Montana Education/Business Partnerships

During the four-month courses, students will help manage special consulting projects requested by area businesses and non-profit organizations.

"The Burrell family came to us, we didn’t go looking for them… they said there were going to engage in this process of looking at how feasible it was to have a school in Montana," said MSU News Service Director Tracy Ellig.

MMEC will be hosting two lunch sessions: Lunch is included and free.

"This should be part of the curriculum"

Riverside Middle School is the only middle school in Billings — and one of only 15 around Montana — to have the program.

"This is a great opportunity for these students to come in and get hands-on experience, as well as to see what one of these potential careers might look like for them." says Charla Merja, trades division coordinator at Great Falls College MSU.

This fall, Associate Professor of Marketing Suzanne Tilleman presented a new project to her students in BMGT 410: Sustainable Business Practices. Working directly with Bayern Brewing, she asked teams of students to develop ways to expand the local business’s recycling efforts as a class project.

The Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Montana State University http://www.montana.edu/business/index.html and Human Scale Business http://humanscalebusiness.org , in partnership with Etsy https://www.etsy.com/craftentrepreneurship , are offering a new program that will provide micro-business training…

"It’s a great partnership where ATG recruits the best and the brightest from the University of Montana and hires graduates who have the opportunity to deliver world-class consulting to national and international clients from Missoula, Montana," Stergios said. "Montana graduates don’t have to leave the Missoula Valley and head to Silicon Valley to find fast-paced, high-paying technology jobs."

"We know from experience, Montana is an excellent place for tech innovation and we’re thrilled to support the forward-thinking approach spearheaded by the Montana Code School," said Justin Bigart, CEO of Wisetail.