MSUGF Alert is the emergency notification text messaging system for MSU - Great Falls which is used by the College as a way to instantly reach your mobile device when an urgent situation needs to be communicated. In the event of an emergency, a text message will be sent to the mobile number and/or email that you register with the system. This is a free service provided by the College; however, normal text message fees may apply.
Register by clicking HERE or go to the MSUGF Alert page on the College's website and select the SIGN UP link on the upper right corner. After you enter your mobile number and/or email address, you will receive a text confirming that you have opted into the alert system to receive emergency notifications.  For more information, click here.

Jerry Erickson, the newest member of the MSU - Great Falls' Maintenance Department, started working at MSU -Great Falls on Monday, November 16, 2009. 
Jerry was born and raised in Augusta, Montana. He actually graduated from the College in 1979, when it was the "Great Falls Vo-Tech," with a degree in Data Entry and General Business.  He has over 27 years of experience in various departments with the State of Montana.
Jerry has been married to his wife, Patricia, for 11 years and they have a son, Jacob.
He enjoys being in the outdoors in his spare time and likes to hunt and fish whenever possible. He is also an avid history buff and enjoys traveling around our great state  of Montana searching for historical facts.

Paul McCartney is our second new employee in the Maintenance Department - you will find him working on the 2nd Floor and around the Book Store. Paul spent several years in Nebraska and Kansas and a year in Idaho before moving here. He enjoys fishing, hiking, and sightseeing. Although his brothers and sisters presently live in Kansas and Nebraska, Paul's fiancee lives here in Great Falls.

Welcome to MSU - Great Falls, Jerry and Paul, we are looking forward to working with you!

A 1992 ambulance has been donated by the Great Falls Emergency Services to the EMS-Paramedic program at MSU - Great Falls. The ambulance will be used on campus to give students real-life emergency experiences. To view the November 23 KFBB coverage, click HERE. The Tribune also covered the story today on page B8.

 

Congratulations and thanks to all of those folks involved in making the A&P Inspiration Night held on Tuesday, November 17 so successful.  Credit for putting all of this together goes, no doubt, to a lot of people, but I would like to acknowledge and thank Dr. Cherie McKeever for her particularly significant and substantial efforts to organize and lead the effort.

The night, it seemed to me, was inspirational on several levels.  I observed many students listening intently to the various program presentations-there were nine of them-and in many cases taking up instruments or other hands-on materials to participate.  I also saw graduates of some of the programs who were now leading the presentations (that's a inspiration!), and as an observer, I was inspired in my regard for the students and the faculty for the terrific work they are doing.

The feeling of connectedness and community that filled the air was not about the pizza and lemonade; it was about people working together for common goals and aspirations, recognizing that the struggle can be arduous but the rewards are fulfilling and rewarding and exciting. Thanks again to the entire crew who made the evening terrifically inspiring.

This fall the newly-launched Graphic Design program at MSU-Great Falls boasts a large incoming first-year class and tons on enthusiasm.

One of the classes, Digital Illustration, is proud to exhibit one of their packaging assignments, which was to conceive and realize original cereal boxes. The students' displays may be found in South Court.

A companion class to Digital Illustration is Digital Design, where students have spent their last couple of weeks designing art work for CD/DVD cases. Those will be on display sometime this week in the showcase outside Heritage Hall.
Required classes that are a part of the Graphic Design program for Spring semester include Photography,

Typography, Web Design, Desktop Publishing, and a new offering, GDSN 221: Publishing and Pre-Press. This class is essential in preparing students to take their designs to the all-important commercial printing level. The class will investigate the procedures for making sure the work they have prepared for their clients retains the quality they envisioned during the previous stages of the design process.

From the American Association of Respiratory Care Newsletter

Members of the campus community may send messages of interest to our colleagues using the 'CampusLife' email list for campus-wide email distribution. Membership on the Campus Life email list is voluntary. In order to receive or send emails using this list, you must be a subscriber. Contact Dave Bonilla in the IT Department to subscribe.

CFO, Mary Ellen Baukol, has donated the huge spruce tree in her front yard to the city to grace the area in front of the Mansfield Center. It was cut and moved this Monday morning, November 30 and will be ready to be 'lit' during the annual tree lighting ceremony that follows the Parade of Lights at the Christmas Stroll on Friday night.