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2020 News Listing

Montana Tech Nursing Named a Top RN to BSN Program

07/17/2020

Montana Technological University’s nursing program was named one of the top RN to BSN programs in the western region by NursingProcess.org, an online resource that simplifies access to nursing education and career information for students. ... Read More

Two Montana Tech Students Receive Prestigious MGS Scholarships

06/30/2020

Two Montana Technological University Students Receive Prestigious MGS Scholarships Montana Technological University is excited to announce that two graduate students are the sole recipients of the Montana Geological Society’s 2020 MSG Scholarship. The winners, Casey Penney and Carlos Montejo, are both pursuing master’s degrees at Montana Tech. Penney’s master’s thesis in the Department of Mining Engineering is entitled “Crushed Mine Waste as Aggregate in Shotcrete Mix Designs.” His advisor is Dr. Paul Conrad. Carlos Montejo is working on “Geological Mapping of Portions of the McGregor Peak, Marion, Murr Peak, and Hubbart Reservoir, 7.5’ Quadrangles, Flathead County, Montana, with emphasis on Quaternary Units.” He is working with Dr. Larry Smith in the Department of Geological Engineering. About the MGS Scholarship MGS promotes interest and research in geology and allied sciences by providing financial assistance for up to two student dissertation, thesis, or senior projects involving Montana geology and by providing a venue for students to present their work to geology professionals in Montana. ... Read More

Montana Tech Nanotechnology Laboratory Team Honored

06/29/2020

The Montana Tech Nanotechnology Laboratory (MTNL), directed by Dr. Jack Skinner, Montana Technological University Mechanical Engineering department head and associate professor, was chosen as the recipient of the Best Paper Award from the 2019 November/December issue of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B (JVSTB). ... Read More

Thomas Camm has article published

06/04/2020

Montana Technological University Mining Engineering Professor Thomas Camm's article "The Dark Side of Servant-Leadership" was published in the International Journal of Servant-Leadership. ... Read More

Montana Tech Announces Spring 2020 Honor Rolls

06/01/2020

The following Montana Technological University students have been placed on the Honor Roll (HR), Dean's List (DL), and Chancellor's List (CL) for the spring semester 2020 at Montana Technological University in Butte, Montana. ... Read More

Montana Tech Expanding Nursing Program

04/17/2020

Montana Technological University has received approval from the Montana State Board of Nursing to expand its bachelor of science nursing degree program. The nursing program will admit an additional ten students each semester beginning in fall 2020. ... Read More

Montana Tech 3D Printing Masks and Shields

04/15/2020

(Story by Kristine DeLeon and photos by Meagan Thompson with The Montana Standard) An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at Montana Technological University is bringing its tools and various fields of expertise to the effort to get personal protective equipment to clinicians who are treating patients with COVID-19 on the front lines. ... Read More

Montana Tech Events Going Virtual

04/08/2020

Typically, spring brings throngs of prospective students to Montana Technological University’s hilltop campus in Butte for tours and recruitment events. ... Read More

Magician Coming to Montana Tech Virtually

04/07/2020

Montana Tech Campus Life has teamed up with celebrity magician Daniel Martin to bring his Magic Night In to the campus and community. Daniel will teach magic tricks online while everyone spends quality time inside. ... Read More

Dr. John Ray has Article Accepted for Publication and Paper Accepted for Presentation

03/11/2020

Dr. John W. Ray of Montana Tech's Liberal Studies Department has had a peer-reviewed article entitled “Hegel’s Political Philosophy of Self-Knowledge: How Knowing Thyself Necessarily Occurs in a Political Community” accepted for publication in the Hegel-Jahrbuch Sonderband published by the International Hegel Society—Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin and the Freie Universitat Berlin. ... Read More

Montana Technological University Student Honored as Newman Civic Fellow

03/05/2020

Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the 290 students who will make up the organization's 2020-2021 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. The 2020 cohort—the largest group of Newman Civic Fellows to date—includes Hilary VanVleet, a student at Montana Technological University. ... Read More

Montana Tech Researchers Growing a Sustainable Water Treatment System

03/02/2020

Montana Tech Environmental Engineering assistant professor Katherine Zodrow along with Christina Eggensperger, Montana Tech Environmental Engineering graduate student, Marcus Holland, Montana Tech Environmental Engineering graduate student, and Mattia Giagnorio and Alberto Tiraferri from Politecnico di Torino, and Jessica Schiffman and Kerianne Dobosz from University of Massachusetts Amherst have recently published a paper, Sustainable Living Filtration Membranes, in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters. ... Read More

Mindfulness Course Offered at Montana Tech

02/05/2020

Montana Tech Counselors, Cricket Pietsch, LCSW, and Amy Lorang, PCLC, are offering a 4-session course on Mindfulness. The course gives students the skills to manage stress and enhance their general well-being. ... Read More

Theresa Rader Named College Board Regional Fellow

02/04/2020

Montana Tech's Theresa Rader has been named a College Board Regional Fellow. Rader is the Director of TRIO Support Services with the Institute for Educational Opportunities at Montana Tech. She has served in this role since 2015. ... Read More

Purse Strings 2019 a Huge Success

02/04/2020

The Women of Montana Tech presented Safe Space with a donation of $36,003.50 on Thursday, January 16, 2020. The funds were raised from the Women of Montana Tech’s Purse Strings purse auction and brunch held in October at the Copper King Hotel. The event brought together around 300 people to support Safe Space of Butte and enjoy time together with family and friends. ... Read More

Highlands College Launches First-Ever Apprenticeship Program

01/31/2020

In the spring of 2020, Montana Tech’s Highlands College and the Department of Labor (DOL) launched the first-ever apprenticeship program at Highlands College. With this partnership, Highlands College provides the educational component, and the DOL provides oversight, support to faculty and the employer, and the administration of the program. ... Read More

Robolution Takes Home Top Honor at Robotics Competition

01/27/2020

In January 2020, Robolution, the FTC robotics team sponsored by the Upward Bound program of the Institute of Educational Opportunities at Montana Tech, received the top honor INSPIRE award at the FIRST Tech Challenge held on the campus of Montana State University. ... Read More

Montana Technological University Students and Faculty to Present at NCUR 2020

01/27/2020

Twenty four Montana Technological University undergraduate students along with their faculty mentors have been accepted to present their research at the 34th annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR 2020). The event will see more than 4,000 students from around the world on March 26-28, 2020 at Montana State University. Faculty and students will share their scholarly research, network with their peers and faculty mentors, and meet with graduate school and corporate recruiters. ... Read More

Montana Tech Hosting Health Fair

01/03/2020

The Montana Tech Student Wellness Task Force is sponsoring a spring wellness fair titled “For the Health of It!” It is scheduled for January 27, 2020, from 10-1:30, in the Copper Lounge of the Student Union Building. ... Read More