The Montana Board of Regents met in Helena on Thursday, but due to inclement weather and bad roads throughout the state, some regents were not able to attend.
Blair Fjeseth is the new spokesperson for the Montana University System’s Board of Regents and her first interview with KGVO News details the board’s achievements in 2017.
The Complete College Montana Summit was held on Wednesday at the University of Montana with over 150 stakeholders from the Montana University System, public schools and Montana tribal college representatives.
Deputy Commissioner of Higher Education Kevin McRae said several weeks ago that the legislature restored $11 million in funding to the university system, but that did not mean tuition would remain frozen.
Associate Commissioner of Higher Education Kevin McRae said the legislature came through in a big way for higher education in a season where the cuts could have been catastrophic.
A dramatic, late Friday afternoon $11 million addition to the Montana University System budget has cut almost in half the $23 million deficit it was anticipating for the next two years.
Two members of the national search team, AGB Search of Washington, D.C., were in Missoula Thursday for another visit to the University campus to help choose the finalists to replace Royce Engstrom, who was asked to resign in December.