University of Montana
The next stop on our summer tour of Montana colleges and universities is the University of Montana. Located in Missoula, a charming city of 75,000 people with its plethora of great restaurants and microbreweries along the banks of the Clark Fork River, U of M is home to about 7,000 undergraduate students. The campus has a friendly, laid-back feel to it, with tons of recreational opportunities including hiking, skiing, and tubing right from the main campus. An annual tradition, the Freshman Float, happens in August when the new freshman class meets near the Campus Recreation building and rides shuttles upstream on the Clark Fork. Groups of students then float several miles of river back to campus, where the university hosts a party on the Riverbowl with snacks, games, and music.
Popular and high-quality majors at the University of Montana include business management and marketing, natural resources and conservation, biology, social work and public health, documentary film, and media arts.
One program I'd like to highlight is the University of Montana’s Wildlife Biology program, an interdisciplinary program that was named the #1 wildlife biology program in the nation for 2022-23. This program provides students with an extensive knowledge of ecology, population biology, wildlife biology, and critical thinking and quantitative skills. U of M students become leaders, bringing science to the dynamic management of wildlife and fish populations and their habitat, communities, and ecosystems. Undergraduate students from this program are doing groundbreaking research on grizzly bears, moose, wolves, and many other species.
I asked my tour guide what first drew her to U of M, and she told me it was the Oval, the grassy area in the middle of campus with its expansive and inspiring views of the campus and surrounding mountains. It's a place for students to hang out in Adirondack chairs, relax in hammocks, toss a frisbee around, and ice skate in the winter.
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