Northern to construct walking trail around campus

Montana State University-Northern recently received more than $60,000 in grant funding to construct a trail around the campus as part of their efforts to make the area more walkable.

Northern Office of Teaching and Learning Excellence Director Lindsey Brandt-Bennett, Ph.D., said the idea to construct a trail around Northern has been on the mind of Northern staff since before she came to work Northern seven years ago.

Brandt-Bennett said there is a large swath of land in the southeast corner of the campus that is difficult to traverse on foot and this L-shaped ½ mile trail will trace the perime...