Montana Education Excellence

Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, on Tuesday blasted Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spelling over funding levels in the president’s budget for rural education programs during a House Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.

It is important to remind voters that approving Referendum 118 won’t raise anybody’s taxes. We’ve been paying the six-mill university system levy every year for nearly six decades now. And it will remain every bit as crucial for every year of the next decade as well.

"These schools deserve this recognition as they are not only showing major progress, but have to overcome significant barriers to improve student achievement," said Superintendent Linda McCulloch.

"We are doing our best to allow as many students and community members as possible to hear Beah’s story of hope, redemption and leadership," said Carmen McSpadden, director of the MSU Leadership Institute http://www.montana.edu/leadership/ that broght Beah to campus.

We’d like to offer some answers to these questions. But until UM gives up their game of hide -and -seek, thanks to UM’s disregard for openness and a pervasive culture of silence, we can’t.

"eXtension is a sort of next-generation Google, where curious minds can find a range of information including how to calculate their retirement readiness score, tips to easing credit card debt, how to grow the best tomatoes on the block or ways to set a schedule for a new-born baby,"

An emergency mass alert system via text messaging has been worked out between the University of Montana’s Office of Public Safety and UM’s Information Technology Office in the event of a campus-wide crisis

Student filmmakers exposed issues of teen pregnancy, racism, drug use and mental health. They profiled subjects as they celebrated rural life, family, sports and Native culture.

Through cutting-edge technological advancements paired with
common sense and the tenacious curiosity of University researchers,
UM is evolving with wisdom, resolve and grace.

"It’s all about having fun being a girl and being proud of being smart."