I'm a prospective grad student looking to get my MSW and was wondering if the school of social work here offers TA positions. I know other departments do, but I couldn't find any information on the SSW website. Does anybody know if these are offered, and if so how likely it is to land one?

Thanks

I am possibly transferring school this next semester into the media arts program at UM and was wondering if anyone could tell me about there experiences in the Media Arts Program. I am interested in doing sports videography and graphic design and want to make sure this would be a good fit for me.

I am a first year graduate student and am still waiting for my bill to be updated with my financial aid. I got an email on the first saying it would be updated in 5-10 days but still nothing. Every time I try to call i get the busy signal or am just on hold for hours on end. Is anyone else having this problem? Also, for those who are current students, is it normal for this to take so long? I have double checked and have completed everything for the FAFSA and master of promissory notes, etc.

Does anyone have the dimensions of the desks in the dorm rooms in Pancer Hall?

Hi!

I am looking at potentially attending grad school for psychology at this school and need some additional information.

I am physically disabled and a part-time wheelchair user and have ADHD. I am also LGBTQ+. How physically accessible is the campus? How good is the Disability Support Office, and how accommodating do professors tend to be? How safe is this campus and the surrounding area for LGBTQ+ people?

Thanks!

Where is the best place to park closest to campus. I don’t want to buy a parking pass. TIA

Love college football? Ever wish you could step into your favorite team’s shoes? 

Look no further than the NZCFL, an 120-team college football simulation league, where many teams, including Montana, are open! Our league offers a unique combination of a realistic coaching and recruiting experience, with the flexibility that allows you to put in as much or as little time as you wish! Our recruiting system, designed to emulate the real-life football recruiting process and comprised of three sections, allows you to sign a program-changing class in just one cycle. If you’re looking for that more casual experience, it’s easy to get the process knocked out in one sitting, but you’ll still be able to go even farther if you’re able to put the time in. That’s what makes this league such a great experience - you’re in control. You have the ability to build a legacy and leave a lasting impact on these teams.

As someone who's been in the league for nearly two IRL years, it really is a great community. Everyone is willing to lend a hand to a newbie, the mods put a ton of time into running things smoothly, and there's plenty of casual activities and banter to keep things interesting. 

Come join us by claiming a team in the Reddit reservation thread at r/NZCFL and joining the server If you have any questions, DM me, or join the server and ask in ⁠newcomers. We'll be happy to help.

I'm looking for some easy upper-division courses to reach the 39 credit requirement. Any suggestions?

Hello all, I’m starting school here in January and looking for a roommate/ roommates in off campus housing. I’m a 24 year old male. Please PM if you are interested or know somebody that might be. Thank you!

Sorry if this comes off as rude, but what's the purpose of this Major? What jobs can you get? Do you just like trees? Please enlighten me, I've met so many people that chose this and none of them gave me a solid answer.

Looking at getting my masters and was wondering about anyone's experience they had with this program whose graduated from it, currently enrolled in it, or if anyone knows about it period. Any info would be awesome!

Hey!! I’m considering applying to the Resource Conservation Masters program and wanted to see if anyone could share their experience in the specific program or just more generally in the grad program/university as a whole. Thanks!!

So I’m a new grad student at UM and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for study spots that are quiet and a bit less crowded that the library?

I see a Geography Club on the list of student organizations but I can't find any specifics. Anyone know if it is active or how to join/meet?

Anyone got a password for the promo ticket prices for Logjam concerts? They said it was distributed with orientation information but I can't find it

Hello I am an incoming graduate student and TA for the next fall semester. Anyone knows how long does it take from the first day of classes until the first TA paycheck arrives?

I have been working on this app for a while now and I am really excited to share it with you. It's a college marketplace restricted to students. You can buy, or sell anything you want to other students, ranging from dorm supplies, textbooks, lost& found, promote services, tutoring, apparel (anything really!) ride-sharing, to subleasing or finding off-campus housing for next year ...

