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mm talkin’ to tietz The changing face of MSU was evident in the President's office where not only was there a change in attitude, but a change in personnel as well. Dr. William Tietz took office in July of 1977. replacing retiring President Carl McIntosh. MONTANAN: Briefly, Dr. Tietz. can you give us some of the reasons you came to Bozeman? TIETZ: I think Montana State University represented an opportunity to develop a school in the traditional land grant concept. It has a role to play in the development of resources, and the way people relate to the use of natural resources, land use. and the whole impact on a relatively undeveloped area. We have a lot of recreational land use. energy development ... and these cause people to be concerned about what will happen as the state of Montana grows. M: Do you think the students at MSU are like college students everywhere, or are they different? T: I think that because our student body is about 83% Montanans it speaks to a fact that Montanans are very interested in Montana. I think that on that line the MSU I student may be a little different than the average student. I recall at Colorado State, the average student was probably not as concerned about the state of Colorado as they are about Montana at MSU. This is partly due to a very high out-of-state student population. M: Relatively speaking with the rest of the nation, how would you rate the cost of education in Montana? T: It’s low. There was a very large raise in out-of-state tuition about a year ago. The Legislature took a different view of out-of-state tuition and did what is called “full costing . They put that full cost on the out-of-state student, which caused the student that came here as an easy break dropped out of the game. There was a drop in out-of-state enrollment. The word had gotten out that Montana State tuition had gone up. What I think will happen now after we have had the first decline, as we become more and more well-known in the country we will have an increase. People will be comparing our out-of-state tuition with Wyoming’s. Colorado’s. Indiana's. . .wherever, and will find that we are still quite low. I think we will also see a surge due to more public notice and an increase in quality of our programs. M: How will you increase the quality of the programs at MSU? T: One of the things we want to do is to make sure that every faculty member hired as a replacement or in a new position is a highly qualified person and an asset to the program. We are going to make major efforts to improve research funding, not at the expense of the educational programs, but rather as augmentation. We’re a little low in this regard, and we want to encourage the faculty members to get involved in creative activities. They are the things that really make a university. Bringing that information immediately to the classroom, without waiting for it to be published in a textbook, puts the student right on the front of the job market when they graduate. M: Can students become involved in this research? T: Probably. Our main thrust will be to incorporate undergraduate students in the research activities because we have many more undergraduates in the student body than we have graduates. M: How about other pet projects? T: The project very dear to my heart is the development of a fourth year program in veterinary medicine. We would like to strengthen the whole health professions area.. .1 call it the Allied Health area. We would really like to pull it all together-medical technology, nursing, the WAMI program-into a package of health education. It is a resource Montana needs very badly. M. How will MSU accomodate growth? T: In the long range plan, we are going to replace a number of married student housing units soon. We have just been given the go-ahead. On campus, we can go to night classes to better utilize the facilities. I'm sure we will get assistance when we complete the stats on classroom pressure and building use. From an interview conducted May 4th. 1978. by MONTANAN Editor E. Dustin Dunbar. Photographs by Ray Robison. 13
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r NEW INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS ON THE AIR WITH WAMI (WASHINGTON-ALASKA-MONTANA-IDAHO) In order to bring needed information to isolated areas, the Washington-Alaska-Montana-ldaho satellite television exchange was set up to include Bozeman in September of 1977. WAMI serves many functions. WAMI provides MSU with classes via satellite dealing with subject matter that MSU cannot give to its students. Physicians and veterinary specialists can be consulted over the air for “second opinions in medical cases. By using television. WAMI can conduct interviews for both medical schools and minority recruitment. Students can do independent studies using information gained from other states through the WAMI system. The televising of interviews and discussions is done for the benefit of WAMI. although television majors also gain valuable experience by working on the productions. Set design, cueing and filming are all part of the process. Photo coverage by Joe Sanders 14
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