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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.
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MSU faculty wins prestigious NSF CAREER Award

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Pray for Snow event set for Feb. 21

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.

Today @ MSU

6:00 am: Panopto Basics Training Webinar
8:30 am: Faculty Strategic Plan Listening Session: Share Your Ideas to Help Shape MSU’s Future
9:00 am: MSU Staff Senate Monthly Meeting
9:30 am: Staff Strategic Plan Listening Session: Share Your Ideas to Help Shape MSU’s Future
10:00 am: AARP Webinar Wednesdays: To Quote Shakespeare to have a Trust or a Will..Aye, that is the Question
11:00 am: Rana Taheri Presents Research Without Regrets
11:00 am: Human-Centered Teaching Series V: Suicide Prevention
12:00 pm: Toni Morrison's Birthday Celebration
12:00 pm: Managing weeds in Montana agroecosystems
12:00 pm: Mountains & Minds Toastmasters Club Meetings
12:15 pm: Wellness Wednesday Weekly Drop-in
1:00 pm: Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon
2:00 pm: Self-led Mindfulness Weekly Drop in
3:00 pm: Let's Talk Drop-in Consultation
3:00 pm: Dr. Ricardo Pinto- MAES Hatch Review Seminar
4:00 pm: Grad Student Strategic Plan Listening Session: Share Your Ideas to Help Shape MSU’s Future
4:10 pm: Statistics Seminar by Dr. Jess Kunke (MSU) on Intro tutorial on Tempest and HPC (02/18 Wed, 4-5 pm)
4:30 pm: International Food Bazaar Special Dinner
5:00 pm: Philip Brittan: How to Succeed in the Age of AI
5:30 pm: Myths and Belonging in the American West with Megan Kate Nelson
5:30 pm: (ARC) CPR/AED/1st Aid for Adult-Pediatric Patients (Cert Provided)
6:00 pm: Community Strategic Plan Listening Session: Share Your Ideas to Help Shape MSU’s Future

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Faculty MSU Strategic Plan Listening Session 8:30am - 9:30am

Staff MSU Strategic Plan Listening Session 9:30am - 10:30am

2026 EHHD Showcase 5:15pm - 7:30pm

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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