BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 19 -- Montana State University issued the following news: As a researcher who, for years, has studied how to help students succeed in college, Montana State University associate education professor Tricia Seifert has learned that there is what she calls a "hidden curriculum," particularly for students who may be the first in their family to attend college. For example, she said, the term "office hours" means different things at high schools and colleges. Students in high more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 16 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Gov. Jared Polis joined governors from Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming late last week to reaffirm a multi-state partnership to coordinate electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure along major transportation corridors throughout the Intermountain West region. Signing a new Regional Electric Vehicle (REV) West Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)--which updates an MOU sign more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 19 -- The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services issued the following news release: A court decision ... is allowing enforcement of emergency rules to temporarily restrict the sale of flavored e-cigarette products in Montana to begin. "We have refused to stand idly by while a powerful industry hooks a new generation of users and puts them right in the path of the national outbreak of lung injury and death," said Department of Public Health and Human Servic more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 19 -- Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued the following statement regarding the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling striking down the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate: "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit did what I asked it to do: hold Obamacare's individual mandate unconstitutional while protecting insurance coverage for the approximately 150,000 Montanans with pre-existing medical conditions. "I will continue to fight for Montanans to ensure th more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Montana's unemployment rate remained at 3.4% in November, as both total employment and the labor force grew. The U.S. unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points, to 3.5%. "As this decade comes to an end, Montanans can be proud of the economic expansion they have powered. Over the last 10 years, Montana has added 53,000 jobs and recorded the sixth fastest wage growth in the nation," Governor Bull more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 18 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Bullock announced the release of the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP), which will provide the state with a five-year strategic framework for identifying trends, issues, and challenges facing the state's outdoor recreation and natural resources and offers recommendations for outdoor recreation priorities across the state. "It's no secret that Montana is an incredib more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 16 -- Montana State University issued the following news: A mountain meadow glittering with fresh snow may seem a picture of purity, but for Bekah Anderson, a Montana State University senior majoring in chemical engineering, the picture is more complicated. Working with dozens of snow samples taken over the past year from Big Sky Resort, Teton Pass and other Rocky Mountain sites, Anderson uses microscopes and other specialized laboratory tools in MSU's Center for Biofilm more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 16 -- Montana State University issued the following news: Montana State University announced this week that Nic Rae will step down as dean of the College of Letters and Science at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year in June. Rae, who took on the dean's role in 2013, plans to return to teaching within the college's Department of Political Science. Rae holds a doctorate in politics from Oxford University and an undergraduate degree in politics from Edinburgh University. more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 17 -- Montana State University issued the following news: Montana State University Extension's Schutter Diagnostic Lab (https://www.msuextension.org/), the core of MSU's Integrated Pest Management Program (http://ipm.montana.edu/), released the first three in a series of educational videos earlier this month outlining the services the lab provides. The lab, which works closely with MSU's College of Agriculture, helps growers identify and manage pest problems using multip more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 19 [TNSgrants-U.S. Air Force] -- Montana State University issued the following news: Under a $10.5 million Air Force contract awarded in September and made possible by a new Montana State University research facility, MSU researchers will assist local high-tech company S2 Corp. with developing next-generation optics technology. Much of the technical effort involved in the partnership between MSU and S2 Corp. will take place in the Applied Research Lab and other research  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 21 -- Montana State University issued the following news: College Gazette, an online higher education magazine, has recognized Montana State University on its list of the top 10 public universities on the rise across the nation. To compile the list, College Gazette chose schools that have made measurable strides over the past 20 years in a variety of areas, including their programs, student and alumni accomplishments, faculty accolades and research programs and expendit more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit ruled a portion of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. This Trump-backed lawsuit is the Republican health care plan to rip away health care from millions of Americans. Here are some of the ways this lawsuit could have disastrous results for Montana: * 85,200 Montanans who have gained coverage through Medicaid expansion could become uninsured. * Insurance plans could refuse more PR