Montana Education/Business Partnerships

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Montana Career Clusters Conference – Business And Education Developing A Vital Future Together, 6/27-29, Kalispell, MT

This is a conference should be attended by everyone interested in the future of Montana. Remember…. The State with the Best Education Wins!

University of Montana program boosts profits for area growers. "Farm to College"

UM’s dining service is purchasing 15.6 percent of its $3 million food budget from regional producers as part of its Farm to College Program.

Professors, Jack Morton and Jerry Furniss start Web biz in collaboration with the University of Montana. "America’s Professor LLC"

Merging private industry with public education is a relatively new trend, and if monitored closely, business agreements such as these will benefit everyone involved, said Sheila Stearns, Montana commissioner of higher education.

"Classrooms for the Future" to help "out-innovate" using technology to ensure our students are ready for the jobs of the future."

Through Innovation America, governors are working to raise standards, strengthen curriculum, improve teaching and motivate more students to pursue careers in science and technology."

Montana Senator Max Baucus donates 25 computers to the "Computers for Schools Program".

25 computers from his office to be used by students at Libby, Lodge Grass, Poplar and Browning high schools.

Breaking ground for the future. Victor, Montana school officials give thanks to residents for support

Funds will compliment $1 million the Victor Schools Foundation raised through fundraising projects and a $1 million matching grant from the Mary Stewart Rogers Foundation. That money will fund a 24,000-square-foot building that will house a two-story performing arts center, the district’s science program and several classrooms.

Grants help Bozeman teachers plant sparks with students

Eleven proposals from teachers and schools have won grants from the nonprofit foundation, which was created to raise private funds to support Bozeman’s schools.

Regents endorse unique licensing agreement – "Reverse Tech Transfer"

“This whole thing is asking the regents to revise what they do and this is rather mystifying,” Morton said. “We are bringing outside intellectual property into UM and asking, ‘Do you want to be part of this?’ ”

Dawson Community College program will give Eastern Montana an edge on biofuel production

“We’ll teach the first round of knowing how to do it,” he said. “Our job as a community college is to give that basic training.”

Club donates $$ to improve science ed in Billings High Schools

"Part of the organization’s main goal is to make sure we’re doing everything we can to get kids interested in the sciences, particularly engineering," said Adam Gollofon, a petroleum engineer for Nance Petroleum and the chairman of the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ local chapter.