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Events

Today
9:00 am Virtual Fossil Fridays

9:00 am Maker Fridays at the School of Art

9:00 am Focus Friday

9:00 am Tabitha Normandeau a DNP Graduate Student Defense

9:00 am Michelle Briggs Dissertation Defense for Ph.D. in Fish & Wildlife Biology

9:00 am MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking Thesis Defense

9:00 am Macy Collins' Thesis Defense

10:00 am Adeline Weidow a DNP Graduate Student Defense

11:00 am Thyme Bistro: Gallatin College's Student Bistro

11:00 am Kristen Howick a DNP Graduate Student Defense

11:00 am Catalyst Labs x LaunchCats Series

12:00 pm Jabs Sustainable Enterprises Initiative: Sustainable Finance Research Talk, Dr. Ailin Chen

12:00 pm OLLI at MSU Friday Forum: Bozeman’s New Land Development Code

12:50 pm Pop-Up music by MSU Studio Oboe Trio, Asbjornson Hall, Friday, Apr. 10, 2026, 12:50-1:10PM

1:00 pm Men's tennis hosts Sacramento State

1:30 pm Kimberly Joanne Bosket a DNP Graduate Student Defense

1:30 pm MFA in Science and Natural History Filmmaking Thesis Defense

2:30 pm Laken K. Dempsey a DNP Graduate Student Defense

3:10 pm PhD Defense in Chemistry - Amethyst Demeritte

6:00 pm Public Things: Money, Transparent Elections & the Montana Experience

7:00 pm Spring Rodeo

7:30 pm Montana Chamber Music: Caroline Shaw + Attacca Quartet

April 11
10:00 am Women's tennis hosts the Griz

11:00 am Roskie Creek Clean Up

7:00 pm Spring Rodeo

7:30 pm Vocal Senior Recital: A Cabaret with Karisma Rennich

April 12
1:00 pm Spring Rodeo

3:00 pm Studio Recital: Voice students of Elizabeth Croy

April 13
8:00 am Exhibit and Closing Reception: Drawing from the Long Take, Chris Livingston, School of Architecture

9:00 am Homeschool Mondays

9:00 am John Michael Eberhard Physics PhD Defense

9:30 am Rose Bear Don't Walk Doctoral Defense

10:00 am Let's Talk Drop-in Consultation

12:15 pm Mindful Mondays Weekly Drop in

1:10 pm LRES Spring Seminar Series featuring presenters Jerry Bowman and Carson Williams

2:00 pm HYDRAULIC EVALUATION AND PASSAGE EFFICENCY OF A ROUGHENED CHANNEL ROCK RAMP FISHWAY

4:10 pm Math Seminar: "Counting number fields of fixed degree by their smallest defining polynomial"

7:30 pm Stellar Brass: Performance & Masterclass

April 14
9:00 am Preparing Core Courses for Assessing the Core Quality Learning Outcome: Local & Global Citizen

9:00 am PhD Defense in Chemistry - Oliver Jackson

12:00 pm Leadership Essentials for Emerging Scholars

1:00 pm Let's Talk Drop-in Consultation

2:00 pm MCB Seminar - Dr. Seth Walk - 4/14/26, 2:00PM - 3:00PM

4:00 pm Hilleman Scholars Student Panel

5:30 pm College of Ag Story Telling Night

6:30 pm Friends of MSU Library Book Group

7:30 pm Ensemble Concert: Brass Quintets, directed by Dr. Sarah Stoneback

April 15
9:00 am MSU Staff Senate Monthly Meeting

10:00 am Research Council Strategic Plan Listening Session: Share Your Ideas to Help Shape MSU’s Future

11:00 am UPDATED: Faculty Strategic Plan Listening Session: Share Your Ideas to Help Shape MSU’s Future

12:00 pm Mountains & Minds Toastmasters Club Meetings

12:00 pm Human dimensions of wildfire planning

12:00 pm Your Students as Major Scholarship Candidates: Faculty Session

12:00 pm HYSTERIA! How Women Drum Sanity Back Into the World

12:15 pm Wellness Wednesday Weekly Drop-in

1:00 pm Svetlana Frost will defend her Plant Science MS on April 15th

2:00 pm Joseph Bretz PhD Dissertation Defense

3:00 pm Let's Talk Drop-in Consultation

3:15 pm Faculty Strategic Plan Listening Session: Share Your Ideas to Help Shape MSU’s Future

4:00 pm Concert Job Fair - Mumford & Sons

4:00 pm QCORE Seminar Series - Josh Doherty, Low-noise cryogenic systems for Quantum

4:10 pm Statistics Seminar by Dr. Justin Gallagher (MSU) (04/15 Wed, 4:10-5 pm, Wilson 1-154)

5:00 pm International Student Strategic Plan Listening Session

7:00 pm Campus Civil Rights Movie Night

7:30 pm Senior Recital: William Briseño

April 16
10:00 am HumaniTEAs Thursday

April 17
9:00 am Focus Friday

April 18
1:00 pm Men's tennis hosts the Griz

April 19
10:00 am Women's tennis hosts Weber State University

April 20
12:00 am Don't Curb Your Crap

April 22
12:00 pm Mountains & Minds Toastmasters Club Meetings

April 23
10:00 am HumaniTEAs Thursday

Announcements

Friday, Apr 10

MSU Staff Senate Monthly Meeting-Benefits Re-Enrollment Discussion and Q&A

The Staff Senate is accepting questions and topics ahead of its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 15.

Share Your Ideas to Help Shape MSU’s Future Strategic Plan

To help shape MSU's future strategic plan, faculty, staff and students can fill out an online survey or attend in-person listening sessions April 15-17.

Learn to build a digital teammate in this upcoming two-part class

Registration is open for the course Extending the Chatbot: Getting Started with AI Agents and Human-in-the-Loop Design," held Wednesday, April 22, and Wednesday, May 6.

Monday, Apr 13

Share Your Ideas to Help Shape MSU’s Future Strategic Plan

To help shape MSU's future strategic plan, faculty, staff and students can fill out an online survey or attend in-person listening sessions April 15-17.

Learn basic improv skills to better navigate work and life's curveballs

Registration is open for the MSU After Hours course Improve for Innovative Leadership, held Tuesday, April 21.

Campus Civil Rights is seeking advisors for discrimination and harassment hearings.

Campus Civil Rights is seeking volunteers to assist community members participating in investigations under MSU’s Equal Opportunity, Non-Discrimination and Harassment Policy.

Wednesday, Apr 15

MSU's Chemical Inventory Database (SciSure)

MSU's Chemical Inventory Database (SciSure) is a requirement for all individuals using and storing chemicals on campus.

Share Your Ideas to Help Shape MSU’s Future Strategic Plan

To help shape MSU's future strategic plan, faculty, staff and students can fill out an online survey or attend in-person listening sessions April 15-17.

Monday, Apr 20

Wondering which MSU policies are being updated?

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

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Wednesday, Apr 29

Policies heading to University Council

Policies heading to University Council are available for review and feedback.

Monday, May 4

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, May 18

Wondering which MSU policies are being updated?

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

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Jun 8

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Jun 22

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Jul 6

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Jul 20

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Aug 3

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Aug 17

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Sep 14

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Sep 28

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Oct 5

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Oct 19

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Nov 2

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Nov 16

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Dec 7

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.

Monday, Dec 21

Proposed/Actual use form required for Custer Gallatin National Forest Service use

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.