Montana Education Excellence

Organizers keep in mind the motto "knowledge is what you use to get ahead in life," Bayne said, and strive to give kids hands-on lessons to help them make life decisions. The events are open to students in kindergarten through high school.

"It’s unusual for students to win a significant competition like this without having a lot of faculty involvement,"

It’s one of the reasons I appreciate college towns like Missoula.

“It’s vibrant and exciting,” said Russell Daniels, a transfer student who moved here from Salt Lake City. “There’s a lot of energy, youthful energy, all kinds of energy.”

"We are pleased with these results that show our students have superior knowledge and skills relative to the majority of business graduates across the country," said Rich Semenik, dean of the MSU College of Business. "The Bracken Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Business Education in the College has most certainly had a primary effect on student skill development. The small classes, which are taught by a highly skilled faculty member, give our students the personalized attention they deserve in their quest to prepare themselves for the challenges of a business career."

The Excel Mentor Program has been active at CMR and Great Falls High School for one year, and data show that when students work with a mentor, they do better in classes.

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“One of MAPS goals is to create jobs for our graduates in the media – a field they are passionate about,” Rosten said. “The Darby program gives us this opportunity and we’ll be hiring 2006 MAPS graduates Luke McLean and Danielle Corona to work with our new Darby students.”

"MSU has achieved a major milestone as a research university by surpassing $100 million in expenditures," said MSU vice president for research Tom McCoy. "For a campus of our size, this is an incredible testimonial to the superb quality of our faculty."

‘‘The reason I went off to school, I had a mentor, a P.E. teacher, who went to school in Missoula,’’ the Montana State University-Billings graduate said.

“You can enjoy both ‘the outdoors and a great education’ at The University of Montana, a school that ‘is whatever you want it to be,’” begins the two-page profile of UM in The Princeton Review’s current edition of “The Best 361 Colleges.”