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HAMILTON – Katelyn Lester is the “poster child” for preventing over-service of alcohol at bars and restaurants. Seventeen surgeries and a medical tab that exceeds $1 million prove it. Five years after the automobile collision that almost took her life, Lester is playing an important role in a public-awareness campaign aimed at warning bartenders and […]

The founder and CEO of the MAPS Media Institute in the Bitterroot Valley, Peter Rosten, has been confirmed by Gov. Steve Bullock as the newest member of the Montana Ambassadors. The Montana Ambassadors is a volunteer organization of business and education professionals who work with Bullock, the state Department of Commerce and the Office of

The awards keep pouring in for the MAPS Media Institute of Hamilton. They received two 2015 Northwest Regional High School Student Awards for Excellence from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Seattle last weekend. In the Arts and Entertainment category MAPS won for both student productions – “Darby Rodeo” and “Logger Days.”

The Montana MAPS Program’s “Darby Rodeo” and “Logger Days” films have been nominated for an Arts & Entertainment award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Northwest Chapter. The Montana Film Office made the announcement last week, boasting of the Big Sky Film Grant-supported projects and their partnership with MAPS. “We’re proud to

When the folks at MAPS Media Institute put together their inaugural entrepreneur class last January, they told the first students they were expected to create a working business and then build it into something real. Then – like always – the instructors stepped back and let the collective creative juices of a room filled with

The Ravalli County commissioners heard a presentation by the MAPS Media Institute staff and students last week, and voted to proclaim April 16 as MAPS Day for Ravalli County. MAPS executive director Wendy Bauder and instructors Clare Ann Harff, Tim Kolberg and Christian Ackerman were joined by a teacher’s assistant and several MAPS students for

The MAPS Media Institute is offering a class to prepare students for life beyond technology. The class teaches soft skills – the essentials to business readiness. Peter Rosten is the founder and CEO of the MAPS Media Institute. “Every year, we learn more about what our students want, and this year they wanted to have

The MAPS Media Institute is participating in the Ravalli County Fair for their first time. They will have an information booth and a photo booth, where they will host fun, hands-on activities and sell costume jewelry. “MAPS staff and students will be available to share program information, answer questions and take student applications for their

The creators and executive producers of the NBC show came to the MAPS Media Institute as guest lecturers. Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt shared the intricacies of producing, writing and directing a major television show, gave tips on getting into the film and television industry, and shared insight as to how the business works. NBC’s