Graduate students and their department are responsible for submitting an announcement to the MSU Calendar at least seven (7) business days prior to the defense. 

Submitting an event:

  1. Create a calendar event through the Submit an Event button on the MSU Calendar.
  2. Place the appropriate “Tag” on the event so that it will appear on the Graduate School webpage. To get a “Tag” to appear, start by typing “presentation" and choose from:
    • Presentations (Professional Paper)
    • Presentations (PhD Comp Exam)
    • Presentations (Doctoral Defense)
    • Presentation (Thesis Defense)

Current Defense Announcements:

Doctoral Defense Announcements

  • Rose Bear Don't Walk Doctoral Defense Monday, April 13, 2026 at 9:30 am - 11:30 am

    Please join Rose as she defends her Dissertation titled "First Foods for Health: A Community Exploration of Food Plants, Salish Health and Our Futures" as part of her PhD in Indigenous and Rural Health.

  • Emma Kubinski Dissertation Defense Friday, April 17, 2026 at 8:30 am - 9:30 am

    "Increasing the Resilience of Organic Vegetable Systems Through Agroecological Weed Management"

  • Samuel Koeshall Dissertation Defense Monday, April 20, 2026 at 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

    "Influence of environment, genetics, and management on field pea grain nitrogen concentration and yield response and subsequent effect of legume-based crop rotations on soil organic carbon"

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Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Exams

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Thesis Defense Announcements 

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Professional Paper Presentations

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