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$50 Million Gift for computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and a few others

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:25 pm
by wapiti
https://www.kbzk.com/news/montana-news/ ... foundation

MSU announces a $50 million gift from the Gianforte Family Foundation
Will further computer science, electrical and computer engineering, cybersecurity, optics and photonics, and creative industries

Campus is getting another building.

Re: $50 Million Gift for computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and a few others

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 7:01 pm
by RickRund
wapiti wrote:
Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:25 pm
https://www.kbzk.com/news/montana-news/ ... foundation

MSU announces a $50 million gift from the Gianforte Family Foundation
Will further computer science, electrical and computer engineering, cybersecurity, optics and photonics, and creative industries

Campus is getting another building.
=D^ =D^ =D^

Re: $50 Million Gift for computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and a few others

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 9:55 pm
by rivercat
Thank you Greg. MSU gets stronger with every gift from these great entrepreneurs.

Re: $50 Million Gift for computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and a few others

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 10:50 am
by TomCat88
wapiti wrote:
Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:25 pm
https://www.kbzk.com/news/montana-news/ ... foundation

MSU announces a $50 million gift from the Gianforte Family Foundation
Will further computer science, electrical and computer engineering, cybersecurity, optics and photonics, and creative industries

Campus is getting another building.
Always great to invest in higher education. MSU is becoming an even better school right before our very eyes.

Re: $50 Million Gift for computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and a few others

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 10:54 am
by wbtfg
Awesome gift no doubt about it.

The story says this was tied for the 2nd largest gift. Isn’t it the 3rd largest behind the recent $100MM donation to nursing and the $70+MM donation from norm abjornson?

Re: $50 Million Gift for computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and a few others

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 11:08 am
by TomCat88
wbtfg wrote:
Sun Feb 27, 2022 10:54 am
Awesome gift no doubt about it.

The story says this was tied for the 2nd largest gift. Isn’t it the 3rd largest behind the recent $100MM donation to nursing and the $70+MM donation from norm abjornson?
Asbjornson was $50 million with $20 million match.