Montana Education/Business Partnerships

When Ray Rogers and Pat Dudley start talking about their health care informatics plans, it’s hard to contain their excitement. “ This could be done anywhere in the country,” said Dudley, director of human resources…

Idaho could be the home of bio-engineered glue or new computer security software or even a cure for cancer. Or the development of these technologies could stay stuck in a laboratory if not nurtured, financed…

Accomplished University of Montana history Professor Mehrdad Kia has been hired as the University’s next director of the Office of International Programs and assistant vice president for research. Kia was selected for the position from…

Universities and the investment they pour into R&D are "major factors" that contribute to a region’s economic growth, concludes a recent report funded by the Ewing Marion Kaufman Foundation, NCOE and the U.S. Small Business…

Researchers have known for years that regions with strong universities tend to be more prosperous and innovative. After all, there’s a reason why many of America’s leading technology companies emerged out of Silicon Valley (home…

Russ Cherry ran two fast-food restaurants in Salt Lake City before selling them to move back to Billings. He remembers workers tossing coins into a tip jar rather than giving them back to customers, probably…

The University of Tennessee needs to tap its entrepreneurial potential and be allowed to benefit from it financially, the school’s new president said Friday. By: Tom Sharp Memphis Commercial Appeal Speaking to the Governor’s Conference…

Sam McDonald Jr., the chairman and CEO of Wendy’s of Montana, outlined three things to do with money: # Spend it. # Give it away to family or charitable causes. # Let the government get…

Sharron Quisenberry of Montana State University has been appointed by President George Bush to the Board for International Food and Agriculture Development. Quisenberry is dean of MSU’s College of Agriculture and director of the Montana…

Montana Campus Compact (MTCC), a statewide higher education organization that supports campus-based public service, has received a grant to place 14 new Volunteers in Service to America members at campus and community agencies throughout the…