Montana State University ... … … … …                     It’s Bobcat Football Season!!!!   For any of you that have a home town football team to route for, you know what I mean!  Saturday afternoons were meant for tailgate parties, socializing, and a good old fashioned dose of home town spirit.  It’s where men, women, and children come together in a great outdoors to find a sense of pride and community involvement.  In the tailgate area of MSU, it’s a sea of blue and gold.  We have a new addition to our stadium, it is the end result of several years of fund raising, and then an $8M construction project, meaning employment for many, and a renewed chance at being able to purchase tickets for a home game!  We had a record number of attendees this last game, over 18,500 of us to cheer on ... 10/04/2011

The recession and anemic recovery have been hard on businesses, homeowners and job seekers, but it's turned out to be a boon for Montana State University.  As more young Americans decide to go to college rather than hunt for work in a tough job market, MSU's enrollment has swollen. Thanks to those students and to the 5 percent tuition hike students are paying this year, MSU expects to start the school year with money in the bank. As a result, MSU President Waded Cruzado just announced that she plans to ask the Montana Board of Regents in September to approve pay raises of 1 percent plus $500 this October and 2 percent plus $500 next October for non-union employees, which would be similar to raises negotiated over the summer with union groups. "It's great news, hopefully, that we can giv... 08/31/2011