Montana State University-Billings

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance

Remedial

reading, math, writing, study skills

Counseling

minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious

Career

co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, interest inventory, interview training

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 16% of students live in school housing.
• The school does not provide assistance for off-campus housing.

Types of housing available

• 25% of housing units are Singles.
• 70% of housing units are Doubles.
• 5% of housing units are Apartments.
• In total, there are 5 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 100% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 98% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 50% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Welcome Week; Winterfest (Homecoming around basketball); Summerfest (annual summer BBQ, live music, and children's activities held each July); Student Organization & Activities Expo; PowWow (sponsored by Inter-Tribal Indian Club); American Indian Heritage Day; Easter Egg Hunt (sponsored by ASMSU-Billings Student Government); Annual Christmas Dinner (sponsored by the Student Opportunity Services Activities Club); Mexican Fiesta Dinner (sponsored by the Spanish Club); College of Technology Spring Beach Blast; Leadership Recognition Program (annual leadership awards program and speaker residency held each April); MSU-Billings Foundation Wine and Food Festival; Volunteer Recruitment Fair; Giving Tree (holiday gift giving service project to benefit the local Family Services Inc. sponsored by student government); Shakespeare in the Park (co-sponsored each summer with Billings Parks and Recreation Dept. ); Yellowjacket Athletic Events; Wellness Festival; ESL (English as a Second Language) Program; Variety of musical, entertainment, and theatre events;
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, symphony orchestra
• In total, there are about 51 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Psi Chi (National Psychology Honor Society), Sigma Tau Delta (National English Honor Society), Sigma Beta Delta (National Business Honor Society), Alpha Mu Gamma (National Foreign Language Honor Society)
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Catholic Campus Ministry, Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Latter-Day Saints Student Organization, Real Life: College and Career, United Campus Ministry, Bahai Club, Baptist Student Union;
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Inter-Tribal Indian Club, Spanish Club, United Hispanic Club, International Studies Club;
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) A few highlights in across all of these areas include: Associated Students of MSU-Billings; Student Union Activities Council; Residence Hall Association; Jacket Student Ambassadors; Student Opportunity Services Activities Club; Student Volunteers of MSU-Billings; Graduate Student Association; Performing and Visual Arts Organizations include: Art Students League; Band Club; International Association of Jazz Educators; Drama Committee; Potter's Guild; Collegiate Music Educators National Conference; Percussion Club; College Bowl Program;
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Retort (twelve times a year)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Billings, MT (2), Bozeman, MT (140)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Havre, MT (350)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Billings, MT (2)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 99% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 11% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,525
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 0% of students are fraternity members
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors