Campus culinary shift provides options, ambiance and farm-to-campus offerings to food savvy students. Following an enlightened philosophy that simultaneously honors food, history, and indigenous cultures, Montana State University has significantly updated the culinary offerings for students, faculty and staff—not to mention the venues.

Kelsey Dzintars’ ’09 paintings and graphic designs have appeared many places you might expect—gallery walls, magazines, T-shirts, websites—and some you might not. In the past year, the award-winning artist has created a bold wildlife-filled topsheet graphic for a custom ski company named Arête, a vinyl wrap featuring playful trout imagery that graces a drift boat and a bobcat illustration appearing on cans of Golden Bobcat Pale Ale, a beer brewed to celebrate MSU’s 125th anniversary.

Cowboy Cricket Farms taps into a growing global demand for protein. After attending MSU’s Bug Buffet, an annual feast of edible insects, MSU nutrition student Kathy Rolin came home and presented an idea to her husband James: What if we start a business farming insects for food?

MSU alum leads international coalition in fight against ISIS. A Montana State University graduate who now serves as a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army was recently named commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, an international coalition fighting the Islamic State.

Montana State University alumna Jackie (Darnell) Wickens ’11, is set to become HGTV’s newest rising star, with the renovation show she co-hosts, “Montana Home,” expected to debut in early 2019.

After a career of viewing blockbuster movies from behind the camera’s lens, Mark Vargo embraces a new role teaching others. Cinematographer and special effects artist Mark Vargo ’77, Film and Television Production, has worked on dozens of major movies and television shows over the past 40 years.

MSU ski team standouts Johanna Taliham, Jessica Yeaton ’14, and Sawyer Kesselheim ’16, traveled to Pyeongchang, South Korea, this past spring to compete in the greatest athletic competition in the world.

Of barley, brewing and Golden Bobcat Pale Ale. MSU’s 125th anniversary craft beer is but one of many successes for the Jeremiah Johnson Brewing Company. You don’t have to mention to MSU alumnus Jeremiah Johnson ’04, (Business Marketing), that the title character of a 1972 film starring Robert Redford shares his name. Make no mistake, he knows.

Bozeman alum's smartphone app pays you to go to craft breweries and try their beer.  Ryan Rickert ’06, doesn’t necessarily appreciate being counted amongst people who start multiple businesses, nor did he set out to become one.

Bobcat stadium turns laboratory for local photonics firm. When a local high-tech company needed to practice its latest photonics technology on something resembling the giant radio dish at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory, it turned to Bobcat Stadium at Montana State University.

When asked about why giving back to MSU is important to them and Owenhouse, Eric said, “We take pride in the fact that MSU is growing, from the perspective of being alumni and being community members. The health of MSU reflects on the health of Bozeman.”

John Krasinski highlights some good news around the world (including weather from Ryan Reynolds) and sends the class of 2020 off with advice from Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Malala Yousafzai, and Jon Stewart. Guaranteed to lift your spirits!