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RightNow Founder Greg Gianforte funds efforts to bring more computer science students to MSU

October 3, 2013 /

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RightNow Technologies founder Greg Gianforte has pledged to give Montana State University more than $200,000 over three years to initiate three programs to recruit students into computer science and help meet the state’s demand for high-tech workers.

"This gift from Mr. Gianforte will help spark future student interest in the high-tech careers that are at the center of a fast-growing area of Montana’s economy," said MSU President Waded Cruzado. "We have seen in the past that great things happen when entrepreneurs become partners with Montana’s land-grant university."

By Sepp Jannotta, MSU News Service

Full Story: http://www.montana.edu/news/12179/gianforte-funds-efforts-to-bring-more-computer-science-students-to-msu