Montana Education/Business Partnerships

Graves’ proposal to use Palm Pilots for field work earned him one of the 50 Toyota Tapestry grants awarded nationwide. The grant program recognizes science teachers who develop innovative programs in environmental or physical science, or who come up with a way to use science to improve reading and writing skills.
"Our hope is to inspire the minds early and hope that’s something that will be a catalyst for lifetime science learning," Richlynn Kaiser, a spokeswoman for Toyota.

The program consists of safety instruction and four levels of carpentry training, he said. High school students will generally complete the safety courses as well as the first level of training, Williamson said.

“It’s focused at juniors and seniors in high school,” Laughery said.

"This is an ideal collaboration with INSA and the very significant role that the College of Technology is playing in health care workforce development in our region," said George Bailey, INSA executive director.

The Byrnes Accounting and Finance Research Seminar Series is a component of the first funded professorship at The University of Montana School of Business Administration. The program is part of the Donald J. and Carol…

In the next 10 years, our state is facing a crisis. Many of the key people who provide the infrastructure for Montana will be retiring. Who are they?

"The investment he and his family have made at the University of Montana has been instrumental in moving our program into its current position as one of the nation’s top pharmacy programs." Dave Forbes, dean of the College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences.

Our mission is to provide a media arts curriculum for middle school and high school students ranging in age from 12 – 18 years. Our mandate focuses on the rural regions of the country, areas that have a lack of arts programming and quality job opportunities.

In 2001, Karen and Klein Gilhousen gave $5 million to establish the Gilhousen Telecommunications Endowed Chair and Gilhousen Scholarships for the electrical and computer engineering department. Gilhousen is the cofounder and vice president of the Fortune 500 company Qualcomm, Inc., and he holds 63 U.S. patents.

An anonymous donation combined with proceeds from last week’s fund-raising ball produced $77,000 to cover those admission costs, said Shelley McKamey, museum director. Subsidies will also be offered to help schools pay travel expenses, with preference going to distant schools.

Another example is Stanford University’s Technology Ventures Program, which focuses on high-technology entrepreneurship education. Throughout the nine-month fellowship, students get to work with 20 or more entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in class. They also pair up with mentors from companies where they’ll work over the summer. This helps students better understand the company’s business objectives and allows them to develop an early relationship with potential employers.