Montana Tech

Black Butte Copper Project Looks To Innovate Mining Industry

The Black Butte Copper Project north of White Sulphur Springs continues to make progress in construction and recruitment with the recent announcement of a training partnership with Montana Tech’s Highland College. The project is a partnership with Sandfire Resources America and their Communications Vice President Nancy Schlepp recently co...

Montana Tech Nursing Program Receives Multi-Million Dollar Donation

A former CEO of Halliburton and his wife donated $7 million to the nursing program at Montana Tech. The gift from Dave and Sherry Lesar is the largest single gift in the history of the university, according to Chancellor Les Cook. Funds from the endowed gift will be used to provide student scholarships, professional development for faculty and...

Montana Tech To Require Face Masks Indoors

Starting this Wednesday, face masks will be required in every instructional space inside buildings at Montana Tech. Chancellor Les Cook released a statement earlier today saying the requirement includes every classroom or laboratory where an MTU course is taught and applies to all students, faculty, and staff. He added that the university has ...

Montana Universities Adopting Various Mask Policies

State universities adopted guidelines this summer than can require students faculty and other staff to wear masks in classrooms and laboratory settings but at the University of Montana, the distinction is that faculty can elect to require masks in lab and classroom settings. Montana Tech reported Monday it continues to rely on strongly encoura...