The University of Puerto Rico,Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) or Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM) in Spanish,is a public land-grant university in Mayagüez,Puerto Rico. UPRM is the second-largest university campus of the University of Puerto Rico system. In addition to its status as a land-grant university,it is also a member of the sea-grant and space-grant research consortia. In 2009,the campus population was composed of 12,108 students,1,924 regular staff members,and 1,037 members of the education staff. In 2013,the student population remained relatively steady at 11,838,but the instructional faculty dropped to 684. In the second semester of 2019 around 12,166 students were enrolled. By the end of the academic year 2022-2023 there were 10,071 students enrolled. UPRM has been accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) since 1946.
Montana State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in Bozeman,Montana. It is the state's largest university. MSU offers baccalaureate degrees in 60 fields,master's degrees in 68 fields,and doctoral degrees in 35 fields through its nine colleges. More than 16,700 students attended MSU in the fall 2019,taught by 796 full-time and 547 part-time faculty. In the Carnegie Classification,MSU is placed among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity",one of only two universities to receive this distinction with a "very high undergraduate" enrollment profile. The university had research expenditures of $129.6 million in 2017.
The College of Montana was a private liberal arts college that existed in Deer Lodge,Montana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Founded in 1878 as the "Montana Collegiate Institute",the school was the first institution of higher learning in Montana. The College of Montana name was adopted in 1883. For much of its existence,the college was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
James R. Reid was a Canadian American who was a Presbyterian minister. He served as the second president of Montana State University from 1894 to 1904.
Bozeman High School is a public high school for grades 9 through 12 located in Bozeman,Montana. It is the second-oldest high school in the state of Montana. In 2024,it had an enrollment of roughly 1,263 students,and was accredited by the Northwest Accreditation Commission. Before 2020,when Gallatin High School opened,enrollment was roughly 1,800 per year.
Roland R. Renne was an American agricultural economics professor who served as President of Montana State College from 1943 to 1964. Renne was also active in Washington,D.C.,and United States overseas agricultural economics work. He was the 1964 Democratic candidate for governor of Montana.
The Montana State University Library (MSU Library) is the academic library of Montana State University,Montana's land-grant university,in Bozeman,Montana,United States. It is the flagship library for all of the Montana State University System's campuses. In 1978,the library was named the Roland R. Renne Library to honor the sixth president of the university. The library supports the research and information needs of Montana's students,faculty,and the Montana Extension Service.
Promethea Olympia Kyrene Pythaitha is an American child genius with an IQ of 173. She started reading at age 1,began learning college-level calculus and was profiled by a CBS News 48 Hours special on "Whiz Kids!" at age 7,and at age 13 became the youngest student to complete work for a bachelor's degree from Montana State University in Mathematics.
Geoffrey Gamble is an American linguist who served from 2000 to 2009 as the 11th president of Montana State University.
Michael Peter Malone was an American historian who served from 1991 to 1999 as the 10th president of Montana State University. One of Montana's preeminent historians and writers,he was named by both The Missoulian and the Great Falls Tribune newspapers as one of the 100 most influential Montanans of the 20th century. His Montana:A History of Two Centuries was called the "definitive history of the state" by the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
William John Tietz Jr. was an American veterinarian who was Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University from 1971 to 1977 and president of Montana State University from 1977 to 1990. A group of historians named Tietz one of Montana State's four most important presidents in 2011.
Carl Weston McIntosh,Jr. was an American professor of forensics and acting. He served as president of Idaho State College from 1947 to 1959. He was acting executive dean when the college achieved its independence from the University of Idaho in March 1947,and he elevated it into a four-year,bachelor's degree-granting institution in December 1948. He left Idaho in 1959 to become president of Long Beach State College. He oversaw the college's rapid growth from less than 10,000 students to 28,000 and two name changes. He was named president of Montana State University in 1970. He established the university's nursing and pre-medical education programs and completed its first football stadium and creative arts complex,but also faced a years of fiscal austerity imposed by the state legislature. He retired in 1977.
Leon H. Johnson was an American chemist and mathematician who served as President of Montana State University from 1964 to 1969. A group of historians named him one of Montana State's four most important presidents in 2011.
James McClellan Hamilton was an American historian and economist who was the third president of Montana State University. He served from 1904 to 1919. A group of historians named Hamilton one of Montana State's four most important presidents in 2011.
Augustus Meader Ryon (1862–1949) was an American mining engineer who served as the founding president of Montana State University. He also has the distinction of having the shortest tenure of any president of the university,only a single year.
Dorothy Eck was an American politician in the state of Montana. She served in the Montana Senate from 1980 to 2000. Eck was also active in feminist movements including the League of Women Voters and served as a delegate to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention.
The Jake Jabs College of Business &Entrepreneurship (JJCBE),previously known as the MSU College of Business is the business school of Montana State University,a public land-grant university located in Bozeman,Montana. The college offers a Bachelor of Science in Business degree at the undergraduate level and a Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAc) degree as well as a Master of Science in Innovation and Management (MSIM) at the graduate level. The college is named for MSU alumnus Jake Jabs,president and CEO of American Furniture Warehouse who donated $25 million in 2011 to the university to modernize the college.
Genevieve "Gennie" DeWeese was a modernist painter and prominent member of the art community in Bozeman,Montana. Gennie and her husband,Robert "Bob" DeWeese were notable for the major role they played in the development of the Montana contemporary arts community.
In Montana,TRAILS is a statewide consortium of academic libraries which includes all 23 of Montana's public,private and tribal community colleges and universities. TRAILS serves over 49,500 students,faculty,researchers and community members,providing access to over 4,000,000 library items. The consortium is expected to save seven million dollars over a five-year period. TRAILS maximizes the return on resource investment,enhances teaching and research,improves the user experience,and encourages shared expertise among members of institutions across the state.
Henrietta Mann is a Native American academic and activist. She was one of the designers of the University of California,Berkeley,the University of Montana and Haskell Indian Nations University's Native American studies programs. In 2000 she became the first American Indian to hold the endowed chair of Native American studies at Montana State University and was honored with the Montana Governor's Humanities Award. She retired in 2004 and became a special advisor to the president of Montana State University.
