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Faculty & Staff Strategic Plan Listening Sessions

MSU will host listening sessions Feb 18 and March 10 for faculty and Feb. 18 and March 11 for staff to help shape the university’s new strategic plan. Your input will guide the goals and priorities that define the university’s future.
Jordan Penney, you are PURE GOLD!

Jordan Penney is a staff member in the Department of Research Centers on the Bozeman Campus.

"The Bite" by paleoartist Jenn Hall. |

Rare fossil records Tyrannosaurus attack at MOR

A woman in a large audience speaking with a microphone |

MSU students help shape next strategic plan

An 1870 sepia portrait of Edmonia Lewis |

MSU historians connect acclaimed artist to Bozeman

Pryce, 24, raced in three Olympic events: the women’s skiathlon on Feb. 7, the women’s sprint classic on Feb. 10, and the women’s 10K interval start freestyle on Feb. 12. | Submitted photo

Bobcat athletes compete in Winter Olympics

Announcements

To help shape MSU's future strategic plan, faculty, staff and students can fill out an online survey or attend in-person listening sessions on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

The Honorary Degree Committee is accepting nominations for qualified honorary degree candidates, due Feb. 20.

Early registration for the Bobcat Summer Youth Camp will open Monday, Feb. 23.

Visit MSU's policy review page to see which university policies will be updated and to provide feedback.

Nominations for Celebrating Excellence in Service and MSU Employees of the Year awards are due Feb. 27.

The PREP-MT postbaccalaureate research education program is accepting applications for 2026 until Feb. 28.

The Center for Faculty Excellence is accepting applications for spring 2026 internal grants.

Researchers and programs planning to use Custer Gallatin National Forest Service land are required to complete a Proposed Use Form and an Actual Use Form.

MSU's 2026 First Year Student Convocation book is "Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error" by Kathryn Schulz. All first-year students are provided a copy of the annual convocation book as a gift from the president's office and are asked to read it before the event on Aug. 25.

Today @ MSU

7:30 am: MSU Friday - February 20, 2026
8:30 am: TRIO Days Open House
9:00 am: Virtual Fossil Fridays
11:00 am: Catalyst Labs x LaunchCats Series
12:50 pm: Pop-Up music featuring MSU piano students, Asbjornson Hall, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, 12:50-1:10PM
1:00 pm: Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon
2:10 pm: A Colloquium in Low Dimensional Topology with Maggie Miller (UT Austin)
3:10 pm: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminar
7:30 pm: Pianoforte Concert: All proceeds support piano scholarships

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Upcoming

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Curiosity before Conclusions: Talking about AI

10:30am - 12:00pm MSU Library
324 Teaching

Metacognition in Action: Strategies for Learning 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Virtual Update on NEH Funding Opportunities 11:00am - 12:00pm

Faculty MSU Strategic Plan Listening Session 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Staff MSU Strategic Plan Listening Session 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Term Dates & Deadlines

Spring Break (no classes, offices open)

Pure GoldMSU's most recent recpients

Jordan Penney, you are PURE GOLD!

Jana Shank

Sean Mcintyre

Jacqueline Centofanti

Kody Gilleo

Miny Brown

Julie Barnwell

Emily Criswell

Robert Zimmer

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