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31st International Wildlife Film Festival, 5/10-17, Missoula, Montana
2008-05-10

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2008-05-12

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University of Montana Class of 2008: Grad looks to clean water around globe and at home in Lame Deer. Graduation a dream come true for Indian nursing student at MSU

Chauncey Means sits quietly in a chemistry laboratory, tinkering with a silica polyamine composite. The concoction, he explains with gentle patience, is amazing: It takes heavy metals out of water. By combining the proper amounts of the proper ingredients, he says, polluted water can be cleaned up. Means' work is part of an international research project to remove uranium from polluted waters ...

Develop education in Montana, not just coal

Minerals and timber, agriculture and oil are all important for Montana’s economy, but their value is constrained by market forces often beyond our control. Montana certainly relies on its resource economy, and we should be proud of the food and power we’ve provided the nation and world, but that’s not all we can be. Far too many of our state’s political leaders are more concerned about resource extraction ...

Record number of American Indian engineering graduates powered by new Montana State University support program

Sydney Resel will walk alone across the podium to receive her bachelor's degree in civil engineering, but she says she could not have gotten there by herself. "Something I learned is that you need people with you in life, especially in engineering," said Resel, who originally came to Montana State University as a film major but switched to engineering because she wanted a degree that would allow ...

MSU's Tim Alzheimer Recognized for Work with High School Business Programs - 2007 "Most Outstanding High School Economics Program"

Tim Alzheimer, College of Business adjunct assistant professor of finance and former commercial bank officer, was awarded the 2007 "Most Outstanding High School Economics Program" from Business Simulations, Inc. in Pompano Beach, Florida, in April 2008. This award recognizes Alzheimer's administration of the High School Business Challenge Simulation for the Montana Council for Economic Education. The ...

Why are tech entrepreneurs moving to Boise?

I meet a lot of people these days that are moving to Boise to start their next tech business. I recently asked s good friend, Dave Clemons, President of LearnKey why he is doing business here in Boise. Here’s his response: This is an honest opinion from an entrepreneur who needs a support system to be successful in launching and scaling a business. I thought what I would offer you is a basic ...

The Montana World Trade Center - How Can We Catalyze Growth in Montana? Export our Expertise

That's the idea behind the Montana Environmental and Engineering Consortium. (MEEC) http://www.mwtc.org/MEEC To promote international business opportunities for our members through partnership collaboration and cooperation. The ability to apply this unique model to natural resource, environmental, and development issues around the world. Full Story: http://www.mwtc.org/uploadedFiles/Ne ... Article.pdf ...

Montana Meth ad theme will return - “15 bucks for sex isn’t normal. But on meth it is.”

The Montana Standard’s online comment community reacted strongly to the announcement that the Montana Meth Project http://www.montanameth.org/ was pulling one of its billboards after complaints the image was too sexually graphic and disturbing for general consumption. Some members of the Laurel-based Montana Family Coalition, a state-wide Christian and family group, complained the image depicted ...

Eleutian Technology of Ten Sleep, Wyoming wins funding, may add jobs

A newly formed joint venture between a Ten Sleep company and two South Korean firms could mean more than 100 new jobs in Powell and additional jobs in other communities around the Bighorn Basin. Eleutian Technology http://www.eleutian.com/ employs more than 150 certified teachers in Wyoming for conversational English instruction using high-speed video teleconferencing with students in South ...

Montana State University Mountains and Minds spring 2008 issue now available

An MSU Yellowstone study that is redefining ecology, the best horseshoeing school in the country -- hammers down, and maybe the fastest family on earth, are but three of the stories in the spring 2008 issue of MSU's Mountains and Minds magazine, now available. The third issue of the award-winning magazine also includes a story on the remarkable bonds of MSU graduates in Hollywood, the MSU student ...

Step-by-step guide to build a leader - "Developing the Leader Within You"

JOHN C. Maxwell is well known and published in the arena of leadership, and Developing the Leader Within You (Nelson (Thomas) Publishers) http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadershop/6666-6.html is meant to be a guide as such. Each chapter in Developing the Leader Within You takes us to the next important element in becoming the leader that we were meant to be. He starts at the lowest level of ...

Computer game's high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine

Gamers have devoted countless years of collective brainpower to rescuing princesses or protecting the planet against alien invasions. This week researchers at the University of Washington will try to harness those finely honed skills to make medical discoveries, perhaps even finding a cure for HIV. A new game, named Foldit, turns protein folding into a competitive sport. Introductory levels teach ...

Idaho companies experience success in foreign markets

Potting Shed Creations, Double L, PakSense Inc. and DAWAR Technologies are a few exceptional examples of Idaho companies who have experienced success in foreign markets with the help of the U.S. Commercial Service. U.S. Commerce Department’s Export Achievement Certificates were awarded to these businesses on May 7 during World Trade Day at the Grove Hotel in Boise. The award recognizes companies ...

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