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A lot of hard work went into it so make sure you check it out if you need anything for the upcoming semesters! You can only log in once you verify your umt.edu school email! (you'll receive a 5 digit code in your inbox)

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link to the app: https://collegesouk.com/ and tell your friends!

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also maybe follow on ig https://www.instagram.com/collegesouk/ ?

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Lastly, please go ahead and post something people are already using it :) 💚🐫 hope it helps (upvote for visibility)! - might be a little glitchy on galaxy hoping to fix that soon, also just want to mention that the idea is abstracted to support multiple universities :) each university got its own separate marketplace!

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Also, please dm me if you have an idea on how I can let more students know about this or if anyone is interested in contributing! (app dev or marketing)

Hello everyone! I will be starting classes at UM next fall, and, as an international student I am looking for a health insurance in order to waive the university one. I am between ISOA and IMG. Is there any international student with suggestions about this? thank you!

Okay, so I know that the tunnel system underneath UM isn't exactly a secret, but I have heard that the university has tried harder to prevent students from going down there in recent years. I'm curious to know if people are still venturing down, though, and if a particular area I'm remembering from my trip down is still there.

When I was a freshman at UM ~15 years ago, me and some friends from my dorm hall crawled down into the tunnels through a manhole (I think it was somewhere around the Liberal Arts and Social Science buildings?). We spent a couple hours down there, and I remember it being pretty spooky. I remember that right around the spot where we climbed down, we stumbled upon an office/closet which had the door closed and the lights turned on. There may also have been a radio or a TV in there, because I remember hearing some music or talking coming from inside. I'm assuming it was just a maintenance office, but after a couple minutes talking it over, we decided to go single-file and were able to sneak by without being caught by whoever was in there.

After wandering around for a while, we were able to make our way south across campus. We eventually discovered a very large room which I'm assuming was an old storage facility underneath (or near) the Chemistry building. I've read plenty of stories over the years from people who have ventured down into the tunnels, but I've never heard someone mention this particular room. This surprises me a bit, because I remember feeling incredibly uncomfortable when we found it.

Essentially, it was a large, dark room filled with shelves lining the walls on two sides, and on the shelves were hundreds of jars filled with preserved animals. Some were small jars with lizards or rodents or other small creatures preserved in liquid, while other jars were much larger and filled with larger animals. I remember one very large jar which had a preserved snake in it (think Ball Python in size), and another with a preserved calf inside. It was clear they had been forgotten about for quite a long time, because most of the jars were covered in thick layers of dust (and probably asbestos, too, if we're being realistic). Most of the specimens were also tagged with taxonomic classifications and dates (I think I remember seeing one jar which dated to the 1970s). In the center of the room, I remember seeing a large metal table. It was probably just a workbench, but at the time, it reminded me of those metal beds you'd find in an old operating theater. Given the contents of the room, perhaps it was a dissection table.

On the opposite sde of the room from where the jars were located, there was a wall that looked like it was made of solid brick, however when you approached it, you could see that there was actually an opening in the wall, which was maybe 2-3ft. wide. Inside the opening (set back 12-18") was another identical brick wall, wide enough that you couldn't see into the room behind it, but designed to make the wall look flush if looking at it head-on. I don't know if I'm describing it well, but it reminded me of this scene from the movie Labyrinth (https://youtu.be/l0K5T0AqVlY). When I looked behind the wall, I found an old dusty (asbestosy) room with a lot of debris on the ground. Along the walls in the back of the room, though, there were a handful of large, old machines. I don't know what they were, but they looked to me like old, Cold War-era computers or generators, or something.

Anyway, we started feeling pretty spooked right around then, so we decided to head back up. Not too far from that room, we found a ladder which led up to a metal door in the ground, and I think we came out somewhere in the area of the DHC/ROTC/Chemistry buildings.

I'm curious if anyone happens to know about the room I'm referring to, because I've never read or heard about it outside of our one trip down there, and it was a pretty conspicuous area to miss. That being said, the tunnels are dangerous, littered with asbestos, and easy to get lost in, and I'm assuming you'd be hit with a trespassing charge if caught-- so for any current students reading this, I definitely do NOT recommend trying to go down there.

