BOZEMAN, Montana, June 7 (TNSacc) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Public comments about Montana State University's Department of Education are invited as part of the college's regular accreditation process through the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, or CAEP. Comments must be received by Aug. 12. The Department of Education, which is housed in MSU's College of Education, Health and Human Development, will host an accreditation visit by CAEP   more

HELENA, Montana, June 7 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte recently expanded work-based learning opportunities for Montana students, signing three bills into law to support schools in offering internships, apprenticeships, and Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. "Student success and Montana's future depend on classroom innovation and individualized and work-based learning," Gov. Gianforte said. "We'll continue to think outsi  more

HELENA, Montana, June 8 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte on Tuesday hosted U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Randy Moore in Montana to tour federally owned and managed forests and emphasize the need for active forest management. "I'm grateful to Chief Moore for traveling to Montana to see the severity of the forest health crisis we face," Gov. Gianforte said. "We must increase the pace and scale of forest management across federal, st  more

HELENA, Montana, June 6 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Governor Greg Gianforte today celebrated the groundbreaking of the Dvele modular home manufacturing plant in Butte, projected to create nearly 500 good-paying Montana jobs. Representing an $80 million investment by Dvele, the new facility will support the production of affordable workforce housing in Montana. "With our business-friendly environment, unmatched quality of life, and Mont  more

HELENA, Montana, June 7 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Time is running out. Governor Gianforte has not yet accepted Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) that could provide $10 million in food assistance to 73,000 Montana children, and subsequently to the local economy and the 750 stores in the state that accept P-EBT. If the Governor fails to accept the federal funds, the state will "miss its last opportunity to use full federal funding to build a sum  more

HELENA, Montana, June 8 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Potential Senate candidate Tim Sheehy might be sweating his support for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment standards as it becomes a "top political concern" in GOP primaries. If Sheehy runs, he "will have to make it out of a GOP primary, where his past comments about ESG standards could come back to haunt him." Reporting today from the Washington Examiner found that "  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 10 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A property in the Gallatin Valley with a long history of agricultural use will enter a new chapter as Montana State University's Montana Agricultural Experiment Station leases it to grow seed for crop varieties developed by the university's plant breeding programs for Montana producers. The roughly 317-acres of farmable land within the Highland Glen area, bordered by Kagy and Highland boulevards a  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 6 (TNSjou) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: New insights into how modern-day birds evolved from their dinosaur ancestors were published last month in the journal PNAS, led by a Montana State University assistant research professor. The publication casts light on the processes that helped birds adapt for flight using physiological processes that may have implications for human health. Dana Rashid of the Department of Microbiology and Cell Bio  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, June 7 (TNSper) -- The University of Massachusetts School of Law issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Today, UMass Dartmouth Provost Hanchen Huang announced that Professor Sam Panarella will become the next Dean of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School of Law on July 18. A tenured professor of law at the University of Montana since 2011, Panarella teaches contracts, business transactions, law practice, and renewable energy & climate change law  more

LONG BEACH, California, June 6 (TNSper) -- California State University issued the following news release: Royce W. Smith, Ph.D., has been named dean of the College of the Arts, bringing to The Beach a deep understanding of college-specific strategies and community building. Smith's appointment, announced by Karyn Scissum Gunn, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, is set to begin July 1. Smith has served the past seven years as dean of the College of the Arts and Architect  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, June 7 (TNSres) -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: On the night of June 12, 2022, a storm system began dumping rain on the Beartooth Range of northern Wyoming and southern Montana. Over the next 24 hours, about four inches fell on the still snow-covered peaks of the northern Rockies. The rain-on-snow effect drove a rapid loss of mountain snowpack. Because of this, streams and rivers quickly swelled out   more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, June 6 (TNSper) -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: Today, UMass Dartmouth Provost Hanchen Huang announced that Professor Sam Panarella will become the next Dean of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School of Law on July 18. A tenured professor of law at the University of Montana since 2011, Panarella teaches contracts, business transactions, law practice, and renewable energy & climate change law and has rese  more