University of Montana Western
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The University of Montana Western is a public university located in Dillon, Montana
. It is part of the University of Montana System. Enrollment as of fall 2010 was 1,336 students. The school was founded in 1893 as Montana State Normal School. It was formerly known as Western Montana College before becoming part of the University of Montana System.
. To facilitate this, the full term is divided into four, roughly month long learning modules known as blocks in which students focus on one course at a time over the course of eighteen instructional days. The transition to this model was complete beginning with the Fall 2005 semester. Montana Western is the only public higher education institution in the U.S. offering this scheduling model.
, an affiliate of the NAIA
's Division 1. The men's teams in basketball
, football, golf
, and rodeo
and women's teams in basketball, golf, rodeo, and volleyball
are known as the Bulldogs.
.
Dillon, Montana
- Notable residents :* Ed Barker - NFL wide receiver - Washington Redskins* Cree Paul - [Where is she now?]* Charles Xavier Larrabee - owner of the nearby stock ranch Brooknook.* Lloyd Meeds - Politician, lobbyist, and navy officer....
. It is part of the University of Montana System. Enrollment as of fall 2010 was 1,336 students. The school was founded in 1893 as Montana State Normal School. It was formerly known as Western Montana College before becoming part of the University of Montana System.
Experience One
The University of Montana Western developed Experience One, a scheduling model emphasizing active, hands-on experiential learningExperiential education
Experiential education is a philosophy of education that describes the process that occurs between a teacher and student that infuses direct experience with the learning environment and content. The term is mistakenly used interchangeably with experiential learning...
. To facilitate this, the full term is divided into four, roughly month long learning modules known as blocks in which students focus on one course at a time over the course of eighteen instructional days. The transition to this model was complete beginning with the Fall 2005 semester. Montana Western is the only public higher education institution in the U.S. offering this scheduling model.
Athletics
Montana Western is a member of the Frontier ConferenceFrontier Conference
The Frontier Conference is a college athletic conference, founded in 1952 and affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in the northwestern United States, in the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Utah....
, an affiliate of the NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
's Division 1. The men's teams in basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, football, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, and rodeo
Rodeo
Rodeo is a competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States,...
and women's teams in basketball, golf, rodeo, and volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
are known as the Bulldogs.
Noted people
Professor of Geology Robert C. Thomas was recognized as a 2009 U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of EducationCouncil for Advancement and Support of Education
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is a nonprofit association of educational institutions. It serves professionals in the field of educational advancement...
.