Faculty leave growing programs at the University of Montana - KEILA SZPALLER, Missoulian

An assessment of 105 programs at the University of Montana had identified just 10 as "ready for growth," including Fillmore's small but robust Surgical Technology unit. The report noted that with additional staff, those programs could take off. But the additional resources never materialized. And now, at least some programs identified as set for growth in 2015 are instead losing faculty. Fillmore, former associate professor and once head of Surgical Technology, took an early retirement buyout, and she's one of multiple faculty members leaving from programs earlier identified as ready to grow, according to data from UM. http://missoulian.com/news/local/faculty-leave-growing-programs-at-the-university-of-montana/article_0557a112-ffea-53f9-8166-f566669db36c.html