25 Million Dollar Donation to MSU

tdub · Post by **tdub** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:20 am

Good things happening all over the place:

http://www.kaj18.com/news/msu-to-get-25 ... -donation/

Platinumcat · Post by **Platinumcat** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:29 am

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!

Post by **rtb** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:31 am

WOW! I am jealous of those students that will get to enjoy a new COB building in the future! What a great thing for MSU.

CapitalCityCat · Post by **CapitalCityCat** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:39 am

Wow! Thanks Jake!

wbtfg · Post by **wbtfg** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:43 am

wow....amazing!

SD Cat · Post by **SD Cat** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:54 am

Wow is right! I was just coming to see if this had been posted yet. The largest private donation in the history of Montana higher eduacation!

Rich K · Post by **Rich K** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:58 am

Wow is right! Question, the article claims a ground breaking date for a new building could happen in the spring of 2018. Is that how long these projects take to get moving these days?

ilovethecats · Post by **ilovethecats** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:09 am

geeze, furniture business was good to mr jabs.

Post by **SonomaCat** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:43 am

I was told that some great news was on the way -- this surely must have been it. Awesome!!!

The donor's biography is also a very inspiring story. I love to read about people who were willing to take risks, had it pay off for them, and then choose to use the fruits of their labor to benefit others. To me, that's the mark of a great person.

RK Cat · Post by **RK Cat** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:52 am

Wow, that is awesome.

Someone better let the viewshedders, know they will have a new building to bitch about.

Being serious I met jake while I was attending msu, one of the nicest and most genuine people I have met.

Post by **rtb** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:47 pm

So something I am crunching on...WHERE will the new building be? Anyway they eventually tear down an old building on campus and replace it or will campus just keep expanding? I would love to see the building stay close to the core of campus, but don't really know where it will go.

Air Force Cat · Post by **Air Force Cat** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:08 pm

Can you imagine what kind of expansion we could have had next year if that money would have gone to the stadium!?!?

But really, great donation and great thing to happen for the COB and MSU

kennethnoisewater · Post by **kennethnoisewater** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:10 pm

Rich K wrote:Wow is right! Question, the article claims a ground breaking date for a new building could happen in the spring of 2018. Is that how long these projects take to get moving these days?

The article I read said it would break ground in the spring of 2013 if approved. I'm not sure why it wouldn't be. That would be some disappointing politics if they couldn't get that approved. Here's the article from MSU: http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview. ... n=homepage

As for the location, I was wondering the same thing. As somebody else mentioned, I hope it's near the core of the campus too. If the campus is sprawled out, I would think there's less of a united, familiar feel that is so great about college. But this is what happens when a University does great things and expands because of it. Thank you Mr. Jabs, and congratulations MSU!

RK Cat · Post by **RK Cat** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:29 pm

I remember talking with the college of business about a new building and and I remember them saying there is a space right behind reid next to Gaines

kennethnoisewater · Post by **kennethnoisewater** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 3:36 pm

RK Cat wrote:I remember talking with the college of business about a new building and and I remember them saying there is a space right behind reid next to Gaines

I wonder what that would be. Traphagen is right between the two buildings, and I don't think they would tear that down...it's a cool old building a lot of students never have classes in. Below Traphagen (just to the west) is a little open space, but it's pretty close to the duck pond. That's not going anywhere. Does anything happen on Gatton Field anymore? That's the space just to the east of the P.E. complex. And I think there's some space south of Langford. I just can't imagine a space in the heart of campus that could hold a decent-sized building.

GavinDonos · Post by **GavinDonos** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:12 pm

WOW! Thank you Mr. Jabs!
I can still remember the old Great American Bazaar precursor business that he had in Billings years ago. The old commercials are something I'll remember forever.

SaxCat · Post by **SaxCat** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:59 pm

kennethnoisewater wrote:
RK Cat wrote:I remember talking with the college of business about a new building and and I remember them saying there is a space right behind reid next to Gaines
I wonder what that would be. Traphagen is right between the two buildings, and I don't think they would tear that down...it's a cool old building a lot of students never have classes in. Below Traphagen (just to the west) is a little open space, but it's pretty close to the duck pond. That's not going anywhere. Does anything happen on Gatton Field anymore? That's the space just to the east of the P.E. complex. And I think there's some space south of Langford. I just can't imagine a space in the heart of campus that could hold a decent-sized building.

Currently the only thing that goes on at Gatton field is Marching band rehearsal.

BelgradeBobcat · Post by **BelgradeBobcat** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:13 pm

In his interviews Jake Jabs said he wanted to build something similar to NAU's College of Business -which was also a product of a $25 million gift.

Here's what it looks like:

seataccat · Post by **seataccat** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 1:18 pm

I am having a moment of deja vu. Didn't a furniture tycoon give a huge donation to the business school a couple years ago as well?

Post by **kmax** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:40 pm

seataccat wrote:I am having a moment of deja vu. Didn't a furniture tycoon give a huge donation to the business school a couple years ago as well?

Jabs donated $3 mil last year that set up the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship as well as some scholarships.

http://www.bobcatnation.com/bobcatbb/vi ... hilit=jabs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;