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MSU was selected as one of 14 schools in the nation to receive funding to support a Beckman Scholars Program. The funding will continue through 2010 and provides five MSU students $19,300 each to conduct research for two summers and the intervening academic year. The purpose of the program is to provide scholarships to advance the education, research, training and personal development of undergraduates majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, and the biological and medical sciences. Related Information |
| The College of Nursing installed a cutting-edge simulation laboratory, completed in fall 2008, to allow student to experience emergency and critical patient simulations before caring for patients in hospitals. The unit is like a miniature intensive care unit and includes two life-sized patients, an adult and a baby, that can be programmed to exhibit symptoms of various health conditions.
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Three groups of MSU researchers sent experiments on the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which launched in March 2008. A team of MSU microbiologists, led by Barry Pyle, is studying how space affects common bacteria that accompany astronauts into space; other MSU scientists, led by Dave Klumpar and Tim Minton, launched experiments to see how conditions in space affect materials that could be used in or on spacecrafts Related Information |
| MSU students and faculty in the physics department are key participants in controlling the sceince operations of two major Sun-observing satellites currently in orbit, NASA's TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer), and Japan's "Hinode" (Sunrise). One of TRACE's four ultrviolet telescopes was built by an MSU graduate student. |
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Paleontologists from MSU began using a mobile laboratory in summer 2008 that enabled them to chemically analyze fossils the same day they're excavated, before degradation began. The mobile lab was acquired in partnership with paleontologists from North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and was used at digs in Eastern Montana. Related Information |
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Five MSU architecture students and their professors designed and built a structure that set a new Guinness World Record for largest sculpture made of canned goods. The students broke the record by building a giant helping hand from nearly 46,000 cans of food at the Rothbury Music Festival in Rothbury, Michigan. Related Information |
| A new partnership between MSU's Department of History and the Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center provides hands-on opportunities in historical research, digital archiving, cultural resource management and museum studies. The Center, which contains the second largest archival collection in the National Park Service, gives students experiences with collecting, cataloguing and digitizing artifacts, and working with exhibits. |
| The College of Nursing has implemented "Sim Man," a life-sized patient simulation model used to help students practice diagnosing and treating a variety of medical symptoms. The technology will be available at all four MSU campuses.
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| The country's oldest and most established online learning program for science teachers is housed at MSU. The National Teachers Enhancement Network (NTEN), established in 1993, has offered more than 12,000 course enrollments to science teachers from all 50 states and many foreign countries. About 30% of enrollments are Montana teachers. NTEN has earned prestige among online science programs for its combination of MSU's rigorous content with active learning techniques and interactive network of science educators. NTEN is a program of Extended University's Burns Technology Center. http://www.scienceteacher.org
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| MSU students are at the intersection of learning and the discovery of knowledge through research. Core 2.0 is an innovative inquiry and research-based curriculum created to provide all students the best possible learning experience. It ensures an undergraduate research experience from four areas: arts, humanities, natural science and social science. Related Information |
| The Alderson Program in Entrepreneurship was named one of the best minor in entrepreneurship programs in the country two years in a row by Entrepreneur magazine. Students working in the Center for Entrepreneurship for the New West have contributed more than 8,000 hours of supervised research for start-up companies in Montana. These students gain immeasurable practical experience while earning a minor in entrepreneurship Related Information |
| MSU's Science and Natural History Filmmaking program, the only one in the world, teaches students filmmaking skills that mesh with scientific knowledge. MSU student Praveen Singh won a 2004-05 student Emmy in the documentary category with his film, "Indian Leopards/The Killing Fields." This film was recently named Best of Festival at the Asian Film Festival, a professional venue in Asia. Related Information |
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