University of Montana Western News

The New York Times recently ran an appreciation of a Helena man who, the article admits, you probably never knew, and even if you did, you probably thought he was just a homeless wanderer.

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 .

Duane Pontius Jr., the T. Morris Hackney Professor of Physics at Birmingham-Southern College, is the 2009 Alabama Professor of the Year.

Richard Miller, a University of Nebraska at Kearney psychology professor, is the first Nebraska educator to be named a U.S. Professor of the Year by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

You've got to hand it to some young Montana Republicans. They're both environmentally conscious and fiscally conservative.

The University of Montana Western offers the only natural horsemanship bachelor's degree in the country.

Adm. Timothy "Timbo" Keating, left, gets a stellar send-off today , as Defense Secretary Robert Gates is scheduled to attend the change-of-command ceremony that signals Keating's retirement and Adm.

New faculty art members Randy Horst, Kristi Glick, and Anne Berry have more than just teaching to offer Goshen College.

Sen. Jon Tester's office announced two upcoming town hall meeting on his Forest Jobs and Recreation Act .

Good morning; on the Beacon today, Montana's homeless are disproportionately working families , and they're crowding shelters from Billings to Kalispell.

The University of Montana Western is experiencing record-breaking enrollments. The current estimates show 1,188 full-time equivalent students, the highest since the university began tracking the statistic in 1973 and about a 7.5 percent increase from last year.

It's a travesty, an outrage, a slap in the face to Montana's cowboy culture. For the entire 53-year history of the Miss Rodeo America competition, not once has a contestant from the Treasure State won the crown.

In a June 20 story about the College National Finals Rodeo, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Wyatt Smith, who tied for the men's all-around title, competed for the University of Montana.

One of Dillon's signature buildings will undergo a major renovation after holding strong for more than 100 years.