Montana Education/Business Partnerships

These services will be exclusively for MSU students.

Montana now has more than 700 apprenticeship business sponsors in 60 occupations statewide.

"I’m concerned about our wonderful university being hijacked by right-wing money," Goetz said Friday. "The Kochs preach the gospel of academic freedom, but common sense tells me otherwise."

Montana students, from elementary to adult learners, became the first in the nation to use this innovative tool on a statewide basis.

The establishment of the endowment demonstrates the more than 50-year commitment of The Haynes Foundation to promoting higher education in the state of Montana and helping to prepare MSU students for a lifetime of success, according to the foundation.

"This new effort is just another way for us to gather data on industries," said Ewan. "It gives the university an idea of what the private sector is doing. It’s not particular to any single industry. The form is there to capture what the need is."

Have you ever had a great idea for a product or service that you’d like to pursue?

This allied science building has been on the docket for so long that it’s running the risk of fading into the background. It needs to be completed.

That’s where Billings comes in.

In the first few years, the website has helped about 500 students annually. Wombolt said she is hoping to help 750-1,000 children this coming school year.

The United Way of Cascade County-led Graduation Matters Initiative constantly works to increase on-time graduation rates and decrease the number of high school drop-outs.