EDIT: I just remembered an additional detail about the empty room hidden behind the wall-- there was a staircase to nowhere which led directly up to the ceiling. I'm assuming there used to be some entrance into that room, but that it was bricked over at some point.

I'm strongly considering transferring next fall (I'll be a junior). I would be doing physics with an astronomy concentration. UM definitely focuses more on the type of stuff I am interested in than my current university. I'm also looking for a more rigorous experience than I have had so far in terms of physics/astrophysics classes.

I'm planning to apply to the chemistry department for PhD this fall, and there's a few questions i'd want to ask. Thanks in advance!

[Academic] I’m a master’s student in the Communication Studies department at the University of Montana. I'm currently conducting an experiment for my thesis to better understand how interactions over different media channels (like texts or phone calls) may impact people. My goal is to add to the research in this area and help people better understand how the channels they choose to communicate over may impact them. If you are interested in participating, please click on the link to the initial survey below. I would really appreciate your time and responses! This is a three-piece study. If you have any questions or concerns about this study, please email Ashley Arsenault at ashley.arsenault@umconnect.umt.edu. To participate in this study you must be 18 or older. https://umt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4UEiHbSEGTyoxr8

Thank you so much and have an awesome day!

[Academic] Hi! My name is Ashley Arsenault, and I’m a master’s student in the Communication Studies department at the University of Montana. I'm currently conducting an experiment for my thesis to better understand how interactions over different media channels (like texts or phone calls) may impact people. My goal is to add to the research in this area and help people better understand how the channels they choose to communicate over may impact them. If you are interested in participating, please click on the link to the initial survey below. I would really appreciate your time and responses! This is a three-piece study. If you have any questions or concerns about this study, please email Ashley Arsenault at ashley.arsenault@umconnect.umt.edu. To participate in this study you must be 1) 18 or older, 2) have at least one close friend or family member, 3) have access to a smartphone or computer with a front-facing camera with audio capabilities, and 4) have access to a stable internet connection. https://umt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4UEiHbSEGTyoxr8

Thank you so much and have an awesome day!

Hi, I'm Jacob, and I'm a journalism student at UM. I'm in the University of Montana's Native News course. Early in the semester we're working to expand our knowledge of the reservation we'll be reporting on. I'm looking to talk with someone in the community who grew up on Ft. Belknap who would be willing to share their experience with me. Any help is appreciated!

We recently featured a student from UM on our podcast, MFA Writers. The show is meant to be a resource for prospective applicants, as well as highlight emerging writers. There's a lot of opaqueness around the MFA application process and we aim to provide greater information and transparency. The goal is to provide an opportunity to hear from real creative writing students about their experiences in their programs.

If you're interested, MFA Writers is free and available on all major podcasting platforms (and some minor ones, too). You're always welcome to reach out to us with feedback or program requests, as well. We want this to be an informative and useful resource for emerging writers.

Thanks all!

Link: https://www.jaredmccormack.com/mfawriters-luke-larkin

Hi, I am a junior in HS looking at the Fire science major at the University of Montana. I was wondering if anyone can describe what its like and how you felt about the program. I also have heard things about the low admissions and budget cuts and was wondering if in general you guys have noticed it around campus and kinda in general. Has it become a bad/ run down school? how is the town and outdoors scene?

thank you

Alright, so I'm a junior in high school looking to apply to UM and ultimately attend in the autumn of 2024. My GPA is sloppy because I've experienced a lot of personal issues that influenced my grades, I'll probably graduate with a GPA between 2.5-3.1, the final number is uncertain as of now. Let's pretend I end up with a 2.8 for this instance. However, I'm fairly certain I will perform much better on my SAT. Let's presume I get within the range of 1300-1400. I should also add I will be coming from out of state, from South Carolina precisely. UM is the only university I will be applying to (apart from community colleges) and is my primary choice for education until I am prepared to transfer elsewhere. Regarding these factors, what are my chances of being granted admission? How did other out-of-state students fare? Do the SAT scores or college essays affect the board's decisions at all?