On Feb. 9, President Trump signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA 2018) into law. Also known as the Hometown Heroes Act, the bill lived up to its name and successfully addressed a range of issues across party lines. The law’s major contributions include extending government spending for the next two years, raising the[…]
Students, faculty, and the community of Billings will be able to enjoy the iconic musical “Grease” presented at the Billings Studio Theatre (BST) from Friday, March 2 through Sunday, March 18. The opening week is scheduled from Friday through Sunday and the remaining weeks from Thursday to Sunday. All Thursday, Friday, and Saturday shows are[…]
BILLINGS, February 12, 2018 – Rocky Mountain College Director of Athletics, Bruce Parker, is stepping down from that position after three-and-a-half years at the college. After nearly 40 years in collegiate athletics, Parker will transition to a consultant role with Rocky for the next two years. Parker took over as the College’s athletic director in July[…]
Collegiate sports challenge athletes physically and mentally with the intention to build character. Sometimes, nature throws a curveball and presents challenges greater than conditioning or scoring the game winning point. Strong character is needed more than anything in the particular case of a student athlete on the Rocky Mountain College women’s basketball team. For 23-year-old[…]
Former Rocky Mountain College student athlete, Matt Thomas, was offered a pre-season contract with the professional soccer club Las Vegas Lights F.C. The soccer club plays in the United Soccer League (USL), the second division of professional soccer in the United States while the first division is the Major League Soccer (MLS). Thomas began his[…]
What one might consider a “Hallmark holiday,” which is typically accompanied by flowers, chocolates, jewelry, and cards; Valentine’s Day provokes many US citizens to spend money on gifts, creating a positive benefit for the economy. According to ABC News, the “Total spending for the holiday is expected to top $18.2 billion” in 2018, meaning “an[…]
The feeling of an epiphany is described as an experience of sudden and striking realization. Senior year of college can create a vaguely similar experience when the classes stop, and the search for a career begins. There are many opportunities, but every choice offers a substantially different path as to what should be done with[…]
Within the last month, multiple social media websites have become a place for users to fall victim to franchise fraud, better known as pyramid schemes. According to the FBI’s website, pyramid schemes “are marketing and investment frauds in which an individual is offered a distributorship or franchise to market a particular product. Emphasis on selling[…]
Carrie Cota, a sophomore at Rocky Mountain College, will be traveling with a group of college-aged students on a 49-day trip this summer. She will run over 4,000 miles from San Francisco to New York City, raising money and awareness for the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. It’s been a long process for Cota.[…]
Rocky Mountain College hosted the rapper Supaman on Jan. 25 in Losekamp Hall for an evening performance designed to spread awareness of Native American culture. Organized by Melanie Racine and Darrelyn Lefthand, who are members of RMC’s Native American Student Alliance, the show was scheduled for 7p.m. Supaman, also known as Christian Parrish Takes the[…]
Now is the best time for Rocky Mountain College students to start looking for internships, according to Lisa Wallace, Director of Career Services. Internships are programs that give students hands-on experience in fields relating to their specific major. Whether paid or unpaid, internship programs can be beneficial to students and help provide direction for their[…]
The Rocky Mountain College Enactus team in partnership with the SCRaP makerspace in Billings announced the Broken Bottle Bout glass art competition. The Broken Glass project seeks to reduce the amount of glass that ends up in landfills by repurposing disposed glass. Students and community members can help create sustainable solutions with the chance of[…]
When the Montana snow buries the campus of Rocky Mountain College, students can take refuge in the Fortin Education Center for basketball season. The men’s and women’s basketball season is officially underway with both teams off to a good start. On Jan. 9, the two teams took to the road to take on the Carroll[…]
Many people ring in the new year with big parties, balloons, confetti, and a midnight kiss. Others, however, choose to celebrate by setting resolutions and personal goals that will help shape themselves into the person they’ve always wanted to be. According to Glenn Miller, M.D., nearly half of American adults “set at least one resolution[…]
This past December, the Walt Disney Corporation announced its purchase of 20th Century Fox, a film studio subdivision of the larger 21st Century Fox corporation. This announcement was made after weeks of rumors and speculation that Disney would acquire Fox’s film studio and what that could mean for the future of Marvel Studios, which is[…]
With the new year underway there are new things happening all around Rocky Mountain College’s campus. The new science center has been complete and there is even a new parking lot that aims to help minimize the parking overflow due to new students. This year, there is also a new member of RMC’s cheer team.[…]
A survey conducted last October by Harris Insights & Analytics, a market research firm, found that 32 percent of millenials are expected to purchase the cryptocurrency Bitcoin in the next five years. The Harris Poll surveyed over 2000 people and was conducted at the request of Blockchain Capital, an organization which invests in the growing[…]
Students will be able to satisfy their cravings for a delicious hot dog when Fun in a Bun opens at Rocky Mountain College. Fun in a Bun is a hot dog stand that will soon be open at RMC, thanks to the work of the Enactus team, a multinational business organization focused on college students,[…]
The Rocky Mountain College and Montana State University Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program is hosting a benefit dinner on Feb. 9 and silent auction at the Radisson Hotel starting at 6 p.m. Wilmot Collins, Montana’s first African American mayor-elect from Helena, will be one of the keynote speakers for the event. Collins was[…]
Rocky Mountain College Provost Dr. Stephen Germic announced to faculty and staff on Thursday, Jan. 11, that the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) has approved and accredited the college’s plan to start a Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) degree program, effective January 2019. “The OTD program will not only meet a rising need[…]