Message from Provost Perry Brown.

• Author: Brown, Perry
• Position: Brief article

The University of Montana just completed a banner year with students from throughout campus being honored with national and international awards. A Goldwater award, another Udall award (an award for which UM leads the nation in recipients), and several Fulbright awards are the tip of the proverbial iceberg in awards received during the year just completed. Our students --ranging from welding and radiologic technology to computer science, management information systems, and remote sensing--are studying high-tech topics, and our association with high-tech businesses is growing and thriving.

With UM's strong liberal education underpinning tied to a focused, high-tech, innovation-oriented education, our graduates are finding opportunities to build the high-tech industries of Montana. I hear regularly from employers who have hired our graduates, and they indicate that our graduates are well-prepared and flexible professionals capable of tackling complex tasks. We also have many graduates with a strong entrepreneurial streak who are conceptualizing and launching new high-tech...