A town’s July 4th celebration says a lot about a community, and this holiday in Bozeman, Montana, promises to be relatively laid-back, with locals typically heading for nearby Livingston or Ennis to catch their parades, then back home for stirring music and fireworks at the fairgrounds. Just five years ago, however, Bozeman woke up to controversy when […]
Brian Leland
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A Montana university can’t resist a great big gift
Perhaps nothing warms a university president’s heart like successful alumni throwing millions of dollars at their alma mater. Recently, Montana State University’s President Waded Cruzado announced a $50 million donation – a university record — from Norm Asbjornson, owner of AAON, a Tulsa, Oklahoma based heating and cooling equipment manufacturer. Asbjornson is a 1960 MSU […]