New Auditorium Coming to UM

The University of Montana will be getting a new auditorium where teachers, legislators, researchers and students can gather to be inspired and equipped to learn.

Ali Auditorium will be connected to the west end of the Education building on the university.

The Alice Lee Lund Charitable trust gave a 5 million dollar gift to the college to make expanding its facilities and building Ali Auditorium possible.

The auditorium will soon be the largest classroom and presentation venue at UM.

It will provide a dynamic, stimulating environment for numerous statewide, national and international seminars, conferences and lectures.

Additionally, it will be open to departments across U-M’s campus and local community groups, making it a valuable addition to the region as a whole.

Communications and outreach director at the college of education, Peter Knox, says they are incredibly grateful for this opportunity that the Lund trust has provided the university.

“It’s incredibly powerful to have somebody give a very substantial gift like that and feel so powerful about their experience at UM and part of our education program. It says a lot about what we do here and the type of graduates and students we have in our program who feel compelled to give back to their field and the organization that got them to where they are,” said Know.

Knox said the construction date for the auditorium is still to be determined, anticipates groundbreaking could be early next year or in to 2018.

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