University of Montana Journalism dean, Peggy Kuhr comes full circle in return to home state

Peggy Kuhr has followed a prestigious path from Great Falls to her new position as dean at the University of Montana School of Journalism in Missoula.

But if not for a few encouraging words from one of her former journalism professors, life for Kuhr may have taken a different career track.

In her sophomore year at the University of Montana, the C.M. Russell High School graduate with a penchant for writing signed up for professor Bob McGiffert’s Reporting 101 course — a first step for all journalism prospects.

By RICHARD PETERSON
Tribune Staff Writer

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