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Letter from the Publisher T.
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September 11 changed the nation. I propose that one resulting tenet is our shared awareness that it’s people who are important: the relationships, the friendships, the personal ties, the colleagues. Similarly, it is the people of UM who give meaning to everything we do as an institution. From this nucleus, outreach efforts ripple out and across the state, region and nation like the proverbial pebble tossed into a pond. Perhaps at no time like the present are we more aware of our local, regional, national and global interconnectedness.
Arguably the most visible impact made by UM is in the area of economic development. Economically strong states across the nation have invested in their institutions of higher education, recognizing that university research is the engine that drives economic growth. Montana is no different. This fall we celebrated the grand opening of a small business incubator called the Montana Technology Enterprise Center, or MonTEC. A collaboration between UM and the Missoula Area Economic Development Corporation, MonTEC provides fledgling companies a site in which to develop and commercialize their technologies. Satellite sites are being developed in Flathead, Lake and Ravalli counties; these four sites combined make up the Northern Rockies Research Park and Technology Corridor, or NorCor.
While the positive impacts made by UM are easily recognizable, often less tangible is the University’s involvement in the many collaborative activities that reach to our state borders and beyond. Last winter, for example, with Montana State University and others, UM was instrumental in organizing and delivering technology transfer outreach activities that stretched across the Big Sky Country. Day-to-day collaborations between UM and MSU faculty, staff and researchers routinely occur in all academic areas, and these collaborations all positively impact the state. Again, it is the relationships, the friendships, the personal ties and the colleagues that matter and make a difference in our lives and our state.
In summary, with more than $50 million in grants, UM has reached a record high. I am proud of our scholars and their accomplishments. Their dedication epitomizes Montana’s work ethic, and we are all beneficiaries of their exemplary teaching, research and service.
T. Lloyd Chesnut
Vice President for Research, Development and Graduate Studies