The University of Great Falls Receives Grant from the Montana Space Grant Consortium to fund the university’s science programs

The University of Great Falls http://www.ugf.edu/ has received a $44,000 grant to fund the university’s science programs.

The grant came from the Montana Space Grant Consortium http://spacegrant.montana.edu/ .

Money from the grant will be used to make science a more hands-on experience at the University of Great Falls.

"Inquiry-based learning" will be instituted in the school’s biology program, which encourages students to use critical thinking to guide research and learn how to solve real-world problems.

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