Montana State University–Northern (MSU–Northern or Northern) is a

public college A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...

Havre, Montana Havre ( ) is the county seat of and the largest city in Hill County, Montana, United States. Havre is nicknamed the crown jewel of the Hi-Line (Montana), Hi-Line. It is said to be named after the city of Le Havre in France. As of the 2020 Unite ...

, United States. It is part of the

Montana University System The Montana University System (MUS) was created on July 1, 1994, when the Montana Board of Regents of Higher Education restructured the state's public colleges and universities, with the goal of streamlining the state's higher education in the wak ...

and was "Northern Montana College" prior to the restructuring of Montana's public university system in 1994.

History

left, 200px, The college in 1946 In 1913, the Montana State Legislature approved the establishment of the "Northern Montana Agricultural and Manual Training School" at

Fort Assinniboine Fort Assinniboine was a United States Army fort located in present-day north central Montana (historically within the military Department of Dakota). It was built in 1879 and operated by the Army through 1911. The 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldie ...

, southwest of Havre, but no money was actually appropriated. The state legislature amended their original act in 1927 to include certain academic subjects and in 1929, the legislature appropriated funds to establish the college as a branch of the University of Montana (later renamed the Montana University System). Northern Montana College opened its doors in September 1929 in temporary quarters in Havre High School, and moved to its present campus in 1932.

Athletics

left, 100px, MSU Northern athletics monogram The Montana State–Northern athletic teams are called the Lights and Skylights. The university is a member of the

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for higher education, colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic schola ...

(NAIA), primarily competing in the

Frontier Conference The Frontier Conference is a List of college athletic conferences in the United States, college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The conference was founded in 1934. Member institut ...

for most of its sports since the 1935–36 academic year; while its rodeo teams compete in the

National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA), based in Walla Walla, Washington, was established in 1949. It sanctions more than 100 college rodeos every year in the United States, and represents over 3,500 student athletes attending more ...

(NIRA). Montana State–Northern competes in 11 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include basketball, cross country, football, golf, rodeo and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, rodeo and volleyball.

Notable people

Hunter Azure Hunter Azure (born March 2, 1992) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competed in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Azure was born on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar ...

, mixed martial artist *

Jacob Bachmeier Jacob Bachmeier (born January 29, 1998) is an American politician who served in the Montana House of Representatives from 2017 through 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Bachmeier was elected to office at the age of 18, making him the youn ...

, politician * Michael Claxton, professional basketball player and coach * Dylan Cook, professional football player *

Garrison Courtney Garrison Kenneth Courtney (born 1975/1976) is an American former government official who served as the Chief of Public Affairs for the Drug Enforcement Administration from 2005 to 2009. In June 2020, Courtney pleaded guilty to wire fraud after it ...

, civil servant * Ryan Divish, journalist *

Jesse Juarez Jesse Juarez (born May 8, 1981) is an American former mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Absolute Championship Berkut. A professional competitor since 2006, Juarez has also formerly competed for Strik ...

, mixed martial artist *

Kingsley Ogwudire Kingsley Ogwudire (born January 20, 1972) is a Nigerian professional basketball player, formerly with the Harlem Globetrotters, Antranik SC of Beirut, Lebanon, and Al-Ittihad (Aleppo), Al-Ittihad of Syria. He played college basketball at Montana St ...

, professional basketball player *

Michael Rao Michael Rao is an American academic administrator who is the current president of Virginia Commonwealth University, a public university in downtown Richmond, Virginia. During his time as president, Rao has overseen hiring and expansion of the uni ...

, university administrator *

Flint Rasmussen Flint Rasmussen (born January 25, 1968) is an American former professional rodeo clown, rodeo barrelman. He is perhaps the most famous barrelman in the history of bull riding. A former high school math and history teacher, Rasmussen signed a con ...

, sports announcer *

Lawrence Romo Lawrence Guzman Romo (born July 13, 1956) is an American civil servant and former United States Air Force officer. He served as 12th director of the Selective Service System in the Obama administration. He is a former National Commander of the Am ...

, civil servant *

Jerome Souers Jerome Souers (born May 20, 1958) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Montana State University–Northern, a position he has held since 2022. He was formerly the head football coach at Northern Arizona Univer ...

, college football coach * Bruce Thompson, civil servant * James Welch, author *

Emmett Willson Emmett may refer to: Places ;In the United States * Emmett, Idaho * Emmett, Kansas * Emmett, Michigan, a village in St. Clair County * Emmett Charter Township, Michigan in Calhoun County * Emmett Township, St. Clair County, Michigan * Emmett, Miss ...

, college wrestler *

Sherry Winn Sherry Melissa Winn (born September 1, 1961, in Pecos, Texas) is an American former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olym ...

, college basketball coach

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Athletics website
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