ICYMI: Montana State has strong social media kung-fu

Reporter Gail Schontzler filed this story a few days ago, after MSU’s assistant director of Web communications, Jake Dolan, made a presentation to the University Council on all the ways the university is using social networks to keep up with students and to keep in touch with potential students.

MSU engineering students win awards at human-powered vehicle races

Cara Duberstein, a senior in mechanical engineering at Montana State University, center, peddles through campus Sunday morning during the ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge speed endurance event. (ERIK PETERSEN/CHRONICLE)

This story fits in wit the technological focus of this blog, I think. Montana State University students road away with several awards at last weekend’s American Society of Mechanical Engineers Human Powered Vehicle Challenge, the MSU News Service reports. MSU’s ThunderCat team won five awards in the speed vehicle class, including second place in design,… Continue reading MSU engineering students win awards at human-powered vehicle races

McAfee update bug had a minimal impact at MSU

This morning, I spoke with Tom Morrison, director of academic computing and network services at Montana State University, about yesterday’s McAfee bug. Someone in the newsroom heard yesterday that the bug was causing some problems for computers at MSU, which runs McAfee virus scan software on many of its computers. “For the university as a… Continue reading McAfee update bug had a minimal impact at MSU