Montana State University - Bozeman

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motto ="Mountains & Minds"
established =1893
type =public, land-grant, coed
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275 part-time
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city =Bozeman
state =Montana
country =U.S.
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nickname =Fighting Bobcats
affiliations =Big Sky Conference, NCAA D-I
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Montana State University - Bozeman (MSU) is a public university located in Bozeman, Montana, U.S. It is the main campus in the Montana State University System and the state's land-grant university. MSU offers baccalaureate degrees in 51 fields, master's degrees in 41 fields, and doctoral degrees in 18 fields through its nine colleges.

Over 12,420 students attend MSU, and the university faculty numbers approximately 700 full-time and 420 part-time. The university's main campus in Bozeman is also home to KUSM and the Museum of the Rockies. MSU provides outreach services to citizens and communities statewide through its eight Agricultural Experiment Stations and 60 [http://extn.msu.montana.edu/ county and reservation Extension Offices] .

History

MSU was founded in 1893 as the state's land-grant college, and named the "Agricultural College of the State of Montana." Later renamed the "Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts," by the 1920s it was commonly referred to as "Montana State College" (MSC).

Recognizing the institution's growth and excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, the state assembly renamed the institution Montana State University on July 1, 1965. Located on the south side of scenic Bozeman, the university's sprawling 1170 acre (4.73 km²) campus is the largest in the state. The elevation of the campus is 4900 feet (1493 m) above sea level. [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=12&X=620&Y=6321&W=2&qs=%7cBozeman%7cMT%7c]

Distinguishing facts

MSU is the national leader for Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowships and is among the top ten institutions in the country for recipients of Goldwater Scholarships. The university counts among its graduates several recipients of the Rhodes and Truman scholarships, and MSU has consistently produced winners of "USA Today" Academic All-America honors. "U.S. News and World Report" has routinely listed MSU as one of America's "best buys" for undergraduate education, and ranks it in the third tier of National Universities. Montana State University offers the world's only Master of Fine Arts degree in Science and Natural History Filmmaking, and MSU's Museum of the Rockies is home to the largest T. Rex skull ever found--bigger, even, than "Sue" at the Chicago Field Museum.

Montana State University has recently made a name for itself as "the University of Yellowstone," for its extensive research and scholarly activities concerning the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Montana State University has received more than five times the number of National Science Foundation grants for Yellowstone studies than its nearest competition, Stanford and UCLA, according to David Roberts, head of MSU's ecology department.

Athletics

MSU athletic teams are nicknamed the Bobcats, and they participate in NCAA Division I (I-FCS for football) in the Big Sky Conference, of which Montana State University is a charter member. Originally playing as the Aggies, men's teams compete in football, basketball, track, cross-country, skiing, and tennis. Women's teams include volleyball, basketball, track, cross-country, tennis, golf, and skiing. The school has won several national championships in men's rodeo, two in football and one in men's basketball.

Montana State boasts one of college basketball's legendary teams, the Golden Bobcats of the late 1920s. The school's basketball teams had acclaimed fame throughout that decade by playing "racehorse basketball," becoming one of the first schools in the nation to employ what we know as the fast break. Montana State coach Ott Romney, a graduate of the school himself, pioneered that style of play, and by 1926 had assembled a team perfectly suited to playing an up-tempo brand of ball. Cat Thompson, Frank Ward, Val Glynn and Max Worthington for the heart of the Rocky Mountains' best basketball team, as MSC won the Rocky Mountain Conference title three straight seasons, besting powerful outfits from Utah State, BYU, Colorado, and Denver U each season. The 1928-29 team reached college basketball's zenith, defeating the AAU Champion Cook's Painters in a two-of-three series and steamrolling to the Rocky Mountain Conference title. The team was named National Champions by the Helms Foundation, which also eventually named Cat Thompson one of the five greatest players in the first half of the 20th century in college hoops. Here are the sports they have:

