June 2023 News
MONTANA WESTERN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES KDBM-KBEV RADIO SCHOLARSHIP
The University of Montana Western Foundation is proud to announce the establishment of the KDBM-KBEV Radio Scholarship, a new opportunity for students pursuing higher education. This scholarship is made possible through generous support and partnership of KDBM-KBEV, leaders in local radio dedicated to serving the Dillon community.
MONTANA WESTERN ALUMNA HALLE BROUGHTON TRAVELS TO THAILAND TO WORK WITH ELEPHANTS
This summer, UMW alumna Halle Broughton, of Seward, Alaska, spent two weeks in Thailand helping animals, discovering Thai culture, and learning hands-on what it’s like to be a veterinarian. Traveling with study-abroad organization Loop Abroad, Halle was part of a small team that provided care at a dog shelter and worked directly with rescued elephants at an elephant sanctuary.
UMW STUDENT RACHEL MARCHANT HONORED AS NEWMAN CIVIC FELLOW
Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has named 154 student civic leaders who will make up the organization’s 2023-2024 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. Rachel Marchant, a student at the University of Montana Western, will join students from 38 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico for the fellowship kickoff this fall.
RESEARCHERS ANNOUNCE OPENAI’S GPT-4 MATCHES OR OUTPERFORMS HUMANS IN CREATIVE THINKING TESTS
A team of interdisciplinary researchers, including Dr. Christian Gilde, Professor of Business at the University of Montana Western, Dr. Erik Guzik, Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Montana, and Dr. Christian Byrge, Professor of Business Creativity at Vilnius University, shared their findings during the University of Southern Oregon's Conference on Creativity from a recent study focused on the creative capabilities of AI. For the first time, OpenAI's GPT-4 scored in the top 1% on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT), matching or outperforming humans in the creative abilities of fluency, flexibility, and originality.