Montana State University in Bozeman has announced a $25 million gift from alumnus Jake Jabs, president and CEO of American Furniture Warehouse, for its College of Business.

Awarded to the MSU Alumni Foundation, the largest gift in the history of the state's public education system will be used to construct a new facility for the college and add scholarships and academic programs in entrepreneurship and professional skills development while fostering collaborative efforts between business students and those in other disciplines such as engineering, the sciences, agriculture, graphic arts, and the humanities. In 2010, Jabs, a 1952 graduate of the school, made a $3 million gift to the college for the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship for the New West.

"Collaboration and team work among professionals from many different fields is the future of business," said Susan Dana, interim dean of the college of business. "Mr. Jabs' gift will help us prepare our students for that world."