Our Donors

MSU Billings is thankful for the continuing support and generosity of our loyal alumni, friends, and community partners. More than 85% of MSU Billings students receive some type of financial assistance. Scholarship support allows MSU Billings to make sure deserving scholars have the opportunity to reach their full potential, regardless of economic circumstances. We invite you to meet some of our valued donors and let their stories inspire you.

If you want to change lives in an extraordinary way, make a gift to the MSU Billings Foundation.

City College Scholarship

City College Scholarship

Student learning is the number one goal for the faculty and staff at the City College at MSU Billings. The training programs offered are continually upgraded to meet the changing dynamics of business and industry. Students at the City College at MSU Billings obtain...

College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Excellence Award Scholarship

College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Excellence Award Scholarship

With its inherent diversity, the College of Arts and Sciences serves as an intellectual and cultural resource for all students, faculty, and staff of Montana State University Billings, and for the larger community and region which it serves. The College of Arts and...

College of Business Alumni Excellence Award Scholarship

College of Business Alumni Excellence Award Scholarship

The College of Business at MSU Billings is quickly becoming the premier business school in the upper Rocky Mountain region. Energetic faculty are dedicated to making business education dynamic and relevant. Classroom discussions, state-of-the-art computer training,...

College of Business Investment Club

College of Business Investment Club

The MSU Billings College of Business Investment Club provides students with an opportunity to apply modern finance theory to investment decisions involving actual market transactions. The club chose to apply its earnings as a scholarship to serve the students of the...

College of Education

College of Education

The College of Education at MSU Billings is dedicated to preparing competent, caring and committed professionals for Montana’s schools; conducting socially significant research to improve the human condition; providing community services aimed at improving the...

Collegiate License Plate Endowed Scholarships

Collegiate License Plate Endowed Scholarships

In March 1991, the Eastern Montana College (EMC) Foundation (now MSU Billings Foundation) received a letter from the Montana Commissioner of Higher Education, indicating the Foundation would be receiving state warrants for our institution’s portion of the scholarship...

Committee for Public Art in Central Montana

Committee for Public Art in Central Montana

The MSUB Young Artists Award was established in 2018 through a donation from the Committee for Public Art in Central Montana. This award is given to a continuing and/or entering student from Central Montana who declares an MSUB Art Department major and who...

Connie Landis Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Connie Landis Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Connie Landis was truly a one of a kind with a genuine heart, a listening ear, a gentle touch, and an encouraging voice who provided an artist’s perspective to those in her life. She had an infectious laugh, a wicked sense of humor, and an adventurous spirit. Connie...

Connie Lough Memorial Scholarship

Connie Lough Memorial Scholarship

Connie Lough was a founding member of Rebuilding Together Yellowstone County, which was organized in 2000. Connie was not only instrumental in establishing the organization; she was a dedicated and committed board member and served as the president for many years....

Corning Honors Scholarship Endowment

Corning Honors Scholarship Endowment

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...

Creative Writing Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Ben Gloege

Creative Writing Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Ben Gloege

The Creative Writing Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Ben Gloege was established in December 2002 by Randall and Mary Beth Gloege in memory of their son, Ben. Ben died in a drowning accident in Portland, Oregon, in June 2000. He was a creative and artistic young man....

C. Rockne Copple Endowed Scholarship

C. Rockne Copple Endowed Scholarship

Known by many as simply “Rock,” Dr. C. Rockne Copple had a distinguished career in higher education of 38 years, including nearly 30 at Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings). He served his profession of counselor of education in a variety of leadership roles at...

Crowley Fleck PLLP

Crowley Fleck PLLP

In September 2003, Crowley Fleck PLLP pledged $11,250 over five years during the People, Pride and Promise Campaign for Excellence to support undergraduate non-traditional students. As a result the Non-Traditional Scholarship fund was endowed and scholarships have...

Curt Kochner Endowed Scholarship for Student Leaders

Curt Kochner Endowed Scholarship for Student Leaders

For over 20 years, Curt Kochner served in a variety of roles in Student Affairs at MSU Billings ranging from the Student Union, Housing, Advising, and finally as the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. In all of these roles, Curt played a significant role in...

Dale C. and Mary E. Hawkins Endowed Scholarship

Dale C. and Mary E. Hawkins Endowed Scholarship

Before she was married, Mary Lucas worked at the Security National Bank in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In 1934 she was taken as a hostage by a group of bank robbers, including John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd, as they fled town following their robbery of the bank....

