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	2008 Cadet Sean Conlon, Student in Resource Conservation, Selected for the Prestigious George C. Marshall Leadership Award Sean Conlon will receive a scholarship to attend the 2008 George C. Marshall Seminar at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia from 14-18 April. He is one of only 273 cadets across the nation chosen for this honor....read more
	2008 CFC Professor Chris Servheen Wins Conservation Award Chris Servheen, a CFC wildlife biologist with 30 years of work in grizzly bear conservation was presented the 2008 George B. Rabb Conservation Award by the Chicago Zoological Society. read more
	2008 CFC Professor Steve Running Honored with Share of Nobel Peace Prize Watch a video of UM ecologist and CFC Professor Steve Running discussing climate change. Dr. Running was a lead author of the 2007 United Nations report on climate change. read more
	2008 Heather Johnson, Wildlife Biology Doctoral Student in CFC, Wins $80,000 Canon Scholarship Heather Johnson works to save endangered bighorn sheep in California's Sierra Nevada. That work has earned her a prestigious scholarship from the 2007 Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program..... read more
	2007-2008 CFC Alumna, Bridget Dobrowski, Awarded the Jean and Barry Prize Bridget Dobrowski, a first-year's master's student at Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California-Santa Barbara, has been awarded a Jean and Barry Schuyler Prize for 2007-2008. Bridget earned her BS in Resource Conservation from the University of Montana in 2003... read more
	2007 CFC Professor Elizabeth Crone Receives Fulbright Scholar Grant With her Fulbright award, Dr. Crone will be conducting research and lecturing at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Her focus is applying theoretical ecology to wildlife conservation and management.
	2007 Perry Brown, Dean, Director of MFCES, Professor of Forest Resources received the Dinstinguished Service to International Education Award at the 2007 Faculty and Staff Awards
	2007 Jill Belsky, Professor of Rural & Environmental Sociology and Director of the Bolle Center for People and Forests received the Distinguished Teaching Award at the 2007 Faculty and Staff Awards
	2007 Shonna Trowbridge, Director of Student Services received Outstanding Service to Students award at the 2007 Faculty and Staff Awards
	Mar 2007 Five CFC faculty members, William Borrie, James Burchfield, Woodam Chung, Wayne Freimund, L.Scott Mills, and one staff member Rachael Smith, were honored by receiving Faculty Appreciation Awards from the Division of Students Affairs for their service to students this year.
	Spring 2004 University Launches New NASA Science Mission The UM research group that designs software for NASA environmental satellites recently earned a major new mission from the space agency.
	Feb 2007 Lisa Eby, CFC Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology, received the Outstanding Educator Award at the Montana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society meeting.
	August 2006 Dawson Dunning, a 2005 graduate in Wildlife Biology in the College of Forestry and Conservation, wins prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Graduate scholarship. The award is worth up to $50,000 per year and is intended to help young people of exceptional promise.
	August 2006 CFC Ph.D. student, Courtney Schultz presented research at the American Institute of Biological Science's Annual Meeting on May 24-25, 2006. Her poster, outlining this research, won the best student poster award for science and policy. Schultz is collaborating with Dr. Martin Nie.
	July 2006 CFC Professor, Steve Running heads a team of researchers and programmers that are writing remote sensing software for NASA satellites to monitor global climate change. Check out the exciting research being done by Steve's Numerical Terradynamic Simulations Group. Read about HYDROS, the "freeze-thaw" satellite scheduled to launch in 2009.
	June 2006 Rachel Smith is the CFC Program Leader of the Native American Natural Resources Program which provides specialized services and support to Native American students in the College of Forestry and Conservation.
	June 2006 As CFC Director of Student Services, Shonna Trowbridge helps students navigate through the academic requirements of CFC's different programs.
	May 2006 Lisa Eby, CFC Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology, received UM's "Outstanding Faculty Advising Award."
	May 2006 Lisa Eidson, CFC Webmaster for Wilderness.Net (www.wilderness.net), received UM's award for "Service to External Community."
	April 2006 Stephen McCool, CFC Professor of Recreation Management, was honored by the University of Idaho with their Celebrate Natural Resources Award for his outstanding work on protected areas and their stewardship.
	April 2006 Scott Mills, CFC Professor of Wildlife Population Ecology, was the keynote speaker at the UM Conference on Undergraduate Research (UMCUR) on April 21st. The title of his lecture was: Why Undergrad Research Makes Better Students and Better Professors.
	March 2006 Four CFC Faculty Members, Tom Deluca, Dan Pletscher, Ron Wakimoto, and Perry Brown, were honored by receiving Faculty Appreciation Awards from the Division of Students Affairs for their service to students this year.
	February 2006 Martin Twer, President of the International Student Association and a Ph.D. student in CFC, received UM's Fall 2005 Outstanding Student Leader Award.
	February 2006 CFC Professor, Stephen McCool, wins two prestigious awards in 2005 The U.S. Forest Service and the International Wilderness Leadership Foundation recognize Steve McCool's lifetime achievements in the study of wilderness visitors.
	February 2006 Ryan Weldon, awarded a Wyss Scholarship Ryan Weldon, a Masters student in CFC's Resource Conservation Program, was awarded a Wyss Scholarship for the Conservation of the American West.
	May 2005 Suzanne Griffin's marmot research earns her a prestigious Canon Park Science scholarship. Can you guess what tool UM Forestry and Conservation doctoral student Sue Griffin finds most useful in her award-winning Olympic marmot research project?
	April 2005 CFC Graduate, Valerie Kurth, receives Fulbright award to study in Sweden Valerie Kurth, a 2004 M.S. graduate in Forestry, received a prestigious Fulbright award to conduct research in northern Sweden during the 2005-2006 academic year.
	April 2005 CFC Undergraduate, Natalie Meyer, receives a national award from Michigan State to do research in China. Natalie Meyer, undergraduate at the College of Forestry and Conservation, is on her way to China.
	March 2005 CFC Ph.D. candidate honored with a presitigious national fellowship. Stephanie Gripne has been selected by The Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) for a prestigious two-year fellowship.
	March 2005 CFC grad student wins award for Peace and Justice film series Paul Lachapelle is a Fulbright scholar whose volunteer work in Nepal helped shape his desire to return to the College for a Ph.D.
	February 2005 CFC advisor puts friendly face on University Shonna Trowbridge, academic adviser for CFC, is in the Griz Greats spotlight this week.


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