Generous donors moved by story of hard-working Montana State University Billings student

Early one morning in September, Montana State University Billings http://www.msubillings.edu student Caitlyn Linder finished her night shift at Walmart, drove to campus at about 6:30 a.m. and walked to the library, where she waited for it to open.

Chancellor Rolf Groseth was taking his usual morning walk around campus when he stopped to chat with Linder, who was seated on a bench outside the library.

Hearing that she had worked all night and then came directly to campus, he thought to himself, "You’d better pick up the pace, Groseth, with students like that counting on you."

Linder’s example so impressed Groseth that he mentioned the encounter during his inaugural address a few weeks later.

A Billings couple sitting in the audience was touched, too, by the student’s dedication and contacted the university to offer her financial help.

But first, the university had to find her.

By MARY PICKETT Of The Gazette Staff |

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