Meet the Team

Dr. Carina N. Beck 

Director, Hilleman Scholars Program

Carina Beck serves in the role of Director of the Hilleman Scholars Program at Montana State University. Beck oversees the MSU Hilleman Scholars Program, a scholarship and leadership program for Montana Pell-eligible students. In addition to personalized student success support, the program serves as a living laboratory to research and develop innovative practices that promote better outcomes for all students who attend Montana State University. Through its innovative curriculum program design, and partnerships with individuals and programs across Montana, the MSU Hilleman Scholars Program is well situated to produce Montana’s future leaders.

During her time at MSU, Beck also helped establish other MSU offices including Blackstone Launch Pad, MSU Leadership Institute (co-founded with Jim McCray) and re-established the

U. S. Department of Education TRIO SSS program.

Along with her husband, Lawrence, Carina has called Montana home for over 30 years. They share two boys – Lawrence & AJ - and love for the Montana seasons and outdoors.

Ann Dickensheets

MSU Hilleman Scholars Success Advisor

Ann is thrilled to be part of the Hilleman Scholars program, serving in the role of success advisor. She received her BA in biology and secondary education from the University of Colorado, in her hometown of Boulder. For the next ten years,  she taught middle and high school science, math and physical education and couched track and cross country. In 1997, Ann and her husband moved to Bozeman where they raised their two sons and daughter. Since then, she has spent 22 years coordinating the youth and college ministries and leading music at the Methodist church, and has led dozens of domestic and international service weeks. In her spare time, Ann enjoys singing, traveling, hiking with her dog and skiing the beautiful trails around Bozeman.