Montana Education/Business Partnerships

The Montana Manufacturing Extension Center is a statewide manufacturing outreach and assistance center staffed by full-time professionals with degrees in engineering and extensive experience in manufacturing and business in a variety of industries. MMEC has a proven record of positive impact for client firms and the economy.

Gibson and Montana first lady Nancy Schweitzer presented the award, which comes from the grant program Teachers and Technology. It’s a joint effort between the Montana Association for Career and Technical Education and the Qwest Foundation.

Montana Tech has been awarded a nearly $1 million contract from the Western Electricity Coordinating Council http://www.wecc.biz to develop engineering software to more reliably operate power grids.

Dr.Apostle will be meeting with HVN to explore ways the local business community can become more actively involved in current initiatives within the Missoula County Public Schools (MCPS).

Businesses highlighted in the program include Amaltheia Organic Dairy Farm in Belgrade , JuJu Gear in Big Sky , the Montana Emu Ranch in Kalispell , HCR Industries in Lewistown , Nine Fingers Mustard in Laurel and Montana Monster Munchies in Bozeman .

Gov. Brian Schweitzer says Montana could gain $7 billion over the next three decades from the mining of Otter Creek coal near Ashland, and he wants the Legislature to consider earmarking some of that money for college students in the state and energy research.

Through his contacts at Benefis, Ender was able to get equipment worth about $20,000 for the cost of having it disconnected and moved to Billings and then reinstalled. For a little more than $9,000, the program virtually doubled its lab space.

“We are extremely pleased that we were able to increase the amount of Acce$$ Grant funds we
were able to provide to Montana students this academic year by almost $33,000,” said Kelly
Chapman, SAF’s vice president of Foundation Activities.

Since spring, the Missoula learning center has been hustling to meet the increasing demand of the area’s many displaced workers – helping with career exploration, providing mentoring and teaching refresher courses in math and writing.

In order to support and honor Montana family businesses, the Montana State University College of Business in Bozeman, supported by generous contributions, is hosting a keynote luncheon prior to the 2010 Family Business Awards ceremony on Friday, September 24, 2010.