 at the Beaverhead County Fairgrounds 4-H Building in Dillon, Mont. from 5 to 7 p.m.

The University of Montana Western’s annual Community Rodeo Banquet will be held on Friday, March 30, 2012 in the Keltz Arena on the UMW campus.

Recent earthquakes and earthquake trends in Montana will be the subject of the next University of Montana Western On the Rocks speaker series on Monday, March 19 at 4 p.m. in Block Hall Room 311.