The University of Montana announced the spring commencement ceremony scheduled for May 9 will be canceled due to COVID-19, but students may be able to participate in smaller commencement ceremonies in communities across Montana and other regions in the fall.

Stevio Dong watched a couple of friends leave for their home countries after the University of Montana decided on March 12 to move classes online. Dong is from China and decided to stay in Missoula, even as COVID-19 cases escalated across the United States. He and other students would like t…

Student groups are being discouraged from traveling or meeting in person for the rest of the semester, as the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM) adjusts its operations to respond to the spread of COVID-19.ASUM is asking groups to suspend nonessential meetings and to not …

Junior Becca Olson was expecting the email asking her to come home after days of quarantine in her small apartment in Greece. But she didn’t anticipate how devastating it would feel when UM emailed her on March 13 asking her to return.“It really hit me hard as I bought my return ticket and r…

The University of Montana’s Faculty Senate passed a new policy Thursday, March 26 that will give undergraduate students the option to switch to a Credit/No Credit grading system after grades are finalized, according to an email from the Office of the Provost.The senate passed the policy to e…