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March 2008
Congratulations Dick Berg
Dick Berg, Senior Research Geologist at the Montana Bureau of Mines
and Geology (MBMG) and Curator of Montana Tech's Mineral Museum,
was presented the Hal Williams Hardinge award at the Society of
Mining Engineering meeting February 27th in Salt Lake City. The
Hal Williams Hardinge award, established in 1958, recognizes outstanding
achievement which has benefited the field of industrial minerals.
Dr. Berg is being honored “for exceptional breadth of expertise
in clay, talc/chlorite, barite and gemstones plus teaching, mineral
museum curation, extensive geologic mapping, editing of numerous
guidebooks and compilations and service to local and national organizations.”
Movie Showing
Montana Tech's own Deric Olsen will be showing his movie The Phoenix
Agenda at 8 p.m. on Monday March 10, in the Tech auditorium. The
film is free and open to the public. Deric will be available after
the film to answer any questions.
Distinguished Author to Give Lecture
Patrick Henry, Author of “We Only Know Men, The rescue of
Jews in France during the Holocaust,” will be lecturing at
6:30 p.m., Monday March 10 in the Big Butte room of the Student
Union Building.
“A thoroughly researched page-turner. Henry’s tapestry
of human stories and theoretical questions helps us understand the
recurrent human instinct to protect the oppressed and the helpless
first, and figure out why later.” Richard Unsworth, Smith
College.
“In just about every chapter, one can sense a strong personal
commitment to recognize the courageous, altruistic activity of the
rescuers and to inspire others to prevent recurrence of genocidal
evil in the present and future. Susan Rubin Suleiman, Harvard.
Chemistry Club Participates in “Day of the Child”
The Montana Tech Chemistry Club participated in the “Day of
the Child” event at the Butte Plaza Mall. They worked all
day long and were credited by event organizers as being energetic,
enthusiastic, and great representatives of Montana Tech to over
500 children. A big congratulations to the Chemistry Club for getting
involved in the community.
Steve Parker and Chris Gammons Receive Grant from NSF
Congratulations are in order for Chris Gammons and Steve Parker
on receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant
is a collaborative effort between Montana Tech, University of Montana,
and University of Nevada – Reno. Steve and Chris will receive
$177,298 a year for two years to study “Stable isotopes of
dissolved oxygen as tracers of chemical and biological processes
in groundwater.”
Montana Tech Wins C.A.S.E. Award
CASE recently awarded Montana Tech a bronze in the advertising spots
and public announcements category at the District VIII award ceremony.
The award is for the Get Into It! television advertisements.
Athletic Update
The Montana Tech women’s basketball team brought
their season to a close on Wednesday night by losing to Carroll
College in the first round of the Frontier Conference Tournament.
The Tech women finished the season with an 11-18 record. Adrea Thomas,
Natalie Shaw and Stephanie Langford were all seniors on this team.
The Montana Tech men’s basketball team also finished up their
season on Wednesday night at the Frontier Conference Tournament.
The men fell to Lewis and Clark State in the 8 p.m. game at the
Maroon Activities Center 76-58. The men’s team will finish
the season with a 6-23 record and will lose seniors Casey Briggs
and Shea Bradshaw.
The Montana Tech volleyball team posted a 3.32 GPA for fall semester
and has a cumulative GPA of 3.33. Three players earned straight
A’s for fall semester. They were CoreyAnne Russell, Samantha
Sheble, and Kristi Witt. Ten out of eleven eligible players were
selected to the Academic All-Conference Team. Those players include
the following: Lacie Brenton, Jessie Conners, Katie Daly, Cassie
Hodges, Maria McNeil, CoreyAnne Russell, Samantha Sheble, Darcy
Torske, Megan Wichman, and Kristi Witt. Lacie Brenton was also named
to the Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete Team. That award is given
to athletes who have above a 3.5 GPA and are at least a junior in
academic standing.
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