After dedicating more than 30 years to higher education, Dr. Ronald P. Sexton retired as chancellor of MSU Billings in August 2010. In honor of his retirement, the Heads or Tails game during the 2010 Wine & Food Festival’s live auction was used to create an endowed...

Roseanna Chatham Milne was born on March 14, 1911, in a log house on her mother’s Crow allotment land in the Rottengrass area. Rose began her schooling at age seven by riding horseback to a one-room school, later transferring to Lodge Grass, Montana, when her parents...

Royal and Norma Johnson established the Royal and Norma Johnson Charitable Foundation Endowed Scholarship in December 2001 to provide financial assistance to education majors at MSU Billings. Norma and Royal began their married life in 1950 in Billings. They moved to...

Russell James Foreman graduated from Huntley Project High School, Huntley Project, Montana, in 1948. At age 17, he entered Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana, and played football and basketball. In 1952, he graduated from RMC with his bachelor’s degree and...

In 1973 Dan Rust attended Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings) to pursue a business degree to eventually open his own business. Dan competed on the basketball floor and in the classroom for four years and graduated with a B.S. degree in business and even a...

Hard work and perseverance were common threads woven throughout the fabric of Ruth Hveem Kronmiller’s life. Despite growing up with few advantages, Ruth’s personal motto was, “Look ahead; don’t dwell on the past.” She lived by that motto for 95 years. Ruth was born...

Delivered by a neighbor/midwife, Ruth N. Johnson was born the fourth child of five to Herman and Helen DeVries on a dry land farm near Roberts, Montana. At the age of 4, her younger brother Martin died and also her mother. Her Aunt Grace and grandmother Amelia...

In 2016, Rena and Wayne established the R.W. Bucher Scholarship Endowment at MSU Billings. Rena Bucher is the “R” in the R.W. Bucher Scholarship. It is her belief that a good education is extremely important to each person to be successful in life. Rena retired after...

In 2003, RBC Dain Rauscher established a one-time scholarship in memory of their dedicated employee, Sam Norman. Sam’s widow, Gail Norman, decided to continue the scholarship in Sam’s name. Through Gail’s generosity, a MSU Billings business major receives scholarship...

Sanctuary Spa and Salon was created in 1998 as a dream of owner Kris Carpenter. Born and raised in Billings, Montana, Kris traveled and gathered ideas and treatments to create a sanctuary to care for women. “I believe women are the care givers of the world and I...

Drs. Deborah and Rachel Schaffer are professors of English at MSU Billings and have been actively involved in campus life since arriving in 1983. Over that time their professionalism, volunteerism and accomplishments have garnered them much-deserved praise and...

The purpose of this annual scholarship is to provide encouragement and financial support to degree-seeking students who desire an MSU Billings education. The scholarship is designed to attract outstanding students from regional high schools to MSU Billings as Honor...

The Shannon Weatherly Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established in 1984 by Frances Weatherly in memory of her daughter, Shannon Weatherly. Shannon was tragically killed during a camping trip when hunters fired into her tent. The scholarship endowment supports...

Sharon C. Murphy was born on December 23, 1946. At the age of 2 and a half she was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. In 1972 she graduated from Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings) with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, and in 1979 she completed her master’s...

Shirley Easton Voyta was born on November 22, 1911, in Fayette, North Dakota. In 1918, Shirley moved to Montana with her parents and two sisters. She graduated high school from Fromberg High School and in 1935, earned her education degree from Eastern Montana College...

Sibanye-Stillwater, formerly known as the Stillwater Mining Company, is engaged in the development, extraction, processing, smelting, refining and marketing of palladium, platinum and associated metals from a geological formation in Southern Montana known as the J-M...

The Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings) branch of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, was chartered in 1983. Soon after, the branch began raising funds to sponsor a textbook scholarship for one English major each year, beginning with one...

Melissa Ann Morgan was a vibrant and enthusiastic member of the MSU Billings branch of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, which she joined in March 2001. Melissa was an English major and a devoted member of Sigma Tau Delta. Melissa lived in...

Sonny O’Day, “The Kid from Meaderville,” boxed his final round, hung up his gloves, snuffed his famous stogie, and exited the ring quietly in his sleep on January 31, 2001. Sonny, whose legal name was Charles Augustus George, was born Carlo Giorgi in 1913 in Lucca,...

Stepping Forward Foundation is a nonprofit 501©3 Corporation whose mission is to provide funding for education and charitable organizations. They are committed to financially supporting educational advancement for students, underprivileged or disabled persons,...

Jennifer Corning is an alumna of Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings), earning B.A. in Communication Arts in 1983. She served on the MSU Billings Foundation’s Board of Trustees from 2003-2007, was an Annual Fund Drive volunteer in 1994, and volunteered at the...

Stockman Bank is a Montana-born company, built on Western values and focused on creating long-standing relationships through integrity, expertise and results. Stockman Bank was founded in Miles City, Montana, in 1953 by Bill Nefsy. Bill was an orphan. He faced many...

Student Support Services TRIO is a federally funded TRIO program. The TRIO programs were initiated by the High Education Act of 1965. The original branches of TRIO were Upward Bound, Talent Search, and Student Support Services (SOS). The term TRIO was established to...

The Sue Hart Opportunity Scholarship Endowment was one of the scholarships to benefit from 2013 Wine and Food Festival. During the Friday night silent auction and the “Heads or Tails” event Saturday, donors helped fund the Hart Scholarship. Sue Hart began her tenure...

Since its foundation about a half-century ago, Taisei Techno has been expanding its horizon with technology and wisdom. The evolution of electronics technology brings a new horizon to their life. Taisei, a Japanese based company, developed wind turbines in the hopes...

Talen Energy is one of the largest competitive energy and power generation companies in the United States. They generate and sell electricity, capacity and related products from a fleet of power plants that uses diverse fuel sources: carbon-free nuclear, clean and...

Mary Louise Tannehill was known to many as “Aunt Mary Lou, The Bible Story Lady.” Mary Louise Smith was born in 1909 in Beardstown, Illinois. Her Christian home was filled with song, tender loving care, compassion, and unconditional love, which resulted in happy...

Giving back to the community that has supported them for over 30 years was so important to Tasneem and Shafiq Khaleel that they set up an endowed scholarship at MSU Billings in 2006. The Khaleels place a high value on education and where it can take you in life. From...

Terry C. Johnson was an award winning author of 31 historical novels of the American West. His work combines the grace and beauty of a natural storyteller with a complete dedication to historical accuracy and authenticity. History comes to life in the pages of these...

Thomas Propp and Cindy Millard are both alumni of MSU Billings, graduating with Bachelor of Science degrees in Human Services in 1993 and 1987, respectively. They appreciate the cost of higher education and wanted to help provide the opportunity for other students to...