Montana Education/Business Partnerships

OCR also created an online database to track, organize and synthesize university-to-business relations.

"What we specialize in, here at the COT, is giving students experience so they can go out a make a difference in their chosen field,"

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"The more real-life a concept can be made, the more pertinent and relevant students find (it)," she said. "It puts arms and legs on the concepts rather than being in the abstract."

From January to April of 2004, teams of seniors enrolled in the College of Business will work with local businesses in developing a business plan that fits their needs.

Nearly $1.2 million in federal money will help MSU-B expand the process-plant program and create new programs to train badly needed workers.

In addition, according to 2002 financial figures, the indirect economic impact from faculty, staff and students is $24.8 million, for such things as housing, transportation, retail trade and services.

In all, about 25,000 maps will be distributed to Montana students, teachers and principals, Floberg said.

President Bush will announce a new initiative in his State of the Union address to give community colleges more money to train American workers – a proposal that addresses joblessness, a key issue in November’s presidential race.

The University of Montana College of Technology recently received corporate contributions for two programs in the industrial technology department. The recreational power equipment program received a 2003 Yamaha Mountain Viper snowmobile from Yamaha. The sled…