Honor Our Veterans & Military with MSU-GF  

Radiologic Technology Week Observed 

Since their discovery on November 8, 1895 by Professor Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, x-rays have become a very essential part of medical diagnosis. To honor this discovery and the benefit they have provided, Radiologic Technology Week is observed each year during the week of November 8th.

An estimated 687 million radiologic procedures were performed in the United States in 2008. This total includes CT procedures, MRIs, ultrasounds, nuclear medicine procedures, PET procedures, radiation therapy procedures and routine diagnostic procedures including mammography. 

These procedures are performed by radiologic technologists who have completed 18 to 24 months of clinical training and didactic coursework to prepare themselves for a certification examination administered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). In Montana there are five college-based training programs for radiologic technology. They are located in Billings, Butte, Great Falls, Kalispell, and Missoula. Many technologists achieve additional certifications in areas of specialized imaging such as CT, MRI, ultrasonography, nuclear medicine, angiography and interventional procedures, mammography, and bone densitometry.  

Radiography is not just limited to imaging of human patients and animals. It has found uses in industry in imaging of welds on nuclear containment vessels at nuclear power plants and seam joints on aircraft. Forestry is another field that has used radiography to determine the germination of seeds used in replanting trees.   In the field of art it has been used to find paintings by the "old masters" such as Picasso that were disguised by painting another image on top of the original. Archeology has used radiography to investigate ancient artifacts including mummies of Egypt and South America. Forensic medicine makes extensive use of radiography to investigate deaths of individuals. The "Iceman" discovered many years ago in the Alps mountains in northern Italy was investigated with radiography and determined to have an arrow wound that may have led to his demise.  

Learn Access-in-a-Day

The Outreach Department is offering a full day of Access database training on November 18, so REGISTER EARLY to reserve your spot. It is open to staff, faculty, students and community. It will be taught by Michelle Storrusten.

Access is a relational database with many uses at the College, in business or for personal use, such as:

- Tracking the condition or status of assets or inventory.
- Keeping track of your customers' key information, buying habits,

- Tracking the progress of team activities.
- Managing events, donors, members, and donations.
- Keeping track of projects, tasks, and people assigned to them.
- Managing quotes, create invoices, and run your business.
- Tracking inventory, create invoices, and run your business.
- Establishing your price and keeping track of your competition.

In this hands-on class, you will learn the basics of database design including tables, fields, records, and relationships. You will also learn to import and export data, create queries, reports, and forms.  REGISTER TODAY.  Call Deb Richerson at 771-4303 for information and to register. Faculty and staf of MSUGF get 50% off the course fee for non-credit courses. If this course would be a benefit to your work, it may be justified as a departmental expense.

Simulated Hospital Dedication  

MSU-GF Featured in Restaurant's Decor    

Next time you're dining at Applebee's Restaurant, make sure to check out the decor on the wall featuring some of the faces of our campus. Recently, the college was asked to send some campus photos to Applebee's for them to put on their walls as part of a remodel in which they wanted to include local people and groups. MSU-GF pictures are part of a collage shared with the University of Great Falls.

Computer Giveaway Winners Announced  

MSU - Great Falls held their Annual Computer Giveaway at the end of October.  Computers and monitors were rotated out of campus classrooms, have had their hard drives cleaned and Windows XP Operating Systems installed. Student, Susan Stoopes, at the left, is one of 108 students who won a computer in the drawing.

 

FREE Counseling for Students   

  Campus Corps Corner  

To get involved, contact T.C. Knutson in Student Central at 771-4324

or campuscorps@msugf.edu. Come and see how much fun Campus Corps and helping the community can be!

Around Campus 

Veteran's Week will be celebrated November 7-11 on campus. Veteran's Specialist Julie Rummel announced that during the week of Veteran's Day, we will have several activities going on to honor our Vets. These activities include: graffiti wall, cards for people to write notes to send to veterans, a "glove tree" that will be decorated with gloves to give to homeless vets, and the hospitality room (with food, beverages, and informational resources for veterans). The building will be decorated to honor our veterans. All of our student vets will receive an invitation to come to the hospitality room. In addition, some students on campus are working to put together a Students Veteran's Club.  

Do you know how to use a fire extinguisher?? If not, the local fire department will be here on November 10 at 10:30 AM to demonstrate the correct use of fire extinguishers.  Everyone is invited to attend and have a chance at operating a fire extinguisher.  They'll be set up outside the old Auto Body shop. Please thank Jason Harding for setting this up.  

Need a Meeting Room?

The process has changed! MSU - Great Falls students, staff and faculty must complete the following steps to reserve a room:

"Remarkable Creatures" Presentation    

The community is invited to join Sean Carroll on November 16th at 7:00pm, as he presents "Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species", Supported by a K-12 education grant from HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE.

Community Events on Campus

November 5th-7th: 

Reading Program 8:30 AM-7 PM in R281 

November 9th: 

Dave Ramsey Financial Group 5:30-7:30 PM in G107 

November 10th:

PRIDE Foundation for Scholarships & Applications 11:30AM-1:30 PM in B139 

November 12th-14th:

Reading Program 8:30 AM-7 PM in R281 

November 16th: 

Dave Ramsey Financial Group 5:30-7:30 PM in G107

McLaughlin Research Institute 8:30 AM "Endless Flies Most Beautiful: Gene Co-option and the Evolution of Animal Form" & "Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the

Origins of Species" in Heritage Hall 

November 18th:

DEQ-Wind Turbine Software Training 8 AM-5 PM in B136 

November 19th:

Wood Turners Club 12-4 PM in Carpentry Shop 

November 19th-20th:

Reading Program 8:30 AM-7 PM in R281   

Have  an Upcoming Event?

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Click on the contact names below to get your information seen on:

Campus Calendar: Julie Freshly

Campus TV Monitors: Jonathan Rimmel