Northern Plains Transition to Teaching (NPTT), an online graduate-level teacher preparation program based at Montana State University, is now accepting applications for a group that will begin Dec. 2. The preferential deadline for applications is Tuesday, Nov. 20. The NPTT program is designed to help seasoned professionals who already have degrees in teachable ...

Please find attached a proclamation ordering flags lowered tomorrow, October 26, 2012, in honor of Senator George McGovern. You may find the article linked here, describing his time as a resident of Montana of interest: http://missoulian.com/news/local/george-mcgovern-remembered-by-friends-neighbors-in-bitterroot-valley-missoula/article_405f1f00-1b7e-11e2-8f63-0019bb2963f4.html I apologize for the late notice. The Governor hopes you will join him in honoring Senator ...

Montana State University will host a conference on Dec. 7-9 honoring Robert Pirsig, writer and philosopher whose book "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," published in 1974, is one of the best-selling popular philosophy book of all time. The three-day event held at various locations on campus will include appearances ...

BOZEMAN - A fourth generation Montanan who chose academia over the grocery industry has published his first textbook. Paul Gannon's "Introduction to Energy, Environment and Sustainability" is now part of the core curriculum at Montana State University where Gannon is a faculty member in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. The ...

HELENA—First Lady Nancy Schweitzer today joined First Interstate Bank and One Warm Coat® to kick-off a coat drive across Montana. The First Lady's participation is part of the Governor’s Office of Community Service Winter Ready Montana initiative (serve.mt.gov) that highlights winter ready tips and resources and encourages Montanans to help others ...

The Montana State University chapter of Sustained Dialogue will screen a pre-release version of the political documentary, "Follow the Leader," at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in MSU's Procrastinator Theater. The event, held in recognition of De-stereotype Me Day, is free and open to the public. A question and answer Skype ...

Lynda Ransdell, professor of kinesiology at Boise State University, has been selected as the new dean of Montana State University's College of Education, Health and Human Development, university officials announced Monday. Since 2004, Ransdell has been at Boise State, where she served as head of the Department of Kinesiology from 2004-2008. ...

October 04, 2012 Five students in Montana State University's School of Architecture have demonstrated that good design sometimes is more than beauty, proportion and scale. A good, functional design can make the difference between life and death. Those students and two MSU architecture professors have designed plans for a new 11,500 square ...

MISSOULA – Anne Castle, assistant secretary for Water and Science in U.S. Department of the Interior, will deliver an address during the fourth annual symposium on Columbia River Governance held Wednesday through Friday, Oct. 10-12, at KwaTakNuk Resort in Polson. The symposium begins at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, and concludes at ...

(HELENA) - Governor Brian Schweitzer encourages communities across Montana to recognize American Indian Heritage Day today, Friday, September 28, 2012. “The Indian Tribes in Montana hold culture, tradition and the preservation of their language in high regard,” said Governor Brian Schweitzer. “I encourage the citizens of Montana to join me in ...

9/27/2012 (HELENA) – Today Governor Brian Schweitzer announced appointments to various boards and councils. Board of Banking (2-15-1025, Montana Code Annotated)      •   Jack Johnson, Billings. Qualification: public representative. Johnson is a retired teacher and received a master’s in education degree from then-Eastern Montana College in Billings. He was active in the Billings and Montana Education ...

Nancy’s Garden and Workers’ Compensation Management Program Recognized 9/25/2012 (HELENA) – Governor Brian Schweitzer announced today that two state programs received national recognition from Harvard University for its creative solution to a government issue. The programs, started by the Schweitzer Administration, are featured by Harvard’s JFK School of Government “Innovations in Government” ...

September 21, 2012 Aurene Sinnema, coordinator for the Montana State University Honors Program, represented the MSU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at the college honor society's national meetings this summer. Sinnema serves as secretary for the MSU chapter and attended the convention as the chapter's voting delegate. The convention was ...

September 21, 2012 Thomas Parac and Todd Eliason, both of Bozeman, received the Montana State University Alumni Foundation's highest award, the Blue and Gold Award, during MSU homecoming ceremonies held today. MSU President Waded Cruzado presented Parac and Eliason their awards at the President's Homecoming Luncheon and Alumni Awards Ceremony, held Friday, ...

September 21, 2012 The Alejandro Ziegler Quartette, an international group with a repertoire of classical and modern-day tangos, will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, in Montana State University's Reynolds Recital Hall. Born in the city of Buenos Aires, Alejandro Ziegler graduated from the University of California Los Angeles ...

September 21, 2012 Storming into town for Montana State University Homecoming this weekend is an enormous blue and gold vessel, firing up alumni, fans and friends for this Saturday's homecoming game day experience against Northern Colorado. The 37-foot rig, called the "Bobcat Prowler," makes its debut in the Homecoming Parade at 10 ...

9/20/2012 (Helena) – Governor Brian Schweitzer announced today that he will propose a tuition freeze to the 2013 legislature as part of his last biennial budget submission. This will be the third time the Governor has proposed a tuition freeze. “My Administration has cut more taxes for homeowners and small businesses than ...

September 19, 2012 Montana State University will observe American Indian Heritage Day with a variety of free events scheduled from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, on MSU's Centennial Mall. The events, which pay tribute to the cultural legacy and societal contributions of Native American people in Montana and the U.S., will ...