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		<title>UMW&#8217;s Cory Birkenbuel makes turns and headlines across state</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nolt</dc:creator>
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		<title>UMW&#8217;s Julie Bullard named 2011 Montana Professor of the Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the third time in as many years, the University of Montana Western has a Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year: Julie Bullard, professor of education and director of early childhood education at Montana Western, is the 2011 Montana Professor of the Year.]]></description>
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		<title>Montana Western fourth in the West for Best Regional Colleges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nolt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 U.S. News &#038; World Report Best Colleges rankings are in and the University of Montana Western is ranked fourth in the West for Top Public Regional Colleges, up from 2011’s fifth-place position.]]></description>
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		<title>UMW Polynesian Club presents &#8220;Dances of Polynesia&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nolt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6216/6326771720_3eb69cf696.jpg" width="250" height="148" alt="dances of the pacific copy1_1"></a>The University of Montana Western Polynesian Club will present its winter production, Dances of Polynesia, on Wednesday, Nov. 30 and Thursday Dec. 1 with performances at 3:30 and 7 p.m.]]></description>
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		<title>Montana Western TRiO program enhances student success</title>
		<link>http://news.umwestern.edu/2011/09/montana-western-trio-program-enhances-student-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nolt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34284761@N04/6241430119/" title="trio students by The University of Montana Western, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6158/6241430119_ffdfe09c49.jpg" width="250" height="148" alt="trio students"></a>The diverse aspirations and abilities of the students served by the University of Montana Western TRiO Student Support Services program represent the varied educational opportunities and challenges students face in pursuing a four-year degree.]]></description>
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		<title>National Day of Service and Remembrance events at UMW</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nolt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Montana Western Camps Corps is hosting a series of events on Sept. 13, 14, 15 and 17 to commemorate the National Day of Service and Remembrance. ]]></description>
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		<title>UMW Campus Community Garden celebrates inauguration</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Montana Western Campus Community Garden held an inauguration and poetry reading on Thursday, Sept. 8 to commemorate and showcase the new garden, which now features integrated renewable energy systems.]]></description>
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		<title>2nd Down &amp; Weekend party on Friday, Sept. 9</title>
		<link>http://news.umwestern.edu/2011/08/2nd-down-weekend-party-friday-sept-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Montana Western is throwing a party to celebrate a healthy campus and the start of a new academic and athletic year on Friday, Sept. 9 from 5:30 to 9 p.m.]]></description>
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		<title>Geology studies abound at the University of Montana Western</title>
		<link>http://news.umwestern.edu/2011/06/geology-studies-abound-at-the-university-of-montana-western/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nolt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2565/5843179740_a9a5886faa_o.gif" width="250" height="148" alt="_MG_2234 feature">As the academic year came to a close at colleges and universities across the country, the University of Montana Western began preparing for an influx of college students coming to study the unique geology surrounding the Dillon, Mont. campus.]]></description>
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		<title>The University of Montana Western 114th Commencement</title>
		<link>http://news.umwestern.edu/2011/05/the-university-of-montana-western-114th-commencement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 20:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scenes from Montana Western's 114th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 7, 2011.]]></description>
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