Your investment in our Scholarship Fund will ensure that a lack of financial means never prohibits a student from earning a degree, and provides the university with the financial strength and flexibility to strategically secure and diversify student enrollment.

Montana Western students are on average, 80% TRIO eligible which means they fall into one of the following categories: first-generation, documented disability or low income. The ability to offer our students scholarship support is often a "game changer" and the difference between leaving school or achieving their goal of a college degree.  

Your investment in the Fund for Experience One will ensure that each student's academic opportunities extend well beyond the traditional classroom, as well as empower faculty to design real-world experiences that will inspire academic achievement and career preparedness, providing each student with a professional advantage as they compete for career placement. 

The Experience One departmental award is made available based on course enrollment or FTE (Full-time Equivalent). The Experience One campus collaboration award is made available based on interdisciplinary collaboration across campus. These awards will offset the program cost associated with experiential programming that is not funded by state and/or tuition resources.

Your investment in the Student Wellness Center will ensure overall well-being for our students.

The truth is, you can study around the clock. You can make great friendships. You can partner with excellent professors who will help you take your learning to the next level, but none of that matters if your physical, mental or spiritual health gives out before you complete your degree.

Montana Western students deserve a modern facility to promote overall wellness. In fact, our students understand the importance of this so well, they are investing a student fee to create this vital space. We want to support them in their efforts by supplementing this fee with private gifts to not only make the space possible but to help provide equipment and programming that will keep our student healthy. Staying healthy in mind, body and spirit is crucial to the student experience.

Your support of the Sports and Activities Complex will ensure that we have a vibrant campus experience for students, alumni and the community.

Montana Western is the only four-year university in the state without an on-campus stadium. From the university’s perspective, this is a strategic investment that will significantly enhance the student’s campus experience and strengthen campus-community relationships.

The value of bringing the game-day experience to campus is essential as it relates to student recruitment and retention, as well as alumni and community engagement.