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Montana State University Billings has honored eighty-three-year-old attorney Maria Elena Beltran, who taught herself to speak and write English, and then worked her way through law school as a single parent of six children.  For Beltran, who was honored as one of six outstanding MSUB alumni on Friday, the lawyer who gave her inspiration was Charles “Timer” Moses, who died in 2014...

Montana State University Billings announced Wednesday it’s bringing back the perennial science expo aimed at young women, with a few new additions.  Girls-n-Science, formerly known as “Chicks in Science”, will take place on April 1 at the MSUB Alterowitz Gymnasium...

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has unveiled a proposal to address deficiencies in higher education opportunities for veterans and is promoting bills targeting rural teacher shortages in his remarks at Montana State University Billings on Monday.  Tester is the highest-ranking Democrat on the Veterans Affairs Committee, the Senate’s only farmer, and a former school teacher himself...

Where do you get your news?  The Montana State University Billings Library is presenting a panel discussion on the growing social impact of fake news on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 6:30 p.m. in the Royal Johnson Community Room.   Fake news has influenced opinion and policy, been prevalent on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more.  D...

A century removed from the election of the first U.S. congresswoman, and moments away from the defeat of the first woman nominee from a major party for president, Montana State University Billings will convene a discussion on the next chapter of history for women in American politics...

Thanks to a generous gift from the Haynes Foundation, Montana State University Billings will be adding more than $1 million to its scholarship endowments.  MSUB Foundation President Bill Kennedy announced the gift on Wednesday.  The Haynes Foundation endowment of over$1,165,000 will add to MSUB’s scholarship bank in perpetuity...

Montana State University Billings will have a new baccalaureate nursing program next fall.  The Montana University System Board of Regents approved the proposal Thursday at City College.  The regents approved university budgets and projects for institutions across the state...

The Montana University System Board of Regents are expected to vote today on a proposed baccalaureate nursing program in Billings, and program backers turned out Wednesday to support it.  Referred to as an “RN to BSN Completion Program,” the proposal aims to ease the transition for students who complete the associate degree coursework for nursing through City College...

The child care center at Montana State University Billings will close on September 9th.  Aaron Clingingsmith, director of university relations and communications at MBUB, said that the operator, Massachusetts-based Bright Horizons, wasn’t able to make it financially solvent...

Montana State University Billings officials have compiled an early budget draft for the upcoming school year, in a period of deep cuts due to declining enrollment. The university is on track to complete its two-year, $4.4 million budget reduction...