Dan Bowling

The ADA Award honors individuals whose important contributions advance education and employment opportunities for people with disabilities at UM. Award recipients demonstrate commitment and perseverance to overcome challenges, continually set a high standard of excellence by honoring the importance of civil rights laws, and create broad and lasting contributions in support of UM's commitment to accessibility.

The Outstanding Teamwork Award recognizes staff from any office, unit, department, group, or staff within an office, cross-functional group of staff, or committee of staff members who have worked together in an exceptional manner to perform an assigned task.

Dan was project manager for the software processing side of the Veteran's Data Warehouse project. Collectively, the team eliminated hundreds of thousands of dollars of university reimbursement and VA student debt by improving… Show more

The Outstanding Teamwork Award recognizes staff from any office, unit, department, group, or staff within an office, cross-functional group of staff, or committee of staff members who have worked together in an exceptional manner to perform an assigned task.

Dan was project manager for the software processing side of the Veteran's Data Warehouse project. Collectively, the team eliminated hundreds of thousands of dollars of university reimbursement and VA student debt by improving cross-functional communication and creating processes to automatically give advance notice to students trying to use their VA benefits for ineligible courses. Show less

The EDUCAUSE Rising Star award is intended to recognize an emerging leader in higher education IT whose record reflects ongoing and exceptional growth in contribution to the profession and increased levels of leadership, responsibility, and sphere of impact.

CIO Matt Riley nominated Dan for the national EDUCAUSE Rising Star Award, citing three primary reasons for the endorsement: 1) primary contributor to UM's collaborative web projects, 2) turning negative complaints about accessibility… Show more

The EDUCAUSE Rising Star award is intended to recognize an emerging leader in higher education IT whose record reflects ongoing and exceptional growth in contribution to the profession and increased levels of leadership, responsibility, and sphere of impact.

CIO Matt Riley nominated Dan for the national EDUCAUSE Rising Star Award, citing three primary reasons for the endorsement: 1) primary contributor to UM's collaborative web projects, 2) turning negative complaints about accessibility into positive by transforming UM into a web accessibility leader through policy, process, vendor engagement and buy-in, 3) Graduating from MOR Associates program as an IT leader, hosting an Unconference, relationship-building and advocacy. Show less

First place startup pitch for a volunteer management system. Startup Weekend Missoula began with 35 pitches and was reduced to a 54-hour competition for 12 leading teams. iWillHelpOut.com gained enough traction to earn a small VC funding offer but was ultimately not converted into a business.

For generous support of students through the activities and programs in Student Affairs.

National award for web development project that automated financial reconciliation of declining balance accounts in accordance with lost property laws. The software eliminated years of backlog, substantially reduced staff workload, and provided positive customer experiences in a process that is traditionally burdened with beuracracy.