Commissioner of Higher Education

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.

The University of Montana may have to wait till the first of the year before officially having a new president.

Last week, Montana Governor Steve Bullock directed all state agencies to begin sketching out ways to reduce their budgets by another ten percent, including the Montana University System.

The University of Montana Presidential Search Committee has narrowed the field of candidates for president to four individuals, who will all be making campus visits in the next few weeks.

One piece of information gleaned from Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian about the new University of Montana president is that he, or she, will not be from Montana.

The list of candidates for the University of Montana president's position has been narrowed from 99 to just 13.

A transient in Kalispell has been charged with deliberate homicide for allegedly throwing another transient into the Flathead River to drown.

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.

University of Montana President Royce Engstrom's last day is December 31, but the process of finding the next president is already underway.

Wednesday evening, former Commissioner of Higher Education Sheila Stearns received a most unexpected call from current Commissioner Clayton Christian asking her to be the interim President of the University of Montana.

University of Montana President Royce Engstrom will resign his office as of December 31, according to Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian.

The day after the Montana Supreme Court returned the matter of confidential student records being released to a best-selling author to the Lewis and Clark District Court, Associate Commissioner of Higher Education Kevin McRae said the Board of Regents was pleased with the decision.