When did Montana State University-Northern, previously known as Northern Montana College, and where Michael Rao served as Chancellor, open its doors?
1929
Montana State University–Northern
Montana State University–Northern (also known as MSU–Northern, or Northern) is a public state university, part of the Montana State University System, located in Havre, in the U.S. state of Montana.
 Montana State University–Northern was known as Northern Montana College prior to the restructuring of Montana's public university system.
 It has an operating budget for fiscal year 2007 of $12,540,000.
 In 1913, the Montana State Legislature approved the establishment of the Northern Montana Agricultural and Manual Training School at Fort Assinniboine, six miles southwest of Havre, but no money was actually appropriated.
 The State Legislature amended their original act in 1927 to include certain academic subjects and in 1929, the Legislature appropriated funds to establish the college as a branch of the University of Montana (later renamed the Montana University System).
 Northern Montana College opened its doors in September 1929 in temporary quarters in Havre High School, and moved to its present campus in 1932.
Michael Rao
Michael Rao is an American academic administrator who is the current president of Virginia Commonwealth University, a public university in downtown Richmond, Virginia.
 Rao previously served as the president of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and Mission College in Santa Clara, California.
 Additionally, he served as the Chancellor of Montana State University–Northern.
KNMC
KNMC (90.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Havre, Montana.
 The station is owned by Montana State University-Northern and licensed to Northern Montana College.
 (MSU-Northern changed its name from Northern Montana College in 1994.)
 It airs a College radio format. Chet Blaylock
Chester Merle "Chet" Blaylock (November 13, 1924 – October 23, 1996) was a U.S. politician born in Joliet, Montana.
 Blaylock served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
 Later he was a teacher for 30 years in Laurel and Chinook, Montana.
 He was a delegate to the Montana state Constitutional Convention in 1972 and a member of the Montana State Senate from Laurel, Montana.
 In 1996 Blaylock was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Montana against incumbent Marc Racicot.
 On the way to a debate with his opponent less than two weeks before the election, Blaylock died of a heart attack at Deer Lodge, Montana.
 His running mate, Judy Jacobson, continued unsuccessfully with his campaign.
 Blaylock was cremated and his ashes interred at Rockvale Cemetery in Rockvale, Montana. Tom Parac
Tom Parac (born c. 1931) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
 He served as the head football coach at Montana State University from 1968 to 1970, compiling a record of 9–20.
 Parac was the athletic director at Montana State from 1971 to 1985.
 A native of Lewistown, Montana, Parac played college football as a quarterback at Montana State, where he also lettered in basketball and baseball. Dave McAlpin
Dave McAlpin is an Administrative Law Judge in Helena, Montana.
 He serves as Chairman of the Montana Tax Appeal Board.
 He was appointed to the Board by Gov. Steve Bullock in 2013 and unanimously confirmed to the six-year term by a vote of the Montana State Senate.
 He was designated Chairman in 2015.
 McAlpin was appointed by the MT Attorney General to direct the Montana State Crime Laboratory from 2009-2012.
 He is the only Montana Director elected by his peers to the Board of Directors of the American Society of Crime Lab Directors.
 A former Democratic member of the Montana House of Representatives, he represented House District 94 in Missoula during the 2005, 2007, and 2009 legislative sessions until his appointment to the Crime Lab.
 In 2006 he was selected to join the Aurthur S. Flemming Fellows of the Institute of Progressive Leadership.
 While serving in the Montana Legislature, he served on the Taxation committee and was elected to House Leadership as Minority Whip.
 He managed the Smokeless States Initiative in Montana for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from 2001-2003.
 He was Executive Director of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) in Missoula.
 McAlpin served as a congressional aide to Rep. Pat Williams (D-MT) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) in Washington, DC and Montana.
 He was the Chief Deputy Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court from 1995-1998. Montana State University Billings
Montana State University Billings (or MSU Billings) is a state university.
 Its main campus is located on 110 acres in downtown Billings, Montana, United States.
 Formerly Eastern Montana Normal School when it was founded in 1927, it was then renamed in 1949 to Eastern Montana College of Education.
 In 1965, it became a full-fledged four-year college as Eastern Montana College.
 It merged with Montana State University in 1994 under its present name.
 Currently, the university offers associate’s, bachelor's and master's degrees through the University’s five colleges.
 The five colleges of Montana State University Billings are Arts and Sciences, Business, Allied Health professions, Education and City College.
 It has the third largest campus population in the Montana State University System. University of Montana Western
The University of Montana Western (UMW) is a public university located in Dillon, Montana, United States.
 It is affiliated with The University of Montana and is part of the Montana University System.
 The school was founded in 1893 as Montana State Normal School.
 The college was founded as a center for training teachers.
 It was formerly known as Western Montana College before becoming part of the Montana University System in 2000.
 Enrollment as of Fall 2016 was 1,501 students. Up with Montana
"Up With Montana" is the fight song of the University of Montana.
 Its lyrics are credited to Dick Howell, a law student and member of the glee club in the 1910s, who wrote them in 1914 “to commemorate the rivalry” for the 21st meeting between the University of Montana and its rival Montana State University, then known as "State University of Montana" and " Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts" respectively.
 Referencing the song's final stanza, "And the squeal of the pig will float on the air; from the tummy of the Grizzly Bear", "The New York Times" commented that "at the University of Montana, fans expect their team to devour its enemies while still alive."
 Despite the reference, eight months earlier in January 2002, the song was read aloud on the Senate floor by Sen. Fritz Hollings (S. Carolina) as part of a friendly bet with Montana's Senator Max Baucus over who would win the NCAA I-AA Football Championship that year. Kingsley Ogwudire
Kingsley Ogwudire (born January 20, 1972) is a Nigerian professional basketball player, formerly with the Harlem Globetrotters, Antranik SC of Beirut, Lebanon, Al-Ittihad of Syria.
 He played college basketball at Montana State University-Northern in 1996-97.
 He is also a longtime member of the Nigeria national basketball team, including appearances at the 1998 FIBA World Championship and FIBA Africa Championship 2005.