"Nurturing An Entrepreneurial Culture At The University Of Montana – Building Upon Success!", 4/15, Missoula, Montana

University of Montana Research and Creative Scholarship http://www.umt.edu/research/ Invites you to participate:

Supporting the educational and research mission of the University through advocacy and advancement of basic and applied research, creative scholarship, and academic scholarship, the research enterprise at The University of Montana is thriving. With research and creativity running the gamut from biomedical breakthroughs to pine beetle research to archeological exploration, UM scholarly activities fuel an economic engine for the state and region.

Our team works dilligently to foster an environment that encourages the pursuit of research, scholarly activities, and economic development. We are living the prophetic message of UM’s first President, Oscar J. Craig, "The University – It shall prosper."

1:00 – 2:00 p.m., Session 1

Theta Rho Room, Mansfield Library, 4th Floor

Facilitators and Speakers:

Joe Fanguy
Director of Technology Transfer, The University of Montana
President, MonTEC

Cameron Lawrence
Associate Professor, The University of Montana
School of Business Administration
Poe Family Faculty Distinguished Faulty Fellow

Christina Henderson
President, The University of Montana
Entrepreneurship Club

2:00 – 3:00, Session 2
"UM Multidisciplinary Research Session: Working Across the Biological and Physical Sciences"

Speaker: John R. Hetling, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago

3:00 – 3:15
Coffee Break (Provided by University Center Catering)

3:15 – 4:15, Session 3
"Nurturing Creative Scholarship and Research at The University of Montana"

Facilitator: Sue Samson, Professor and Humanities Librarian

Presenters:

Dave Beck, Professor and Chair of Native American Studies
"Bringing History Home: The Natives of Montana Archival Project"

Judy Blunt, Associate Professor and Director of the Creative Writing Program
"Interactive Presentation: Teaching Creative Writing"

Charles Nichols, Associate Professor, School of Music
"Composing Human-Computer Interactivity for Musical Performance"

4:15 – 5:15, Keynote Presentation

Dr. Russ Lea, CEO of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)

5:15 – 6:30
Reception (Provided by University Center Catering)

Contact: Joe Fanguy, 406-243-2148, [email protected]