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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.
MSU students help shape next strategic plan

The university will host additional listening sessions for faculty, staff, students and community members to share their thoughts on Wednesday, Feb. 18, and in March.
Teresa Wilhelm, you are PURE GOLD!

Teresa Wilhelm is a staff member in the Indulge Bakery and Commissary Kitchen on the Bozeman Campus.

Hosted by the Launchpad, the $100K Venture Competition is one avenue for MSU-affiliated entrepreneurs to secure funding for their ideas. |

New resources support entrepreneurship at MSU

Ghazal Vahdi looking at microscopic images on a computer in a lab. | MSU photo by Kelly Gorham

MSU engineering researcher wins NSF award

American players in the International Collegiate Challenge Cup | Courtesy Image.

Luke Howe takes MSU polo to United Kingdom

Photo of three men against a teal background with the words "Mumford & Sons Prizefighter" |

Mumford & Sons to perform June 4 at Bobcat Stadium

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.

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.

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

A study in the Department of Health and Human Development is seeking participants ages 18-35 who have at least two years of squat experience and are currently squatting with a barbell at least once a week.

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

Today @ MSU

10:00 am: HumaniTEAs Thursday: Graduate Writers' Roundtable
10:30 am: Curiosity before Conclusions: Talking about AI
11:00 am: Music Seminar: Charlie Engine, Drummer - Five Finger Death Punch
11:00 am: Recording Classroom Lectures Training
11:00 am: Academic Research Seminar: Dr. Kyle Butts, University of Arkansas
12:00 pm: Earth Science Seminar: Rebekah Kennedy on Montana’s Deep‑Time Tectonic History
12:00 pm: February 26th Cultivating Healthy Plants Webinar - How Tree Selection & Install Affect Canopy Health
1:00 pm: Let's Talk Drop-in Consultation
2:00 pm: Campus Sustainability Advisory Committee
3:10 pm: Stoichiometric Modeling and Ensemble Clustering for Advancing Understanding of Osteoarthritis
4:10 pm: Meredith Kupinski to give the OpTeC Colloquium
4:30 pm: For Want of a Bale: Understanding Equine Logistics in the US Civil War
5:15 pm: 2026 EHHD Showcase - College of Education, Health and Human Development
5:30 pm: Beavers, Beacons of Hope, an Author Talk with Leila Philip
6:00 pm: Nick Dawson on Working Sideways: A Recipe for Impact and Change
7:00 pm: Men's basketball to host Portland State
7:30 pm: One O'clock Jazz Ensemble, directed by Ryan Matzinger

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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

Teresa Wilhelm

Jordan Penney, you are PURE GOLD!

Jana Shank

Sean Mcintyre

Jacqueline Centofanti

Kody Gilleo

Miny Brown

Julie Barnwell

Emily Criswell

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