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Scholarships
Making the Dream of Education a Reality with Scholarships at Montana Technological University

Financial ability should not be a deciding factor in whether or not a student can pursue their educational dream at Montana Tech. 

Each year over $1,500,000 in scholarships are awarded to Montana Tech students and everyday we strive to offer more. We are a community of determined doers and innovators and together we can provide additional means to recruit more Orediggers, and to allow more students the transformative experience that is a Montana Technological University education.

Please consider making a gift to any or all of the scholarships below during DayOne. 

  

Canadian Recruitment Scholarship Endowment

This initiative aims to help build upon the strong academic partnership Montana Tech has had with Western Canada for over 50 years. The Canadian Recruitment Scholarship Endowment will be used to help recruit engineering students to Montana Tech from Canadian high schools and partnership institutes of technology such as SAIT, NAIT and BCIT.


Dr. Dennis Haley Scholarship

This Dr. Dennis Haley Scholarship honors the career of Dr. Dennis Haley who taught Mathematics at Montana Tech for 36 years.  In that time he encouraged many students to meet and exceed their potential, steering them towards rewarding and challenging careers.  This scholarship assists graduates from Montana High Schools with strong GPAs and a declared major in STEM curricula.  Once awarded, students keep the scholarship throughout their collegiate career as long as they continue to meet the requirements.  Please consider making a gift to the Dr. Dennis Haley Scholarship during DayOne.

During DayOne, thanks to a generous gift from Miriam Haley, all gifts to the Dr. Dennis Haley Scholarship will be matched 1:1 up to $5,000.

  

Dr. Beverly Karplus Hartline Endowed Scholarship  

This scholarship was established to honor the esteemed career Dr. Beverly Karplus Hartline, Professor Emeritus and former Montana Tech Vice Chancellor of Research and Dean of the Graduate School.  Bev is is a champion for faculty-mentored undergraduate research, faculty scholarship and grant seeking, campus research, infrastructure, and advancing women and underrepresented minorities - especially American Indians - in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  The Beverly Karplus Hartline Endowed Scholarship is guided with the intent to increase diversity and inclusion in STEM programs at Montana Technological University. Please consider making a gift to the Beverly Karplus Hartline Endowed Scholarship during DayOne.


Rod and Mary Lee James Endowed Scholarship

We are excited to share that a donor has made possible a $1,000 scholarship that will carry Rod and Mary Lee James’ names and be awarded in each of the next five years. The scholarship will go to support the educational dreams and ambitions of Tech student-athletes. We would like to grow and perpetuate this scholarship and Rod and Mary Lee’s legacy on our Montana Technological University campus by endowing their scholarship. Our initial goal is to perpetuate the scholarship through a $25,000 endowment. Please consider making a gift during DayOne to the Rod and Mary Lee James Endowed Scholarship


Kirsten Elizabeth Knudsen Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The Kirsten Elizabeth Knudsen Memorial Endowed Scholarship has been established to honor the memory of Montana Tech Alumni Kirsten Knudsen, with the hope of benefiting a Junior or Senior Geological Engineering student with a preference for a single parent.  Please consider making a gift to the Kirsten Elizabeth Knudsen Memorial Endowed Scholarship  during DayOne


Lee LaBreche Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Native to Butte and a Butte Central HS grad, LaBreche had been an assistant football coach in southwest Montana since 1985. The Lee LaBreche Memorial Endowed Scholarship is awarded to a Montana student participating on the Montana Tech Women's or Men's Golf team. Please consider making a gift to the Lee LaBreche Memorial Endowed Scholarship during DayOne. 



Tom Richmond Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Tom spent his life dedicated to the petroleum industry and we aim to honor his memory with the creation of the Tom Richmond Memorial Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship will help continue Tom's legacy and commitment to the industry he dedicated his life to, by preparing future generations of engineers with an outstanding Montana Tech education. Please consider making a gift to the Tom Richmond Memorial Endowed Scholarship during DayOne



Uuno Sahinen Memorial Fund

The Uuno Sahinen Memorial Fund supports a graduate student whose thesis is part of a Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology (MBMG) project. The student benefiting from the fund is selected each year by the Director of the MBMG and the Department Head of the Geological Engineering Department.

Kevin and Joan Shannon Annual Scholarship

The Kevin and Joan Shannon Scholarship was established in 1986 with the purpose of helping Butte students attend Montana Tech.  Each year since, recipients have been selected from graduating Butte High and Butte Central seniors. To date the scholarship has provided over $170,000 in scholarships to Butte kids. Please consider making a gift during DayOne to the Kevin and Joan Shannon Scholarship and invest in future generations of Butte students at Montana Technological University.


Alex Thatcher Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The Alex Thatcher Memorial Scholarship Endowment has been established to honor the spirit and memory of Montana Tech Alumni Alex Thatcher, with the hope of benefiting a student who will bring that spirit to Montana Tech. The Alex Thatcher Memorial Scholarship Endowment is awarded to a student from Montana pursing a degree in Petroleum Engineering. Please consider making a gift to the Alex Thatcher Memorial Scholarship Endowment during DayOne.

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Dr. Dennis Haley Scholarship Match
Thank you to the family of Dr. Dennis Haley who added an additional $5,000 in matching funds to the Dr. Dennis Haley Scholarship during DayOne. This matching opportunity has been met and awarded all available funds.
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Student Donor Match
During DayOne Montana Tech student donors had their gift matched 1:1 from a match pool of $5,000. This matching opportunity has been met and awarded all available funds. Thank you for supporting your passion through DayOne, Montana Tech's giving event!
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Olds Family Friday Match
Thanks to Nick and Kari Olds for adding an additional $3,000 to DayOne 2024 projects and helping drive DayOne 2024 to the finish line. The matching has been met and all dollars awarded.
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Montana Tech Foundation Board Participation Challenge
Thank you to Gary Kolstad, Bryan Larson, Josh Vincent, Kathy Arnold, Bob and Liz Shepard, Nicki and Ty Houston, Kristen and Dan Manson, Danika Steiner and Dave Burger, Jonna Laslovich, Brian Erickson, Jon Cherry, Leigh Freeman, Gary Carlson, Robert Iverson, Brad Estes, Nick and Judy DiGiovine, Anthony Lambert, Tom Staples, and Dan Bradley for banding together to help drive us to 700 donors for DayOne 2024. Their efforts and investment added an additional $51,100 to DayOne 2024! Let's Go Diggers!
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First Time Donor Match
This match has been met and all available funds have been awarded. During DayOne first time donors had their gifts matched 1:1 from a match pool of $5,000. This matching opportunity has been met and awarded all available funds.
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McCarthy Second Chance - First Time Donor Match
This match has been met and all available funds have been awarded. Thanks to Jack '73 and Leah McCarthy during DayOne first time donors had their gifts matched 1:1 from a match pool of $5,000. This matching opportunity has been met and awarded all available funds.
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Faculty Staff Participation Match Challenge
$5,000 was unlocked with the participation of 50 Montana Tech faculty staff members. $100 will be applied to the project to which the original gift was made by the donor. This match opportunity has been met. Thank you to all of our Montana Tech faculty and staff for participating in DayOne 2024 and supporting the students and programs of Montana Tech!
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Scholarship Donor Map
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