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March 22-26

CDC changes school guidance

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NEW YORK (AP) — Students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks but should be kept the usual 6 feet away from one another at sporting events, assemblies, lunch or chorus practice, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its COVID- 19 guidelines.

University professor to discuss state’s changing wildfire patterns on April 7

Worsening wildfires in the American West will be the topic of the next Café Scientifique, set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 7.

Mules at university will be promoting summer programs

A pack train of mules will amble onto the Oval at the University of Montana in Missoula at noon Tuesday, March 23. Its mission is to raise awareness of summer course offerings as part of the UM Summer Kick-Off, according to a UM News Service press release.

Nursing instructor helps launch nonprofit crisis nursery for children

As an undergraduate nursing student, Leesha Ford focused her research on preventing abusive head trauma in children and shaken baby syndrome. As an obstetrics nurse, she identified babies who might be at higher risk for abuse and ways to provide additional resources to help families keep their children safe. So when Ford started teaching pediatrics and obstetrics at the Montana State University College of Nursing’s Great Falls campus in 2015, it was natural for her to continue with a focus on child abuse prevention, she said.

Best Practices for Sexual Assault Response Course set at Dawson Community College

The criminal justice program at Dawson Community College (DCC) in Glendive will be hosting a Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) sponsored 16-hour comprehensive course covering best practices to effectively respond to and investigate sexual assault crimes. This course is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, April 19-20. A second course is set for Thursday and Friday, April 22-23.

Federal dollars will help schools focus on enhanced learning

The President’s signature on the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) means an appropriation of $122,774,800,000 will be available to the Department of Education’s Elementary and Secondary School Relief Fund (ESSER III) to be shared among the 50 states. Montana’s portion is estimated at $400,000,000. These dollars have yet to reach Montana but will be available through the end of September 2023 with a possible one-year extension according to a Montana Office of Public Instruction news release.

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March 15-19

Tax program marks 20 years of student experience and benefit to community

Kent Swift of Missoula has more than 450 connections on LinkedIn. The University of Montana professor emeritus in the College of Business finds it particularly gratifying that the majority of the those are his former students.

University of Montana partners with Amazon to make students job ready

Just as the world began to transition to remote work, Amazon announced an initiative to prepare 29 million people around the world for roles in cloud computing. A few months earlier, Missoula College at the University of Montana in Missoula launched the first Cloud Computing Certificate in the state, according to a UM News Service press release.

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