Montana Education Excellence

Montana State University’s "Expanding Your Horizons," a day-long program to be held on Saturday, April 25, that is designed to motivate girls in grades 6, 7 and 8 to pursue careers in math and science.

“We don’t know of anybody else doing this type of work, and if they are, we’d love to know who they are,” Thompson said. “We have the advantage of having a major collection of tribal interviews to draw from.”

Local students captured four first-place finishes in the state Business Professionals of America conference recently at Flathead Valley Community College.

"In retirement, you’ll still see me around campus," Gamble said in his letter.

Honors programs promote academic excellence and foster social, professional and civic responsibility while encouraging civil discussion and debate of ideas.

The mission of the Montana Business Plan Competition is threefold: to provide a positive educational experience in which students receive feedback and advice from experienced business professionals, to foster economic growth through the creation of new businesses in Montana, and to provide a forum for students to interact with the community.

Williams is humbled by the most recent honor and described emeritus standing as at “the top of the heap” of the many awards he has received during his distinguished political and education career. Standing in front of a classroom provides Williams with the “most joy in my life,” he said.

In 2008, seven of the top 10 research projects at the Billings Clinic Science Expo came from Central students, including the first-place winner. The students behind two of the projects were invited to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, with one team finishing in fourth place, while another competed for the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize.

Through the foundation’s Learning by Giving program, the class will award grants ranging from $500 to $2,500 to nonprofits focusing on youth, education and health issues in Missoula County.

Today, lawmakers are dealing with declining state revenue and deciding how to divvy up a one-time shot of federal money to stimulate the state economy.