MSU receives $1.2 million for program that supports underrepresented students, click here to read the full article. Celebrating National First-Generation College Student Day at UM Western, click here to read the full article.   Celebration of Excellence Joni Chenoweth, left, Cory Chenoweth and distinguished student Lia Ariizumi attended the Celebrationof Excellence, held by the Helena Education Foundation which honored 50 distinguished students and gifted tearchers. Click here for the full article.   Click here to see UB participant Uriah Birchmier’s interview in the Great Falls Tribune. The article of subject was “Money to prep poor kids for college? Sorry, wrong size type.”.   Marita Growing Thunder  Marita Growing Thunder is a Salish Kootenai College Upward Bound student who was just named Montana’s Indian Student of the Year. Click here to see more on Marita and her mission to raise awareness to missing and murdered indigenous women.