Accelerate Montana

For years, Great Falls College has been doing important work with non-credit Validated Skills Trainings - from Basic Floor Installation to CNA to CDL courses that serve Montana's workforce needs. But like many institutions, they faced a challenge: how do you make this work visible, comparable, and connected to the larger educational system?

MISSOULA  – The University of Montana and The Whole Group are partnering to develop workforce education and training pathways to position Montana as a global leader in meeting the rapidly growing need for a workforce skilled in the ServiceNow technology platform. The Whole Group, a new venture focused on delivering ServiceNow technology solutions to business and government customers around the world, selected Montana as the ideal location to build a skilled workforce. “UM is continuing to do...

WASHINGTON, DC  — The Biden-Harris administration, through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), today announced the designation of 31 Tech Hubs in regions across the country. This is the first phase of the new  Tech Hubs program , which is an economic development initiative designed to drive regional innovation and job creation by strengthening a region’s capacity to manufacture, commercialize, and deploy technology that will advance American...