Montana State University - Bozeman

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Montana State University - Bozeman
Motto: Mountains & Minds
Established: 1893
Type: public, land-grant, coed
President: Geoffrey Gamble
Faculty: 553 full-time
275 part-time
Undergraduates: 10,842
Postgraduates: 1,408
Location: Bozeman, Montana, USA
Campus: Rural: 1170 acres (4.7 km²)
Colors: Blue and Gold
Nickname: Bobcats
Affiliations: Big Sky Conference, NCAA D-I
Website: www.montana.edu

Montana State University - Bozeman (MSU) is a public university located in Bozeman, Montana, USA. It is the main campus in the Montana State University System and the state's land-grant university. MSU offers baccalaureate degrees in 51 fields, master's degrees in 41 fields, and doctoral degrees in 18 fields through its nine colleges.

Over 12,420 students attend MSU, and the university faculty numbers approximately 700 full-time and 420 part-time. The university's main campus in Bozeman is also home to KUSM and the Museum of the Rockies. MSU provides outreach services to citizens and communities statewide through its eight Agricultural Experiment Stations and 60 county and reservation Extension Offices.

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[edit] History

MSU was founded in 1893 as the state's land-grant college, and named the "Agricultural College of the State of Montana." Later renamed the "Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts," by the 1920s it was commonly referred to as "Montana State College" (MSC).

Recognizing the institution's growth and excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, the state assembly renamed the institution Montana State University on July 1, 1965. Located on the south side of scenic Bozeman, the university's sprawling 1170 acre (4.73 km²) campus is the largest in the state. The elevation of the campus is 4900 feet (1493 m) above sea level.[1]

[edit] Distinguishing facts

MSU is the national leader for Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowships and is among the top ten institutions in the country for recipients of Goldwater Scholarships. The university counts among its graduates several recipients of the Rhodes and Truman scholarships, and MSU has consistently produced winners of USA Today Academic All-America honors. U.S. News and World Report has routinely listed MSU as one of America's "best buys" for undergraduate education, and ranks it in the third tier of National Universities. Montana State University offers the world's only Master of Fine Arts degree in Science and Natural History Filmmaking, and MSU's Museum of the Rockies is home to the largest T. Rex skull ever found--bigger, even, than "Sue" at the Chicago Field Museum.

Montana State University has recently made a name for itself as "the University of Yellowstone," for its extensive research and scholarly activities concerning the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Montana State University has received more than five times the number of National Science Foundation grants for Yellowstone studies than its nearest competition, Stanford and UCLA, according to David Roberts, head of MSU's ecology department.

[edit] Athletics

MSU athletic teams are nicknamed the Bobcats, and they participate in NCAA Division I (I-FCS for football) in the Big Sky Conference, of which Montana State University is a charter member. Originally playing as the Aggies, men's teams compete in football, basketball, track, cross-country, skiing, and tennis. Women's teams include volleyball, basketball, track, cross-country, tennis, golf, and skiing. The school has won several national championships in men's rodeo, two in football and one in men's basketball.

Montana State boasts one of college basketball's legendary teams, the Golden Bobcats of the late 1920s. The school's basketball teams had acclaimed fame throughout that decade by playing "racehorse basketball," becoming one of the first schools in the nation to employ what we know as the fast break. Montana State coach Ott Romney, a graduate of the school himself, pioneered that style of play, and by 1926 had assembled a team perfectly suited to playing an up-tempo brand of ball. Cat Thompson, Frank Ward, Val Glynn and Max Worthington for the heart of the Rocky Mountains' best basketball team, as MSC won the Rocky Mountain Conference title three straight seasons, besting powerful outfits from Utah State, BYU, Colorado, and Denver U each season. The 1928-29 team reached college basketball's zenith, defeating the AAU Champion Cook's Painters in a two-of-three series and steamrolling to the Rocky Mountain Conference title. The team was named National Champions by the Helms Foundation, which also eventually named Cat Thompson one of the five greatest players in the first half of the 20th century in college hoops. Here are the sports they have:

  • Men's Basketball
  • Women's Basketball
  • Men's Cross Country
  • Women's Cross Country
  • Football
  • Women's Golf
  • Men's Skiing
  • Women's Skiing
  • Men's Tennis
  • Women's Tennis
  • Men's Track & Field
  • Women's Track & Field
  • Women's Volleyball

Non-school sponsored sports:

  • Men's Hockey
  • Men's Lacrosse
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[edit] Football

Main article: Montana State Bobcats football
See also: 2008 Montana State Bobcats football team

[edit] 2007 football schedule

2007 Montana State Bobcats season
Head Coach Rob Ash
Home Field Bobcat Stadium
Results
Record 6-5 (5-4 Big Sky)
Place NR (4th Big Sky)
Playoff Finish N/A
Timeline
Previous Season Next Season
2006 2008
Date Opponent Location Result Score Record
Saturday, Sep. 1 #25 Texas A&M College Station, Texas Loss 38-7 0-1
Saturday, Sep. 15 Dixie State Bozeman, Montana Win 61-7 1-1
Saturday, Sep. 22 Weber State* Ogden, Utah Win 21-5 2-1
Saturday, Sep. 29 Idaho State* Bozeman, Montana Win 40-20 3-1
Saturday, Oct. 6 Southern Utah** Bozeman, Montana Win 7-3 4-1
Saturday, Oct. 13 Eastern Washington* Cheney, Washington Loss 35-13 4-2
Saturday, Oct. 20 Sacramento State* Bozeman, Montana Win 20-9 5-2
Saturday, Oct. 27 Northern Colorado* Greeley, Colorado Loss 16-13 5-3
Saturday, Nov. 3 Northern Arizona* Bozeman, Montana Loss 29-14 5-4
Saturday, Nov. 10 Portland State* Portland, Oregon Win 50-36 6-4
Saturday, Nov. 17 #3 Montana* Bozeman, Montana Loss 41-20 6-5

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[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] See also

Category:Montana State University alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ Porter Fox, "Legendary: Remembering Doug Coombs" Powder 35, no. 1 (Sept. 2006): 76-87, on 77.

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