Montana State University - Northern

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name = Montana State University - Northern
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caption = Montana State University System derived logo.
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established = 1929
type = Public
calendar= Semester
endowment = US$3,254,000 (FY2005) [Net assets or fund balances of Montana State University - Northern Foundation, web cite |url= http://tfcny.fdncenter.org/990s/990search/esearch.php |title= Foundation Center - 990 Finder |publisher= foundationcenter.org |accessdate= 2007-09-19]
debt = US$4,613,000 [web cite |url= http://mus.edu/board/meetings/2006/06-Sept/OperatingBudgets06-07FNL.pdf |title= Bonded Indebtedness Report |publisher= Montana University System |pages= 286 |format= PDF |accessdate= 2007-09-18]
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chancellor = Rolf Groseth, Ph.D.
vice_chancellor = Joe Callahan, Ph.D.
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students = 1,207† web cite |title= Montana University System - Annual Average Student FTE, FY97 - FY07 |publisher= Montana University System |url= http://mus.edu/data/enrollment/MUS%20AAFTE%20(FY97-FY07)%20-%20Detail.pdf |format= PDF |accessdate= 2007-09-18]
undergrad = 1,132†
postgrad = 75†
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city = flagicon|USA Havre
state = MT
country = USA
campus = Rural web cite |title= America's Best Colleges, 2008 |publisher= US News and World Report |url= http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_2533_brief.php |accessdate= 2007-09-19]
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colors = Maroon and Gold color box|#800000 color box|#FF9900
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mascot = Polar Bears (Aurora & Boris)
nickname = Men's - Northern Lights
Women's - Northern Skylights
athletics = NAIA - Frontier Conference
affiliations = NWCCU, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission, ABET
website = http://www.msun.edu/
footnotes = † Fiscal Year 2007, Full-time Equivalent (FTE)

Montana State University - Northern (also known as MSU - Northern, or Northern) is a public state university, part of the Montana State University System, located in Havre, Montana, USA. Montana State University - Northern was known as Northern Montana College prior to the restructuring of Montana's public university system. It has an operating budget for fiscal year 2007 of US $12,540,000. [web cite |title= Montana University System Operating Budgets |url= http://mus.edu/board/meetings/2006/06-Sept/OperatingBudgets06-07FNL.pdf |publisher= Montana University System |pages= 291, 295 |format= PDF |accessdate= 2007-09-19] Some Havreites jokingly refer to it as "Harvard on the Hill".

In 1913, the Montana State Legislature approved the establishment of the Northern Montana Agricultural and Manual Training School at Fort Assinniboine, six miles southwest of Havre, but no money was actually appropriated for this school. The State Legislature amended their original act in 1927 to include certain academic subjects, and in 1929, the Legislature appropriated funds to establish the college as a branch of the University of Montana (later renamed the Montana University System). Northern Montana College opened its doors in September 1929 in temporary quarters in Havre High School, and moved to its present campus in 1932.

In 1994, the Montana University System elected to realign its smaller campuses with the two main universities, University of Montana in Missoula and Montana State University in Bozeman. Northern Montana College was renamed Montana State University - Northern on June 1 of that year.

The men's athletic teams are nicknamed the Lights (as in Northern Lights) and the women's athletic teams are nicknamed the Skylights. They compete in the NAIA Frontier Conference.
*Men's sports offered: Basketball, Football, Rodeo, Wrestling
*Women's sports offered: Basketball, Golf, Rodeo, Volleyball

Notes and References

External links

* [http://www.msun.edu/ Official Web site]
* [http://www.msun.edu/aboutmsun/history/index.htm History of Northern (Northern Montana College and Montana State University-Northern)]