Northern looks to 2013 for new auto-tech center

The announcement of the finalists for chancellor wasn't the only dicussion of Montana State University-Northern's future happening last week.

The university hosted a long-range planning meeting last Monday, with legislators, community leaders and administrative officials from both Northern and MSU's Bozeman campus.

Most of the meeting was focused on the next legislative session in the spring of 2013 and what it could mean for Northern and the projects it has had difficulty with for the past few years.

Greg Kegel, dean of Northern's College of Technical Sciences, recalled discussing the renovat...