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- Program
- Speaker Series
- Date
- Feb 03, 2025
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- Speakers
- Jon Tester
- Topics
- policy challenge
Join the student finalist teams from University of Chicago, University of Cincinnati, and University of Kansas as they go head to head with their Urban-Rural Divide Policy Challenge proposals in our Policy Challenge Super Bowl! Judged by former U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT).
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Monday, February 3rd 5:00 p.m. CST Ida Noyes Hall, Third Floor Theatre
- Jon Tester Former U.S. Senator (D-MT), author of "Grounded: A Senator’s Lessons on Winning Back Rural America" After earning a degree in music from the College of Great Falls in 1978, Jon took over the Tester farm. He also taught music at F.E. Miley Elementary and was also elected to the Big Sandy School Board. He was first elected to the Montana Senate in 1998. In 2005, his colleagues chose him to serve as Montana Senate President. In 2006, he was first elected to the United States Senate and served until January, 2025. He is an outspoken voice for rural America and an advocate for small businesses who has hosted numerous Small Business Opportunity Workshops across Montana to serve thousands of business owners and entrepreneurs. He’s a champion of responsible energy development, sportsmen’s issues, clean air and water, Indian nations, women’s access to care, and quality health care for all of America’s Veterans. In the Senate, he served on the Veterans’ Affairs, Homeland Security, Indian Affairs, Banking and Appropriations Committees.