*Men's Basketball
*Women's Basketball
*Men's Cross Country
*Women's Cross Country
*Football
*Women's Golf
*Men's Skiing
*Women's Skiing
*Men's Tennis
*Women's Tennis
*Men's Track & Field
*Women's Track & Field
*Women's Volleyball

Non-school sponsored sports:

*Men's Hockey
*Men's Lacrosse

Football

2007 football schedule

Infobox NFL_season
team = Montana State Bobcats
year = 2007
record = 6-5 (5-4 Big Sky)
division_place = NR (4th Big Sky)
coach = Rob Ash
stadium = Bobcat Stadium
playoffs = N/A
previous = 2006
next = 2008

Colleges

* [http://ag.montana.edu/ College of Agriculture]
* [http://www.montana.edu/wwwdt/ College of Arts and Architecture]
* [http://www.montana.edu/cob/ College of Business]
* [http://www.montana.edu/wwwed/ College of Education, Health & Human Development]
* [http://www.coe.montana.edu/index.php College of Engineering]
* [http://cls.wilson.montana.edu/ College of Letters and Science]
* [http://www.montana.edu/wwwnu/ College of Nursing]
* [http://bozeman.msugf.edu/ College of Technology in Bozeman]
* [http://www.montana.edu/uc/ University College]
* [http://www.montana.edu/wwwdg/ College of Graduate Studies]

Notable alumni

* Arthur F Carmazzi Best selling author and international speaker on leadership and corporate culture change
* Jan Stenerud ('67 Bus) - One of only three kickers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Former football player for the Kansas City Chiefs (1967-1979), Green Bay Packers (1980-1983), and Minnesota Vikings (1984-1985).
* Dr. Joe Coyne Founder of DGRM: Doctors for Gay Rights and Marriage
* Doug Coombs - the World Extreme Skiing Championship, in 1991 and 1993 [Porter Fox, "Legendary: Remembering Doug Coombs" "Powder" 35, no. 1 (Sept. 2006): 76-87, on 77.]
* Henry Cratesmer - Founder of the famous Streamline Stapler company. Revolutionized the way staplers were made in America.
* Kevin Donovan - [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1019493/ film director]
* Dennis Erickson - former NFL head coach and the current head football coach at Arizona State University.
* Steven C. Hackett ('83 Ag Bus) - economist.
* Jim Jellison ('89 ME) - Boeing Engineer.
* Jon Johnson - [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0425416/ film sound editor]
* Craig Kilborn - talk show host and actor played basketball for the Fighting Bobcats
* David S. Lee - Chairman of the Board, eOn Communications Corporation, and Regent, University of California
* Jared Warford - World famous nude unicyclist
* Alex Lowe - prior to his death in October, 1999, considered by many to be the world’s best climber
* Emil Petaja - noted science fiction and fantasy author
* Brian Schweitzer - Governor of Montana
* Patrick Cates - Founder and president of the Anti-Griz Hippy Hater Coalition.
* Mary Schweitzer - North Carolina State University paleontologist, first to discover soft tissues in a dinosaur bone
* Divaldo MBunga
* Joe Tiller - Head football coach at Purdue University
* Sarah Vowell - writer and journalist with PRI's "This American Life"
* Adam Frey - Head soccer coach at University of Washington.

See also

References

External links

* [http://www.montana.edu Montana State University - Bozeman] - official university site
* [http://www.msubobcats.com/ MSU Bobcats.com] - official athletics site
* [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=12&X=620&Y=6321&W=2&qs=%7cBozeman%7cMT%7c Terraserver.microsoft.com] - USGS topo map (& aerial photo) - MSU campus
* [http://www.arch.montana.edu/ MSU - School of Architecture]
* [http://www.montana.edu/misc/aboutmsu.php About MSU] - information and statistics]
* [http://marching.montana.edu/ MSU - Spirit of the West Marching Band]