Class of 2023 graduates from Northern

15 Montana State University-Northern students received 420 degrees this weekend at the college's graduation ceremony Saturday.

Students received their degrees after a ceremony and speech by Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel and commencement address by Montana Actors' Theatre Executive Director and award-winning playwright Jay Pyette, who graduated from Northern himself decades ago.

Pyette said there are a lot of important things that happened on May 6 throughout history, good and bad, from the Hindenburg Disaster to Babe Ruth's first major league home run, as well as a lot of famous births, from...