As the first public kindergarten teacher in the State of Montana, Millicent Preissel Scanlin is a living Montana icon who touched the lives of many children over the years. Millicent Preissel was born June 23, 1911, in New Britain, Connecticut. She was raised in a...

Mitchell (Mitch) Marks grew up on a small farm near Saco, Montana and attended Glasgow High School. Following high school, he attended Eastern Montana College, earning a business degree in 1984. Following graduation, he had a successful 35-year financial services...

The Montana Association for Rehabilitation (MAR) is a group of professionals in the field of rehabilitation who strive to reduce social barriers through increased disability awareness and promote work and independence for Montanans who live with disabilities. MAR’s...

A sound, effective financial system is vital to the well-being, strength, and prosperity of Montana’s economy. The cornerstone of Montana’s financial system must continue to be the commercial banking industry. The Montana Bankers Association exists to assure the...

The Montana Business Hall of Fame recognizes business leaders who have been successful in private enterprise in Montana. By identifying outstanding examples of business leadership, the Hall of Fame recognizes, shares, and documents stories of success and innovation....

The Montana Center for Inclusive Education (MCIE) serves the diverse population of Montana and provides continuing professional development opportunities for educators and direct service providers. The Center’s mission and vision statements emphasize a commitment to...

The Montana Collision Repair Association is a non-profit corporation that was started in the early 1990s. It is comprised of auto body collision repair facilities, paint and product suppliers, and parts suppliers. The main goal of the association is to provide...

The Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants is an organization of accounting professionals. Their mission is to inspire, empower and impact members to achieve professional excellence. In 1983, MSCPA set up a scholarship at Eastern Montana College (now MSU...

Montana Society of Public Accountants (MSPA) is a non-profit organization of tax and accounting professionals who are dedicated to offering accounting, management, and tax services to the general public. Organized in 1953 and recognized as a tax-exempt organization,...

The MSU Billings accounting discipline faculty established the MSU Billings Accounting Faculty Scholarship in 2012. The faculty saw a need for additional scholarship funding for accounting majors and generously provided the funding. The first scholarship was awarded...

The MSU Billings Alumni Association serves as the liaison between alumni, the community, and MSU Billings. Their goals are to promote and support MSU Billings and its institutional goals, to involve MSU Billings alumni in the life and future of the University, and to...

Eakle and Sue Barfield have faithfully served MSU Billings in two very different, but equally important, roles. Sue is a professor in the College of Education, teaching music and educational theory and practice; Eakle retired from his 16-year position as Facility...

Established in 1968, the MSU Billings Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization under Internal Revenue Service code 501©(3). MSU Billings Foundation’s core purpose is to help MSU Billings achieve excellence. The MSU Billings Foundation advances the goals...

In 1985, the Eastern Montana College Foundation (now MSU Billings Foundation) received a $55,000 contribution from an anonymous donor to fund the Eastern Montana College Scholastic/Leadership Scholarship. The purpose of the scholarship fund was to provide aid to...

In 2005, the Retiree Reunion Luncheon Committee decided to kick-off a fund drive to establish the MSU Billings Retiree Scholarship Endowment. Committee members asked MSU Billings/Eastern Montana College retirees to support future generations of leaders, teachers,...

The MSU Billings Faculty Women’s Club was founded in 1958 as the Eastern Montana College Faculty Women’s Club to provide fellowship, information programs, and social activities for women faculty and wives of faculty. It was a source of support and information for...

In 1993, a very different fundraising event for the Billings area was introduced — the Eastern Montana College Wine Festival. Festival organizers gathered all the right ingredients for the creation of a long-term event: energetic and enthusiastic volunteers;...

Ben Friesen graduated from Fraser High School in 1941 as salutatorian. Not long after, he was inducted into the U.S. Army and served several years in the South Pacific theatre. When he received his honorable discharge and a Bronze Star medal, he returned to the...

As a memorial to Nancy Ferguson, we the husband, sons and friends of Nancy are setting up a fund in her name. Nancy was a counselor first in Broadview and Rapelje, then nearly 30 years counselor in Billings School District 2 school system retiring in 2006. She was...

Neil Jussila (jus’-il-ah) was born and raised in Butte, Montana. The son of Finnish parents, Jussila studied art at Montana State University Bozeman. He experienced Vietnam in the 1960s, first in an Army infantry battalion and later as a combat artist. In 1969,...

Nels “Chris” Christiansen was born in Red Lodge, Montana, where he attended Carbon County High School and played basketball for the Coyotes. “Buster,” as he was known by those in Red Lodge, set many records playing for CCHS, but the most important part of his high...

Having been single parents in the past, Alan and Nancy Nicholson both realize the challenges involved in single parenting. Their desire to help single parents develop a better life for themselves and their children prompted them to establish the Nicholson Single...

The mission of the Office of International Studies is to foster the international character of the university by developing a wide-range of international and intercultural educational opportunities for members of the MSU Billings and Billings community. International...

Oliver W. Peterson was an educator in Montana for nearly 50 years. His teaching career began with ten years in Turner, Montana, where he taught math, science and coached, later serving as superintendent of schools. He taught three years at Miles Community College in...

ONEOK is a pure-play general partner that creates exceptional value for all stakeholders through its ownership in ONEOK Partners, L.P., a publicly traded limited partnership engaged in the natural gas liquids, natural gas pipelines and natural gas gathering and...

Eileen Orser and her son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Liz Orser, established the Orser Family Scholarship in 1989. Through their generosity, accounting majors receive financial assistance to continue working toward their degree at Montana State University Billings....

Par Montana, formerly ExxonMobil, has demonstrated a long-term commitment to MSU Billings through its financial contributions. True to a corporate core value that education is one of the most important elements of a thriving community, ExxonMobil established the...

In the 1950s, marriage and family were the norm for most American women. Aspirations of college or career were much less common than they are today. So imagine, in 1957, a plucky 18-year-old Billings Central Catholic High School graduate headed to Spokane,...

Pat Bettise believed that every young, talented baseball player deserved to play to his or her potential—regardless of the family’s financial status. The Bettise Baseball Scholarship Fund was established to fulfill Pat’s vision of helping kids who dream of playing...

Paul Gunville and his wife, Patti, are well known to Yellowjacket athletes and coaches. They have always had close ties to the MSU Billings Athletic Department and have a great interest in NCAA Division II sports. In September 1999, they made a gift to establish the...