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The University of Montana Foundation’s mission is to increase philanthropic support to ensure the University of Montana’s excellence, access and affordability, focusing fundraising activity on the priorities set by the University and building and maintaining relationships with alumni and friends who donate to UM. We also manage an endowment. Earnings from the endowment provide ongoing support for the University. The Foundation is an independent non-profit organization with a Board of Trustees. The Trustees and staff work with University leaders to set fundraising priorities which support the University’s strategic plan. In fiscal year 2015, private support for the University of Montana totaled $52.6 million. Of that, $46 million came from gifts through the UM Foundation. An additional $6.6 million came through private grants to UM.
Western Washington University is the state’s third-largest higher education institution. Consistently ranked the top master’s-granting public university in the Pacific Northwest by U.S. News and World Report. FACULTY: Faculty in fall 2012: 784. Full-time faculty: 517, 90.1 percent with terminal degrees. Student-faculty ratio: 20.8 to 1. STUDENTS: Fall 2012 enrollment: 14,833 full- and part-time students. Students of color: 21.3 percent. First-year students: 2,688 freshmen and 1,045 transfers. 2011 full-time freshmen returning: 85.1 percent. Six-year graduation rate: 67.2 percent.
Duquesne University is a private, coeducational university located on a bluff above downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1878 as a Catholic college by the Order of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne is one of the largest and most comprehensive Catholic universities in the U.S., and the only Spiritan institution of higher education in the world. Duquesne is consistently ranked among America's top Catholic universities for its award-winning faculty and a tradition of academic excellence. A coeducational university on a self-contained campus with dramatic views of Pittsburgh's skyline and rivers, the university has students representing nearly every state in the union and 80 nations. Duquesne has a 14:1 student/faculty ratio, and 87 percent of incoming freshman are drawn from the top half of their high school class. Duquesne offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in natural and environmental sciences, leadership, business, nursing, health sciences, pharmacy, law, education, music, and the liberal arts.
Northwest Community College (NWCC) is an accredited post-secondary institution that serves the rich and diverse communities and learners of BC's beautiful northwest region including Haida Gwaii and the Great Bear Rain Forest.