MATR Newsletter – November 22, 2019
The state with the best education wins!

Come Home Montana

• Montana Career Opportunities – System Administrator for Research Cyberinfrastructure, Strategic IT Managing Director, Network System Communication Analyst I and more… – Montana State University

  As the state’s land-grant university, Montana State integrates education, creation of knowledge and art and service to communities. Montana State University will transform lives and communities in the people’s interest. System Administrator for Research Cyberinfrastructure Strategic IT Managing Director Network System Communication Analyst I more…. –

• Montana Career Opportunities – Deans – School of Business, College of Arts & Media, College of Humanities and Sciences – University of Montana

  Dean, College of Arts and Media Sprunk & Burnham Dean, College of Business Dean, College of Humanities and Sciences

• Montana Career Opportunities – Director of Research Compliance and Technology Transfer, Executive Director, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, – University of Montana

  Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science Executive Director, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center Director of Research Compliance and Technology Transfer School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science more….

• Montana Career Opportunities – Account Executive, Marketing Manager/Operations, Business Analyst, Salesforce Software Engineer and more… – PFL

  What We’re Up To. We are still a printer delivering a top end experience. We are always growing, improving and innovating our printing business. Our software teams develop tools to help marketers and sales teams integrate direct mail, print and much more. See Why You’d Love It Here.

• Montana Career Opportunities – Surveyor, Utility Manager, Internship IT Computer Support Help Desk and more… – Montana Department of Transportation

  We work with communities to deliver custom transportation solutions. The work we do has a direct impact on our community and the quality of life here in Montana.

TicketPrinting

• Montana’s Eventgroove – Create a Customized Event Page and Sell Tickets Online

  Free for event hosts – very low fees for ticket buyers.

Great Falls Development Authority

• Join GFDA for Development Coffee, Friday, December 6th at 7am

  Join GFDA at NeighborWorks Great Falls as we chat with fellow and potential investors for monthly Development Coffee

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

• MTFP coordinating statewide reporting project on aging in Montana

  The state’s median age, according to U.S. Census data, is 39.8 years, making Montana the 10th oldest state in the nation, and the oldest in the western U.S. stories.

• New Fund Gives Rural Businesses Access to ‘Patient Capital’

  A change in USDA investment licensing is allowing banks serving rural areas to make private equity investments in businesses.

• Made in Montana Monthly: Holiday Edition

  Welcome to the holiday season. Are you ready? Here’s a simple checklist to help your business shine.

• A Montana Rancher’s Everyday Challenges – Prairie Ponderings: Looking up and out a source of hope

  In our region – Montana, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming – bankruptcies are up 50%, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

The Creative and Cultural Economy

• Missoula writer Stephanie Land’s memoir “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive” headed to Netflix

  “‘Maid’ is a poignant portrait that chronicles Stephanie Land’s strife and victories, and has the power to connect with our members around the world as they identify with her struggles and root for success.”

Come Home Idaho

• Is Idaho (and Montana) prepared for climate refugees from California?

  We should acknowledge that the entire arid American West shares a common danger, and Idaho is not exempt.

Wyoming Business

• Jackson Hole, Wyoming mulls ways to preserve Western character

  “You need a quiver here of arrows to approach this because every property owner and every property is going to be unique.”

Education News

• Montana Board of Regents to vote on pay raises for university presidents

  If the regents approve, all three will receive a boost in salary from their current $320,122 to $326,524, effective Jan. 1.

Government News & Events

• $10M coming to Montana to get mothers better health care during and after pregnancy

  The money will go toward a variety of programs all meant to connect rural providers and their patients with experts in specialized pregnancy and postpartum care in other parts of the state.

Government Technology

• What’s New in Civic Tech: Google and Boulder, Colo., Team Up

  Residents of Boulder will be able to use to determine if they qualify for public programs, discounts or rebates.

Non-Profit News

• 1 Million Cups Missoula – 12/4

  Entrepreneurs present business ideas to the local community and learn how those around them can support their business in it’s growth.

American Prairie Reserve

• The Next Yellowstone: A New Kind Of National Park in Montana – American Prairie Reserve

  Biologists believe American Prairie Reserve may represent the last best place to pursue a wildly ambitious restoration of the Great Plains — and at a time when many have lost faith in the government to protect wild places.

Careers

• MontanaWorks for your career development – Advancing opportunities for Montana businesses and workers

  Advancing opportunities for Montana businesses and workers

Transportation

• Tesla Could Deliver ‘Full Self-Driving’ Within Weeks. – Tesla Cybertruck design stuns: ‘Eccentric,’ ‘eye-popping’ or ‘weird’ ‘piece of junk’?

  “While it’s going to be tight,” Musk said, “It still does appear that we will be . . . in early access release of a feature-complete Full Self-Driving feature this year.”

• New housing development in Arizona won’t allow residents to bring cars

  A car-free experiment breaks ground in Tempe

Cool Stuff That’s Coming

• How The 2010s Transformed Business, And What The Next Decade Has In Store

  Leaders need to be prepared for the employees of the future having entirely different expectations of work – they won’t want to stay in stressful jobs and they will demand a much better work-life balance – which in turn will require new leadership approaches.

Energy and Climate Change

• Idaho National Labs Leading the Way In Microgrid Development

  Idaho National Laboratory has the expertise and infrastructure to test numerous aspects of these modern energy systems.

Privacy, Hacking and Virus Alerts

• Google Will Pay You $1 Million If You Can Hack Its Phones

  The $1 million offer is for anyone who can show off a unique attack on its Pixel 3 and 4 phones, as long as they allow for persistent access to the device.

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