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News from MT Technological University BUTTE — It’s more than an eight-hour drive from Oroville, Washington, to Butte, Montana, but Montana Tech mining engineering sophomore Kylie Acord says it was worth traveling to campus for Tech Day to get a taste of the hands-on learning experiences and campus life the University offers. “It was really fun,” Acord said. “I toured the Mining Engineering Department and the Electrical Engineering Department. I liked that instead of talking about their departments, they each had some sort of hands-on activity that related it to what they do. It helped me make my college decision. I was actually a part of the Montana Tec...

News from Flathead Valley Community College KALISPELL — Flathead Valley Community College officials have announced the names of students who made the Dean’s List for the Fall 2024 semester. The following students are listed in alphabetical order by their home communities and completed at lea...

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 ...

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 ...