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SafetyFestMT

WorkSafeMT puts on safety training throughout the state of Montana, training that is of high quality and free to participants. This video gives you an idea of what to expect when you attend a SafetyFestMT training event.

SafetyFestMT: Missoula 2011
December 5-9, 2011
Hilton Garden Inn Missoula
Free registration at http://www.safetyfestmt.com

SafetyFestMT: Billings 2012
February 27 – March 2, 2012
Billings Hotel and Convention Center

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Jake Jabs Gifts 25 Million to MSU College of Business

Jake Jabs, president and CEO of American Furniture Warehouse based in Denver, announced that he will give $25 million to MSU’s College of Business.  It is the largest private gift made in the history of Montana higher education.  Article at mtbusiness.com.

-MSU News Service

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How did they do that? MSU Bobcat Themed Horizon Plane

Horizon Air recently added UM and MSU themed jets to their fleet.  Here is a time lapse of the MSU Bobcat plane getting the make over.

MSU Research – Baking Soda Increases Algae’s Oil Production

BOZEMAN — Montana State University researchers have discovered that baking soda can dramatically increase algae’s production of the key oil precursors for biodiesel.

The same ingredient that causes cookies to rise in the oven, the same agent that calms upset stomachs and removes odors from refrigerators is the elusive chemical trigger that scientists have sought since the early 1990s, said Rob Gardner, an MSU graduate student in chemical and biological engineering and a native of Afton, Wyo.

When added at a particular time in the growing cycle, baking soda more than doubled the amount of oil produced in half the time in three different types of algae.

-MSU News Service

UM President Engstrom’s Update 10/29/10

University of Montana’s President Royce Engstrom’s Weekly Update

UM President Engstrom Update 10/22/10

University of Montana President Royce Engstrom weekly video update

MAPS – Behind the Scenes with Nancy Schweitzer

MAPS Media Institute – Behind the scenes with Montana’s First Lady, Nancy Schweitzer.  The MAPS team is in Bozeman at Montana State University to shoot a commercial for the Math and Science Initiative.

Vote for Monte! Capital One Mascot Challenge

the 2010 Capital One Mascot of the Year – Challenge.  A Previous winner,  Monte from the University of Montana Grizzlies is again among the finalist! Vote today!

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Look at what they are doing at Montana State University

TERRA is produced by the Department of Media and Theatre Arts at Montana State University in association with their MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking – the only degree of its kind.  For more information check out the Program at MSU

“Untitled for James”

MISSOULA – A short film made by recent University of Montana graduate Ali Tabibnejad is one of 100 entries competing for $50,000 and the chance to become a feature-length movie.

Tabibnejad made “Untitled for James” earlier this year as his thesis project, then entered it in OpenFilm.com’s first-ever “Get it Made” competition. The 19-minute movie features a cast and crew made entirely of UM students and was shot on campus, around Missoula and outside Kalispell. Tabibnejad earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in digital filmmaking from UM in May.

More than 100 films are competing in the first round of the contest. The public can view the entries at openfilm.com, and anyone with an e-mail address can create an account and vote for their favorite film during the month of July.

After public voting closes, the top six vote-getters will go before a panel of judges that includes film industry professionals James Caan, Robert Duvall, Mark Rydell, Scott Caan and others. The panel will select one winning film. The winner will receive $50,000 cash and a $200,000 financing contract to turn their short film into a feature film.

“Untitled for James” has been viewed more than 6,000 times and has been consistently among the top six vote-getters since voting began.

-UM News Service