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Dozens of MSU students voice frustrations over mandatory faculty & staff housing move outs Dozens of MSU students voice frustrations over mandatory faculty and staff move-outs and last updated 2021-04-22 21:49:56-04 BOZEMAN — Time is ticking for dozens of Montana State University employees to find new housing. The university told residents they have to move out to make room for housing for graduate students. Thursday, students organized a walkout on campus to show their objections. Dozens of students gathered on campus to raise awareness for an issue they’re pretty passionate about...

Montana Universities Offering Single-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine Montana universities are offering students and staff the one-dose Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine before the end of the spring semester. The clinics aim to inoculate those who may not be on campus long enough for a two-dose vaccine. Montana State University Billings announced Tuesday that it will be offering students and staff the Johnson and Johnson shot on April 12. The press release did not say how many doses are available, but school and local health officials say it’s important to vaccinate as many students as possible so ...

Bozeman's 'Only Racially Diverse Neighborhood' at Risk Thanks in part to an influx of remote workers, the Montana town faces soaring housing costs and practically non-existent vacancy rates. March 4, 2021, 9am PST | Diana Ionescu | When Montana State University decided to reallocate its family and graduate student housing to undergraduates, they may have dealt a fatal blow to what one professor calls "Bozeman's only racially diverse neighborhood." The university-owned housing, writes Surya Milner in High Country News, was home to "custodians, researchers and tenure-track professors at th...

MISSOULA — As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues its early stages, the University of Montana has begun the process of protecting its most vulnerable students. A critical part of Phase 1B of the vaccine rollout plan was to provide vaccines to Native Americans and other people of color in Montana. Some students who fall into those groups, including several UM men's basketball players, received shots at a Feb. 1 distribution clinic. "I don't know when in my life, in my 50 years, I've experienced someone identifying minorities at risk and wanting to do something about it," head UM ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. – The latest Gallatin County weekly COVID-19 surveillance report shows the county continuing to see a decline in cases while the county receives around 1,300 first-round vaccine doses per week. According to Health Officer Matt Kelley, COVID-19 test results are being reported within a few days and contact tracers have consistently followed up with new cases within a day or two. The total number of active COVID-19 cases as of Feb. 5 is 320 with five current hospitalizations and 51 total deaths. On Thursday, the Gallatin City-County Health Board voted to allow businesses to e...