Mike Mansfield sitting on steps of the US capitol building

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News Features

2026

2025

  • October 26, 2025 Governor Gianforte strengthens ties with Kumamoto in Japan visit
  • October 25, 2025 Governor Gianforte Strengthens Montana-Kumamoto Sister-State Relationship in Japan - Northern Ag Network
  • October 24, 2025 Montana Strengthens Partnerships with Japan for Growth
  • October 22, 2025 Civics Bee Provides Opportunity for Middle School Students
  • October 20, 2025 Governor Gianforte Promotes Montana Commodities and Industries in South Korea
  • October 20, 2025 Governor Gianforte promotes local trade ties with South Korea visit
  • October 17, 2025 Governor Gianforte To Lead Trade Mission to South Korea and Japan
  • Link Governor Gianforte Leading Trade Mission to South Korea and Japan
  • September 20, 2025 Keeping the legend of Mike Mansfield alive. If you do not have a subscription to Montana Lee newspaper, please see the piece here.
  • September 6, 2025 Why international exchange matters: From Montana to Japan
  • March 6, 2025 Millions of dollars in federal funding cut for University of Montana’s Mansfield Center
  • March 5, 2025 Doge cuts $6 million from Mansfield Center grant
  • March 4, 2025 Federal government cancels Mansfield Center grant amid flurry of cuts: UM lost more than $6 million in grant funding from the Department of Defense
  • February 15, 2025 UM Mansfield Center hires Chair of Japanese and Indo-Pacific Affairs

2024

  • August 30, 2024 Mansfield Center Lands $10M Grant for Southeast Asian Ties
  • July 12, 2024 50 years after Vietnam: Historians debate legacy of influential Montana senator Mike Mansfield.
  • June 24, 2024 KGVO Talk Back Mansfield Center Program Officer Ty Warner and Director of Civic Engagement Katie Vaughan discuss our new democracy programming.
  • June 4, 2024 UM Students Win Prestigious Brown Ethics Award 
  • May 14, 2024 KGVO Talk Back Mansfield Center Program Officer McKennah Andrews, Director of International Programs Peter Baker, YSEALI PFP Fellow Insan Mardini, and Missoula Children Theater Executive Director Mike Morelli discuss the YSEALI PFP Fellowship.
  • May 4, 2024  Japanese Government Awards $5 Million to UM's Mansfield Center
  • May 4, 2024  Japanese Government Establishes Endowed Mansfield Chair at University of Montana
  • February 9, 2024 KGVO Talk Back Ukrainian Professor Oksana Nezhyvenko and Mansfield Center Director of International Programs Peter Baker discuss the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and preview Oksana's upcoming Mansfield Dialogue.
  • January 9, 2024 KGVO Talk Back Assistant Secretary of State Bill Russo discusses the importance of U.S. foreign policy to the lives of Montanans and previews his upcoming Mansfield Dialogue.

2023

  • December 12, 2023: Mansfield Center Executive Director Deena Mansour and City Council President Gwen Jones discuss how city government puts Mansfield ethics into action. 
  • November 19, 2023 Want to Help Democracy? Be Like Mike
  • October 10, 2023  Cheney Says Elected Republicans Must be Held Accountable for Trump
  • September 13, 2023 Liz Cheney Scheduled to Speak for 40th Anniversary Mansfield Dialogues at UM
  • September 27, 2023 KGVO Talk Back: Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch discusses Russia's invasion of Ukraine and her new autobiography, "Lessons from the Edge."

2022

  • September 9, 2022  Missoulian: Kumamoto Friends Mark 40th Anniversary of Sister-State Bond
  • May 4, 2022 Washington Post - Republicans Could Rue the Supreme Court Ending Abortion Rights
  • March 9, 2022  Former US Ambassador To Vietnam Visits Missoula High School Students
  • January 27, 2022 January Mansfield Dialogue News Coverage

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