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By Skylar Rispens, UM News Service MISSOULA — The University of Montana received a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support a new Democracy Studies Program. Led by history professors Claire Arcenas, Kyle Volk, and Jeff Wiltse, the grant seeks to foster democratic values and revitalize the humanities while also supporting faculty research over the next three years. UM is one of 30 colleges and universities across the nation to receive this financial support to develop humanities-grounded research and curricular projects from the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest funder of the arts, culture and humanities. “Fostering deep understandin...
KALISPELL - Flathead Valley Community College’s Theatre Department presents “The Art of Dining” by Tina Howe, opening Feb. 6. Cal and Ellen are the owners and sole staff of a small, elegant gourmet restaurant. Cal’s main preoccupation is paying back the loan they took to start i...

By Reagan Cotton, MSU News Service BOZEMAN — The project began as an effort to re-engineer ancestral dinosaur traits in modern birds. Dana Rashid, an assistant research professor in Montana State University’s Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, had collaborated with the Mu...
News from FVCC KALISPELL — The Wachholz College Center is thrilled to host speaker Dr. Abraham Verghese on May 5, 2025. Verghese was Vice Chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University for 15 years as well as a NY Times Bestselling author. He is a prominent voice in medicine ...

News from Salish Kootenai College PABLO — The Salish Kootenai College (SKC) Board of Directors announces the resignation of Interim President Dr. Michael Munson, effective Jan. 13, 2025. Dr. Munson has accepted a new position at Washington State University as the Associate Vice Provost of Tribal R...

News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA - Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the appointment of Jillien Streit as Director of the Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA). “Jillien Streit comes to this role with a strong background in agriculture and business, ready to advocate fo...

News from the MSU News Service BOZEMAN — For more than 40 years, an area of Cretaceous rock exposures in northwest Montana has been the site of exciting fossil discoveries, including ones by paleontologists from Montana State University’s Museum of the Rockies. Now, it has been named an Inte...
SNHU announces Fall 2024 President’s List News from Southern New Hampshire University MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE — It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University congratulates the following students on being named to the Fall 2024 President’s List. The fall ...

News from Wachholz College Center, FVCC KALISPELL - The Wachholz College Center’s Wanda Hollensteiner Art Gallery on the campus of Flathead Valley Community College is excited to announce their upcoming exhibition, works by Missoula based artist and ceramic sculptor, Adrian Arleo. Arleo’s wo...
News from Montana Stockgrowers Foundation HELENA — The Montana Stockgrowers Foundation (MSF) is now accepting applications for the Dr. Raymond Ansotegui Overeducated Cowboy Scholarship. After his passing in 2023, the Ansotegui family established a memorial fund through MSF to honor Ray&rsquo...