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Year Founded: 1893 Institution Type: public, doctoral Degrees and Programs: more than 125 major options within its colleges and programs—agriculture; arts & architecture; business; education, health & human development; engineering; letters & science; nursing; university college; Gallatin college programs; and the graduate school Degrees Offered: associate, bachelor, master, doctoral Faculty/Student Ratio: 1:17 Mascot: bobcat Colors: blue & gold Athletic Division: NCAA Division I Athletic Conference: Big Sky Conference Varsity Sports — Men: football, basketball, NIRA rodeo, track, cross-country, Alpine and Nordic skiing, tennis and Spirit Squad (cheer and dance) Women: volleyball, basketball, track, crosscountry, tennis, NIRA rodeo, golf, Alpine and Nordic skiing and Spirit Squad (cheer and dance)

Learning MSU’s research and inquiry-based curriculum inspires big ideas.

Through the integration of learning and discovery, students gain hands-on experience that prepares them for successful careers or advanced education. Graduating seniors consistently outperform their peers nationally on professional exams in business, engineering, nursing and dietetics. Students in all of these disciplines boast pass rates of approximately 90 percent or better on their respective professional exams.

Discovery MSU is among just two percent of all colleges and universities in the U.S. with “very high research activity,” according to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. MSU has

maintained its place in the top tier classification since 2005 and continues to offer significant opportunities for research, scholarship and creative work. Research expenditures exceeded $100 million in 2011, and areas of expertise include biomedical sciences, energy, environment, solar physics, agriculture, optics, road ecology, cold regions science, Yellowstone studies and paleontology.

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• Many of MSU’s programs are recognized among the best in the country, including architecture, business, filmmaking, graphic design, equine science and engineering.

• The 2010–2011 Bobcat athletic season yielded a National Women’s Team Rodeo title; a sub-four minute mile from track athlete Patrick Casey; and a football conference title.

MSU highlights: • MSU is in the top 20 colleges and universities in the

nation for its number of Goldwater scholarship recipients, an award for excellence in math, science or engineering.

• 60 percent of Montana’s high achieving high school graduates who stay in state for college choose MSU. • More than 190 active technology licenses and 80 patents are currently issued for MSU discoveries.

• MSU has the largest Alumni Association participation in the Big Sky Conference.

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Jordan Kennedy, a mechanical engineering sophomore and first generation Blackfeet descendent, won first in the oral and poster presentation at the 2010 National American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) conference.

Museum of the Rockies paleontologist Pat Leiggi has received the Gregory Award, an international award for outstanding service to the field of paleontology, for his work to protect fossils on federal land.

Discover leading research Scientists in MSU’s Energy Research Institute have discovered that baking soda is a chemical trigger that dramatically increases algae’s production of the key oil precursors for biodiesel. The discovery, made by professor emeritus Keith Cooksey from microbiology, and professor Brent Peyton and graduate student Rob Gardner, both from chemical and biological engineering, may enable biofuel companies to increase production in less time.

Led by MSU earth sciences professor Cathy Whitlock, researchers from MSU, the University of Colorado, the University of Idaho and collaborators at the USDA Forest Service will study fire and climate change in sensitive forests in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand with a $3.85 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The project will help inform fire management and educate fire scientists and managers worldwide.

Using a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), a team of MSU researchers discovered flourishing colonies of rare moss, worms and various forms of shrimp that live near geothermal vents at the bottom of Yellowstone Lake. The team was led by John Varley, former director of Yellowstone Center for Resources at Yellowstone National Park, and Tim McDermott and Bill Inskeep, both from the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences and MSU’s Thermal Biology Institute.

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Through a partnership with Reach, a local organization devoted to empowering adults with disabilities, students in professor Laura Stanley’s industrial engineering class worked with adults with disabilities to help them develop efficient ways of working independently.

A new Veterans Support Center, located in the Strand Union Building, opened in fall 2011 to provide space for speakers, seminars, resources and support services to assist approximately 500 student veterans in their transition to higher education. MSU was also designated a “Military Friendly School” for the second year in a row

by G.I. Jobs magazine in 2011.

MSU’s newly expanded Bobcat Stadium was completed

for the start of the 2011 football season, adding 5,000 new seats and bowling in the end zone to improve the game day experience for students, alumni and fans.

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Four teams of business students recently competed in regional competitions and earned top places. Student teams placed second at the Beta Alpha Psi Regional Conference (accounting), CFA Society of Spokane Investment Research Challenge (finance), and the district level of the National Advertising Student Competition (marketing); and the Students in Free Enterprise Club (SIFE) were first runner up in their league. Business students not only succeed in competitions, but they also outscore their peers in the National Field Test Business with a cumulative average in the 90th percentile.

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Powder Magazine ranked Bozeman as the No. 1 Ski Town in North America, noting Bridger Bowl’s proximity and local popularity. Bridger is also the site of numerous MSU research projects such as ski research conducted by John Seifert, a professor in health and human development; and avalanche studies conducted by professor Ed Adams in civil engineering.

A group of students from MSU’s School of Film and Photography collaborated on a film that showcases 50 of Montana’s best freestyle skiers and freestyle snowboard riders, many of whom are MSU students. “Come Find Us,” is a feature-length film that combined the filmmakers’ passion for snow sports with their education. find more points of excellence at w w w. m o n ta n a . e d u / c pa / p o e