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New Faculty Profile by Art Kehler U N t Y B R S ilY «•MONTANA •’M T ' y v’ M O H T A N A - V v e s t e m M ontana College Rodeo Club A l l - C l a s s v r n R ' s i f c a t f INCLUDING TOP OF THE LINE RANCH AND KODEO IIORSEvS Saturday, O c t. 14, 2 0 0 0 - 1:00 p.m . Beaverhead Livestock Auction Call 683-2002/683-2246/683-7539/683-3482 FOR CONSIGNMENT AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Performance Horses may be shown at J.B, Anderson Arena. I mile south on Highway 91; 9:00 a.m.-!2 Noon All commissions generously donated by the Beaverhead Livestock Auction for Rodeo Club scholarships to farther students* education. Ixtokfar som e g o o d q u a lity ranch g e ldings and yearling c o lts to be c o n s igned io th e sale. Som e o f the previous consigners included C liff Mtttiran Ranch o f Poison , D e lbert Cat ter Ranch o f Hamilton, BtU P a rker from Billings , B e th a n y Erb from Dillon , Taie E lse from Dillon an d Garrison Ranch o f Glen. '¡There mill be horses to f i t everyone’s n e e d s . Dr. Mark Adderley is a new member of the English Department here at WMC. He prefers to be called Mark. Orginally, Mark hails from Wales. He received his BA from Cartrefle College in Wales, his Masters degree from the University of Wales, and his doctorate from the University of South Florida. Cur rently, Mark is teaching Composition, Intro to Literature, and English Literature. Next semes ter, he will be teaching Shakespeare and His tory of the English Language. When asked how he liked WMC, Mark responded that this is exactly the kind of college he was looking for. After having lived in Tampa and Atlanta, he wanted to teach at a small school in a rural area. Mark especially enjoys Western’s philosophy of emphasizing teaching over research. He also enjoys the friendly campus atmoshphere. He commnented that, at many larger schools, professors are personally detached from their students. As a professor, Mark appreciates the relatively informal relationship he can enjoy with his students here. Dillon reminds Mark of the small town of Bangor, Wales. He lived there for a number of years,and the biggest difference he can see is that Dillon has a McDonald’s. Also, he has . always wanted to live in the American West. The mountains surrounding Dillon remind him of his home and he wants to spend time explor ing them. However, he hasn’t had much time to do so yet. Hobbies, interests, and sports that Mark enjoy include photography, writing, dramatics,and fencing. He is currently working on writing a novel. However, he admits that settling into a new position has left him little time for these pursuits lately. Mark is married to Mrs. Adrianne Adderley and they have three children, all boys. When asked what he thought made a good student, Mark replied with one word “enthusi asm.” He feels that enthusiasm is more impor tant than being smart. To quote Mark: “Even if you’re not enthusiastic, fake it. If you’re good at it, ifo one will know you’re faking.” Mark has several goals for his career at WMC. Foremost, he wants his students to be able to say that they learned from him and had a good time doing it. Other goals include starting some classes studying King Arthur and other medieval subjects of interest, and forming groups to read and discuss medieval poetry. When I ask Mark which class he most liked' to teach, he repíred'thát “ás \a teacher, you don’t like teaching one course better than another because it’s the students that you teach, not the course.” On that thought-provoking response, we concluded the interview. We at the Wescolite wish Dr. Adderley the very best in his career at Western Montana College of the University of Montana. Birch Creek Center Hosts International Wild life Film Festival and Raffle September 13th through the 16th marked the International Wildlife Film Festival Post-Tour Viewing hosted by Birch Creek Center and held in Western Montana College’s small auditorium. The event was co-sponsored by Dillon’s own Patagonia Outlet and seved as a fund-raiser for Birch Creek Center. Local merchants donated the more than $800.00 worth of prizes that were raffled-off throughout the festival. While Birch Creek was charged for the use of the international award-winning wildlife films and had to split ticket sale revenues 50/50 with the IWFF, proceeds from the festival and raffle will help provide the community with quality outdoor educational programs on the Birch Creek Center’s campus. Ac cording to Birch Creek Program Coordinator, Josh Lindgren, this year’s film festival repre sented the Center’s first whole-hearted attempt at this type of fundraising. So, considering all the other community events that ocurred that particular weekend, Mr. Lindgren considered the festival overall a success. The following week,on September 19th, Birch Creek Center’s educational program provided home-schooled elementary stu dents with opportunities to explore, and learn more about their natural surroundings. Rotating in groups through four sta tions, students from kindergarten to 8th grade learned about streams, animal adapta tions, bio-diversity, the food chain and species inter-reliance,while experiencing the beauty of Birch Creek. The curriculum was hands-on and activity based experiental learning taught by enthusiastic and experi enced staff. Originally built to house Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935, the Birch Creek Center now serves Western Montana College and the community as an outdoors educational campus, retreat, and conferece center. If is located ju s t 22 miles northwest of Dillon in the East Pioneer Mountains and the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Birch Creek Center has in addition to the historical bunkhouse buildings and Bender Conference Center, a number of hiking trails, interpretive areas and a low-ropes course on campus. While WMC utilizes the campus for their new-student orientation and some outreach programs, the Center is also open for community and educational use by reservation from April through October. For more information e-mail birchcreek@wmc.edu, or call Josh Lindgren at 683-7891.
