Entertainment Management Students Get Hands-On Experience

UM's school of Business Administration started an Entertainment Management certificate program with less than 30 students. Now almost 10 years later, the program has grown to over 330 students and counting.

This semester, the students put together six concerts at Sean Kelly's Brew Pub. The Fall Freeze Fest is the group's grand finale.

The Entertainment Management Program is pushing to become a minor at the University of Montana. UM News Reporter Adrienne Ellsworth and photographer Scott Ranf found out what keeps this program running.

Veterans Day

Montana has lost 42 of its own to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. 20 percent of Montana residents are war veterans, making it the second highest after North Dakota. Reporter Adrienne Ellsworth and photographer Katie Radford spoke with some Montana veterans to learn what the day of remembrance means to them.

Mexican Holiday Heats Up Cold Rocky Mountain Town

The passing of a loved one in the U-S brings feelings of mourning and saddness, but in Mexico, it's a three-day long celebration. Dia De Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead celebrates the lives of family members who have passed on by creating larger than life memorials. In Missoula, where Hispanics make up three percent of the population, the Mexican holiday is celebrated by creating six-foot-tall wood carvings and printing them on to sheets. UM News Reporter Adrienne Ellsworth and Photographer Bernie Riggs learned how this Mexican holiday is bringing a little spice to the cold Montana winters. The finished products will hang in the Missoula Art Museum until next Friday.

"M" Trail Gets Facelift

The "M" has looked over the Missoula Valley since 1908. Now, more than one-hundred years later, the "M" is getting a face lift. Volunteers grabbed their gloves and strapped on their hiking boots to help slow erosion on the mountain trail by building stairs at the switchbacks. They hope the stairs will slow the wear and tear from thousands of hikers making the three-quarter-mile hike each year. By the end of next year, the group hopes to have stairs installed in all eleven switchbacks. UM News reporter Adrienne Ellsworth and photographer Matt DeBray took the trek up the mountain to learn more.

Cancer Survivor Lives Strong

Germ cell cancer is the most rare form of testicular cancer. Only five to ten percent of men with testicular cancer have this particular kind of testicular cancer, including bicycle legend Lance Armstrong. Piano Performance major Paul Nonnenmacher found out he had germ cell testicular cancer last year. He was forced to drop out of school for treatment. Now, he's back in his home away from home at the music building playing the instrument he loves. UM News reporter/photographer Adrienne Ellsworth learned how his near-death experience has changed his perspective on life.

UM News for October 12, 2011

University of Montana senior broadcast journalism majors Dustin Klemann and Emily Foster anchor today's edition of UM News. Adrienne Ellsworth produced and Scott Ranf directed the broadcast. UM News airs Thursday mornings at 8:25 a.m. on KPAX-TV in Missoula and KAJ-TV in Kalispell. UM News is a production of the Department of Radio-Television and the School of Journalism at the University of Montana.

UM News for October 5, 2011

University of Montana senior broadcast journalism majors Beth Beechie and Adrienne Ellsworth anchor today's edition of UM News. Faith Cronin produced and Dizhi Ge directed the broadcast. UM News airs Thursday mornings at 8:25 a.m. on KPAX-TV in Missoula and KAJ-TV in Kalispell. UM News is a production of the Department of Radio-Television and the School of Journalism at the University of Montana.

Osprey Internet Sensation Helps Scientists

Heiko Langner, Director of UM's Enviromental Biogeochemistry lab, set up three different webcams overlooking Osprey nests to help him gauge mercury levels in Montana's rivers. The birds became an internet sensation with the public, receiving hit after hit on their website. While Langner says he didn't realize that there would be so many fans, he is thankful of the community's desire to know more about the birds. UM News reporter Adrienne Ellsworth and photographer Katie Radford discovered just how the birds of prey were aiding in UM's research.

Wheelchair Access a Challenge on Campus

At least three buildings at the University of Montana campus are inaccessible to students in wheelchairs. Students who want to speak with the President of the university have to meet with him outside of his office because of a lack of any accessible entrances. Disability Services for students and ADSUM help students who require special considerations when it comes to classroom accessibility. Reporter Adrienne Ellsworth and photographer Katie Radford met with one U-M student who had to make some modifications to take required courses.

UM News for September 21, 2011

University of Montana broadcast journalism majors Adrienne Ellsworth and Faith Cronin anchor this week's edition of UM News. Katherine Kettering produced the newscast. Maegan Simmons was the director. (Click below to see this week's newscast.)