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With Halloween creeping up on us, Jeff Puryear, the Manager of Montana Young Writers, announced the most recent task in a line-up of writing contests for students in Montana: Tales from Halloween. Writers are invited to compose a piece of micro-fiction with Halloween or Halloween night as the backdrop. Submissions are being accepted from October 5 through October 30. Puryear, who is an Assistant Professor of Gifted Education in the University of Montana's (UM) Department of Teaching and...
Student applications for the Western Aerospace Scholars (WAS) program are available now, and the junior level program application is due by October 30, 2020. Presented in two phases, WAS is an online distance learning course and a summer experience specifically designed for high school students interested in pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) pathways through the exploration of space and space travel. Phase One involves a four-month online course designed by NASA and the University of Washington (UW). Scheduled for the...
nd Western Heritage Center (WHC) announced the thirteenth class of inductions into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. Those announcements included Turner resident Lzetta Martha (Combes) Halingstad and Duane Daniel Werk of Chinook. Both will be honored in an induction ceremony in conjunction with the annual MCHF event gathering in Great Falls the second weekend in February 2021. "Due to COVID restrictions, we are still in the tentative planning phase for our celebration," stated Christy Stensland,...
As part of the Montana Beef to School Project, two schools in Blaine County will be the recipients of local beef, which their cooks will use in meal preparation and serve in their school cafeterias. This practice provides economic support for local ranchers, meat processors, and agricultural communities while also potentially increasing students’ awareness of Montana’s ranching heritage and about the origin of their food. Since its inception in 2015, the Montana Beef to School (B2S) Project personnel have made it their goal to assist sch...
Humanities Montana is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Governor’s Humanities Awards. These awards recognize individuals and organizations that demonstrate excellence in the public humanities. Leaders in the public humanities engage their communities in reflecting on diverse cultures, traditions, histories, and their relevance to current conditions of life. Past awards have recognized historians, novelists, tribal elders, philosophers, librarians, teachers, and other cultural leaders whose contributions have transformed lives and s...
