Group Raises Awareness On Violence Against Women

The University of Montana’s Women’s Center partnered with Missoula Women’s for Peace gathered to speak out and raise awareness of violence against women. The gathering on Dec. 2 was to observe the annual worldwide “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence.” Participants lit candles and walked in solidarity on Higgins Avenue to raise awareness locally. Photographer Matt DeBray and reporter Dustin Klemann followed the group to see how this group raised awareness on First Friday.

UM Student Combines Career Passions With Real Life Experience

UM students can find many ways to bring their education into the real world. Reporter Annemiek Wilson and photographer Matt DeBray found out how one student juggles school, work, and volunteer fire fighting in Frenchtown. Click below to see video.

UM Students Learn at Game Check Stations

University of Montana Wildlife Biology students have been working together with Fish Wildlife and Parks to man game check stations for over a decade. Students are taught by the biologists at each check station how to properly age wild game and the students assist FWP in obtaining data used to assess game population in Montana. UM News Reporter Stephanie Hansen and photographer Matt DeBray went to the check station near Bonner to see what the students were learning first hand.

"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.

UM Marching Band Seniors Prepare to Leave it all Behind

University of Montana Marching Band seniors spend countless hours learning music and practicing routines throughout their time at UM. UM News reporter Annemiek Wilson and photographer Matt DeBray found out how one senior feels about it all coming to an end. Click below to see video.

UM Hosts Rack N' Roll Roller Derby in Support of Breast Cancer Awareness

The Hellgate Rollergirls faced off against Kalispell in their last bout of the season. The Rollergirls teamed up with the Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign for the Rack N' Roll Roller Derby bout. Bumps and bruises are nothing new to these girls who are in it to win it in the fight against breast cancer. UM News reporter Stephanie Hansen and photographer Matt DeBray strapped on their skates and made their way to the University of Montana's Adams Center to find out what this bout was all about.

Grizzly Runner Back After Attack

Ani Haas ran her first cross country race as a Grizzly last week. It was two months after she fought off a black bear in the Rattlesnake. Haas said her ability to get past the attack was because of her experience with injuries while on the U.S. Ski Team. She said her outlook on life also helped her move on. Click below to see the full story by UM News reporter Beth Beechie and photographer Matt DeBray.

The University of Montana hosts dancer from India to promote new minor.

Indian dancer Aniruddan Vasudevan visited the University of Montana campus to promote the addition of a new South and Southeast Asian studies minor.

UM News reporter Faith Cronin and photographer Matt DeBray take you to Vasudevan's performance in the PARTV Building on campus at the University of Montana.


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