News Releases

2023

April 21, 2023 Montana Breaks Ground on Grizzly Indoor Practice Facility
March 31, 2023 UM Earns Research Award for Submicroscopic 3D Printer
March 28, 2023 Lost Monana Masterpiece to Join Collection in New UM Museum
March 22, 2023 UM Early Childhood Education Students Teach Preschoolers Through Play
March 13, 2023 The Big Give Breaks Previous Giving Day Record for Funds to Support UM Students
March 3, 2023 The Big Give, UM's Annual Giving Day, Returns March 8-9

November 10, 2022 UM Native Excellence Programs Receive $250,000 Cognizant Foundation Gift
September 30, 2022 UM Foundation Honors McCammon Family with Bucklew Service Award
September 23, 2022 UM Foundation Honors Mark and Cheryl Burnham with Order of the Grizzly Award
September 8, 2022 Distinguished UM Researcher Honored with Critical Water Hydrology Chairship
August 24, 2022 Paid Summer Internships Provide UM Students Valuable Career Readiness
July 15, 2022 Liberal Arts Building Rename Honors UM Supporters Dennis and Gretchen Eck
May 25, 2022 Event Celebrates Generosity for UM Museum Building Project
March 23, 2022 The Big Give Inspires More Than 1,000 Gifts to Support UM Students
March 2, 2022 The Big Give, UM's Annual Giving Day, Returns March 9-10
January 18, 2022 UM Museum Acquires Major Western Art Collection

December 9, 2021 Washington Foundation Online Learning Gift Lifts Montana Learners
November 30, 2021 UM Graduate Program Awarded $500K for Environmental Journalism
November 22, 2021 Beloved Literary Couple Establishes UM Native American Visiting Writer Fund
November 16, 2021 UM Announces New Scholarship for Montana Students
November 15, 2021 UM President Announces $300K Endowment to Powwow in Honor of Old Person
November 10, 2021 UM Launches New New Military and Veteran Services Office to Serve Montana
September 24, 2021 UM Alumna Mary Olson Honored with Bucklew Service Award
May 5, 2021 Donor Support Propels UM Music Building Renovations
April 5, 2021 The Big Give Exceeds UM Giving Day Goals, Supports Students
March 3, 2021 The Big Give, UM’s Annual Giving Day, Returns March 24-25

September 25, 2020 UM Alumni Receive Bucklew Service Award
September 25, 2020 $450.9 Million 'Campaign Montana' Concludes With State Higher Education Giving Record
June 15, 2020 National Search Yields New UM Forestry Dean
April 8, 2020 Donations to Emergency Fund Help UM Students During COVID-19 Pandemic
February 19, 2020 UM Honors ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ Author with Education Space Naming

November 7, 2019 Clearwater Credit Union Donation to Spark Giving for Veteran Student Scholarships
October 11, 2019 University of Montana Foundation Surges Past $400 Million Campaign Fundraising Goal
October 4, 2019 Alumnus Eric Sprunk Honored with Bucklew Service Award
October 4, 2019 $1.25M Eck Gift Funds SEA Change Initiative for UM Students, Rankin Hall Renovations
October 3, 2019 Alumni Give $1 Million to Support Psychology Center Expansion, Mental Health Care
October 3, 2019 Payne Family Donates $5 Million for Montana Museum of Art and Culture
September 10, 2019 Montana Access Scholarship Program Matches Gifts for Need-Based Scholarships
April 24, 2019 $1.5 million Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation Grant to Benefit UM, MCPS Education Programs
April 11, 2019 UM Relaunches Women’s Leadership Initiative
January 28, 2019 Grant Allows UM to Expand Neuroscience Education Across Multiple Colleges

October 9, 2018 $1M Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation Gift Creates Path to Public Service for UM Students
October 5, 2018 UM Launches Most Ambitious Fundraising Campaign in its History
September 9, 2018 Alumnus Donates $2 Million to UM’s Mansfield Library
May 31, 2018 Statement on Investments
March 22, 2018 $1 Million Gift to Jumpstart Health and Medicine Initiative at UM
February 14, 2018 Alum Leaves $2 Million to UM in Memory of Husband She Lost in 1943