University of Montana Western senior Katie Redfield is enjoying the recent success of having two poems published in an online journal titled the ScissorTale Review.

University of Montana Western Professor of Education Delena Norris-Tull has been named the 2010 Montana Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

The University of Montana President Royce Engstrom visited the University of Montana Western campus for the first time as president on Wednesday, Nov. 3.

University of Montana Western Professor of English Rebecca Knotts and her service learning class recently raised $550 through a dog biscuit sale for the Humane Society of Beaverhead County.

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) recently awarded a research fellowship to University of Montana Western biology student Amanda Kortum. The fellowship requires at least ten weeks of research beginning in June, and Kortum will present her findings at the ASM General Meeting next summer.

The University of Montana Western will host X Day on Friday, March 26. X Day is an opportunity for prospective students to visit the campus and get to know students, staff, faculty, and Montana Western’s Experience One (X1) block scheduling program.

Two professors from the University of Montana Western environmental sciences department recently secured a $47,282 grant from the Montana Space Grant Consortium. The grant will fund a new class entitled “Weather and Climate Change.”

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

Three alumni from Montana Western’s distinguished science departments have either earned or are in the process of earning doctorate degrees at prestigious American universities.

The University of Montana Western is experiencing record-breaking enrollments, UMW Chancellor Richard Storey announced today.