Daniel Gilstrap Memorial Scholarship

Daniel Gilstrap Memorial Scholarship

Dan Gilstrap was born and raised in Wyoming. In 1983, he moved to Billings, Montana, and started working in hospital maintenance; later, he worked as a mechanic for a road construction company. Dan bought Meadow Green Lawn Service in 1998. He put many hours of hard...

Daniels-Ille Family History Endowed Scholarship

Daniels-Ille Family History Endowed Scholarship

Sharon Ille established the Daniels-Ille Family History Scholarship Endowment in 2006. Her son, Jon, attended Montana State University Billings and was pleased with the education he received at MSU Billings, particularly the assistance he received from the history...

Darell and Robin Tunnicliff

Darell and Robin Tunnicliff

Darell and Robin Tunnicliff were both born and raised in Billings, MT and are committed to giving back to the community that has been very supportive of them. Robin’s professional career was spent as an elementary school teacher in the Billings school system. She has...

David and Barbara Hawkins Endowed Scholarship

David and Barbara Hawkins Endowed Scholarship

During the 1999 Wine and Food Festival Lots of Scholarship Auction, David and Barbara Hawkins gave a gift to establish the David and Barbara Hawkins Endowed Scholarship. The husband-wife team built houses and office buildings around Billings and decided they wanted...

David and Chubbins Davison Mathematics Education Endowed Scholarship

David and Chubbins Davison Mathematics Education Endowed Scholarship

Dr. David Davison was born and raised in Australia where his love for mathematics initially developed as an undergraduate. In the early 1970s, Dr. Davison traveled to the United States, where he furthered his education in graduate school, receiving this master’s and...

David and Roxanne Spildie Warne

David and Roxanne Spildie Warne

David and Roxanne Spildie Warne are both graduates of Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings) whose ties to the University run deep. Dave’s father, Dr. Earl K. Warne, was a long-term faculty member in the Department of Education. Dr. Warne, Professor Emeritus,...

David Craig Honors Endowed Scholarship

David Craig Honors Endowed Scholarship

The David Craig Honors Endowed Scholarship was established as a retirement gift for David Craig, who served as the Director of the University Honors Program from 2011-21. It commemorates his commitment to students and to the University Honors Program (UHP) and such...

David Kirby

David Kirby

The Red Lodge Songwriter Festival Endowed Scholarship in Memory of David Kirby was established in 2019 to support music students and honor a beloved friend, father, and husband. David experienced music as many of us do – he was not a musician himself, but an avid...

David L. Hood International Faculty/Student Scholar Exchange Endowed Scholarship

David L. Hood International Faculty/Student Scholar Exchange Endowed Scholarship

Dr. David L. Hood was a professor of Political Science at MSU Billings from 1990 until he retired in 2013. During his tenure at MSU Billings, he established several endowments at the MSU Billings Foundation, hoping to provide financial assistance to faculty and...

Debra Dee Siegle Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Debra Dee Siegle Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Debra Dee Siegle graduated from Eastern Montana College (now MSU Billings) with honors in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in Business. While attending EMC, she sewed and designed theater costumes. Following graduation she began working as an accountant at Rowland,...

Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation Scholarship

Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation Scholarship

The Washington Companies, founded by industrialist and entrepreneur Dennis R. Washington, are privately held companies active in rail and marine transportation, aviation, environmental remediation construction, real estate, heavy equipment sales and service, and...

Dennis E. Moos Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Dennis E. Moos Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Judy Adams Moos established the Russel Smith Adams Memorial Endowed Scholarship in 1982 in memory of her husband, Russel. As an accountant herself, Judy wanted to provide scholarship assistance to accounting and information systems majors at Montana State University...

Denny and Diane Duin

Denny and Diane Duin

The Opportunity Scholarship for College of Allied Health Professions was established by Denny and Diane Duin during the Opportunity Campaign for MSU Billings Scholarships. As non-traditional students raising a high-school age daughter, the Duins were not financially...

Department of Music

Department of Music

The Department of Music educates musicians by combining a thorough professional training with a sound general education. Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, the MSU Billings Department of Music stresses high standards of performance, a strong...

Dick Anderson Construction, Inc. Endowed Scholarship

Dick Anderson Construction, Inc. Endowed Scholarship

Dick Anderson Construction, Inc., formerly High Tech Construction, provides consulting, estimates, material options, and construction planning that meets the business owner’s budget and schedule. They work hard to solve their business needs and be a one-stop shop...