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MT (6/2/2009)
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/05/27/news/mtregional/znews08.txt
Two well-known University of Montana leaders are among the five Montanans recently named as recipients of the 2009 Governor’s Humanities Awards: UM president George M. Dennison and former philosophy professor Fred McGlynn….
In Dennison’s case, that achievement came largely through his efforts to engage the campus community with broader local communities through the Montana Campus Compact, a statewide higher education consortium.
Read the full story in the Missoulian.
I have always had a drive to serve others and work for the common good. But I never fully realized that I could go beyond volunteerism--that my opinion and hard work could influence policy decisions. My views changed when I sat in the office of one of my legislators in Washington, DC.
-Amanda Coffin, University of Maine at Farmington, Campus Compact student leader
