The University of Montana Western’s annual Community Rodeo Banquet returns on Friday, March 26 in the Keltz Arena of the Montana Western campus.

University of Montana Western environmental sciences professor Rob Thomas has been named Outstanding Baccalaureate Colleges Professor of the Year by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

Award-winning educator and Montana Western alumna Angela McLean was appointed by Gov. Brian Schweitzer as the newest member of the Montana Board of Regents.

Montana Western alumna Denise McRea took her poetry to the national stage as a performer at the 2010 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering at Elko, Nevada from Jan 23 to 30.

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.

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

The University of Montana Western is making national news in U.S. News & World Report again, this time as the second-ranked university on a list of “Colleges that Offer Small Classes on a Budget.”

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer made an impromptu visit to the University of Montana Western to congratulate the 2009 Outstanding Baccalaureate Colleges Professor of the Year Rob Thomas.

A photo gallery of the University of Montana Western reception for the 2009 Outstanding Baccalaureate Professor of the Year, Rob Thomas.

The University of Montana Western Polynesian Club presented “Spirit of the Islands,” three authentic Maori, Polynesian, Fijian, Hawaiian, Samoan and Tongan dance performances on Dec. 2 and 4, 2009. The Maori dance performances were under the direction of New Zealand natives Robin and Chanelle Casey who were in Dillon, Mont. on a seven-week residency.