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n | Leaving a Legacy—The Student Documentary Unit took 120 years of Montana history and turned it into an award-winning 60-minute program, adding another honor to its list of accomplishments. “Anaconda: The Legacy” received an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and much acclaim from Montana audiences. The program profiled the powerful, controversial Anaconda Copper Co., which helped make Montana a state. This was the fifth such award in the documentary unit’s 15-year history. | n |  |
n | Brawn Equals Brains—UM’s emphasis on recruiting Grizzly athletes who excel academically as well as in sports holds true each year. During spring and fall semesters, student-athletes’ grade-point averages were higher than the University’s general undergraduate population. Athletes also maintained higher cumulative GPAs, took more credits and had a greater percentage of students on the Dean’s List. Women’s sports teams scored the highest GPAs. |
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National Scholars—Amanda Deisher (left), a math and physics major from Terry, and Zachary Wilson, a microbiology and medical technology major from Missoula, earned $7,500 Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for the 2001-2002 academic year. The two competed on academic merit in a field of 1,164 math, science and engineering students nominated by colleges and universities nationwide. UM also fielded two Morris K. Udall Scholars during 2001. |  |
Law Leaders—Ryan Rusche and Mato Standing High, a two-person team of UM law students, placed third in a national moot court competition sponsored by the Native American Law Student Association. The pair took second place for their brief, and Rusche was named third-best oralist. The honors made UM the first school to place in all three categories in the competition’s nine-year history. The UM team competed against 49 other teams. | |||
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Scholar-Athlete—Grizzly football stand-out Vince Huntsberger was one of 16 student-athletes named a 2001 National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame National Scholar-Athlete. This prestigious academic award given to college athletes in their senior year included an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship for Huntsberger, a pre-med honors graduate. For his work on the football field as a strong safety, Huntsberger was named 2001 defensive Most Valuable Player in the Big Sky Conference. |  |
Geography Genius—Six geography students triumphed over competitors from seven other universities to win the Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Division of the Association of American Geographers’ annual Geography Bowl. Student Brian Hall (left) of Browning was the overall winner in the division’s individual competition. UM’s winning team scored 50 points more than their closest competitors at the Omaha, Neb., meet. Other universities represented were Brigham Young, North Dakota, Kansas State, Nebraska-Omaha, Nebraska-Kearney and the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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